Whether you’re working from home, or social distancing, it can be difficult to meet your writing goals when going stir-crazy in your apartment. Never fear, there are ways it can…
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“Let your characters talk to each other and do things. Spend time with them — they’ll tell you who they are and what they’re up to.” (Greta Gerwig) Developing characters…
The TV Bible. Even typing the words is daunting. Saying them aloud is downright terrifying. But TV bibles shouldn’t induce the fear or anxiety they usually do. In fact, putting…
One of the key elements in a screenwriter’s portfolio is an original pilot — especially if that screenwriter hopes to land a seat at the table in a writer’s room. Pilots…
One of the key elements in a screenwriter’s portfolio is an original pilot — especially if that screenwriter hopes to land a seat at the table in a writer’s room. Pilots…
One of the key elements in a screenwriter’s portfolio is an original pilot — especially if that screenwriter hopes to land a seat at the table in a writer’s room. Pilots…
Roll credits and cue you leaving the theater, muttering something like, “Dammit, the book was so much better.” Familiar, right? That’s happened far too many times than it should have,…
Sometimes it seems as though every Hollywood movie is based on a book — and honestly, that’s not far from the truth. Even movies that aren’t adapted from best-selling novels…
Comedy and horror may have drastically different effects on audiences, but they stem from the same place — something Oscar-winning writer Jordan Peele knows well. Peele got his start in…
So you think you’re writing a “dramedy”, huh? Not surprising — a lot of movies these days are dramedies. It can be easy to get caught up in the technicalities…
