
When I decided to quit my full-time job as a journalist to pursue screenwriting there were certain things I prepared for. I knew I wouldn’t...
When I decided to quit my full-time job as a journalist to pursue screenwriting there were certain things I prepared for. I knew I wouldn’t...
By far the most frequent question I get as a screenwriter is this: How do I get representation? Obtaining a manager or agent is one...
According to the 2017 Celluloid Report, only 11 percent of the top-grossing 250 films of the year were written by women. That is a horrifying,...
Pitching a film or television series to an executive or producer can be terrifying, but it doesn’t have to be. Here’s the secret: Most executives...
Meet David Kaufmann. He's the guy behind our From a Producer's Perspective series. He also wrote our recently published ebook, The Producer's Brain, which you can...
Over a period of three months, I took about fifty, maybe sixty, general meetings. Last December, a script I wrote landed on The Black List,...
You’ve found a great story. You’ve studied it, outlined it, created memorable characters and knocked your screenplay out of the park. Now what? Well, before...
Hollywood isn’t like other industries. Assuming you can pay your dues and move steadily up some preordained ladder is not a safe strategy in the...
If there’s anything that I’ve learned in my time working as a producer, it’s that this is a business with layers… At the bottom, you’ve...
Increasingly, shorts are being used as proof of concept that a story “works”. Whether it’s breakout dramas like Whiplash or sci-fi smashes like District 9,...