
Every screenwriter has completed a polish draft on their own—hopefully many. In the final stage, you conduct last-second checks for grammar, spelling, and formatting errors;...
Every screenwriter has completed a polish draft on their own—hopefully many. In the final stage, you conduct last-second checks for grammar, spelling, and formatting errors;...
When it comes to character development, you can often feel overwhelmed by the many rules, directives, and guidelines offered to you by books, lessons, classes,...
Do you want to create a new TV series but need help finding compelling worlds to set your series in? Sometimes reading simple genre story...
Ron Shelton—Oscar-nominated writer and director behind classics like Bull Durham, White Men Can't Jump, and Tin Cup—recently wrote an outstanding book about the writing and...
If you want to win a screenwriting competition—whether for a contest or a screenwriting fellowship program—you must have a plan. You can't just wing it...
Writing a successful sequel to a hit movie doesn’t have to be as difficult as most would think. Yet, so many subpar (or outright terrible)...
Heroes and protagonists are great. However, the most memorable type of character in any cinematic story usually ends up being the one—or many—that go up...
Conflict is everything in stories. Without conflict, the narrative isn't driven enough to engage an audience. External and internal conflicts are necessary to create character...
When writers use flashbacks and flash-forwards as tools for nothing more than exposition, they risk these scenes becoming nothing more than story cheats and expositional...
Most screenwriters have the misconception that all meetings with Hollywood insiders are the same. They are not. Some meetings are about getting to know the...