When you’re writing a script, a nasty voice in your head might keep saying: “It’s all been done before.” Sometimes this can be disheartening. But...
It’s easy to forget just what an extraordinary catalog the public domain is for us writers. The public domain contains works whose copyrights have expired,...
The horror genre is as old as storytelling itself - genius authors as wide-ranging as Shakespeare, Dante and Homer used terror to deepen and darken...
This past fall, guest contributor and entertainment attorney Christopher Schiller wrote the piece 5 Things Screenwriters Should Know About Public Domain. Since then, we have...
Can you believe 2018 is already almost here? We're getting an early start and announcing ALL our 2018 competitions opening dates and deadlines today! Click...
Hollywood has been obsessed with Intellectual Property (IP) for decades — but what are novice screenwriters supposed to do when the expectations of having attached...
Ahead of the launch of our upcoming Public Domain Screenwriting Competition, we are sharing this guest post from Christopher Schiller, ScreenCraft contributor and entertainment attorney,...
Much like the Phantom Zone, Bermuda Triangle, or even Atlantis, public domain is one of those nebulous ideas talked about in common conversation that very few...
