
Do you know why you’re writing screenplays? It is a bit of a mystery why any of us write. And yet it’s no mystery at...
Do you know why you’re writing screenplays? It is a bit of a mystery why any of us write. And yet it’s no mystery at...
Can you sell your first screenplay to Hollywood, make lottery-type money, and follow that up by selling pitches for millions while coasting on easy street?...
Knowledge is power. Experience is currency. And the pursuit of both in the screenwriting world is necessary. Screenwriters learn most from both their failures and...
“Greatness is not this wonderful, esoteric, elusive, godlike feature that only the special among us will ever taste, it's something that truly exists in all...
We’ve all been there, haven’t we? We’ve carved out some time from our daily lives to sit down and write finally. We’ve nabbed that coveted...
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You have a great idea for a screenplay, and you've spent many painstaking months outlining the story, developing the characters, and brainstorming scenes. Or maybe...
David Mamet, the great writer of stage plays, screenplays and prose, wrote an excellent treatise on filmmaking called "On Directing Film." His advice focuses on...
There weren't many writers more prolific, sure-footed, Hollywood-influential or just plain cool than Elmore Leonard,"the Dickens of Detroit." Over a fifty-plus year career, Leonard penned...
What inspired you to become a writer? My Dad is a novelist and a big cinephile, so growing up I was constantly inundated with good...