What is it like when a screenwriter signs with a manager? Screenwriting articles, blogs, books, and seminars always offer directives, dos, don’ts, and various methods on how to find representation….
How can screenwriters make audiences and readers care more about their characters within feature screenplays and TV pilots? Empathy is often defined as the action of understanding, being aware of,…
You’ve won the contest, been granted the fellowship, made it onto an industry list, or at the very least have generated some considerable momentum as a screenwriter from that first noteworthy…
Do you really need to follow the screenplay format rules that you’ve read about in nearly every screenwriting book and article? It’s likely that a good number of you clicked…
Are you formatting your screenwriting scene headings correctly within your script? Some screenwriters will scoff at the mention of proper screenwriting format — dismissing it as nothing more than academic…
While pundits will testify to the notion that novice screenwriters should write high concept screenplays that major movie studios and production companies would want to make — otherwise known as…
The late, great Nora Ephron was an early trailblazer in the realm of screenwriting — particularly as a female writer, long before the recent, ongoing, and well-overdue women’s movement in…
How can you teach screenwriting to kids amidst a world of Fortnite, YouTube, texts, and Snapgrams? There are millions of little potential Ephrons, Spielbergs, Codys, Tarantinos, Feys, Goldmans, and Rhimes out there…
The number one leading cause of death of a screenwriter’s journey is cynicism. It’s both a practice and phenomenon that is destructive and difficult to contain or eradicate. Amidst the…
Do you know where your scripts stand when it comes to good or bad exposition? Make no mistake, exposition is necessary within a screenplay — but there’s a good way…
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