You learn quickly as a professional writer that selling your stories is just as much part of the job as crafting them. Although we prepare like mad when we’re taking…
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We are excited to announce the winners of the 2018 ScreenCraft Cinematic Short Story competition. Selected from roughly 1,200 submissions, Panopticon by Kevin Kneupper has been named the winner and…
Once you are tired of throwing papers into the trash, you know you have a writer’s block. This is not some sort of tropical disease, but it can cause significant…
What can writers do to find those engaging story concepts for feature film scripts and television series pilots? “Where did you get that idea from?” That’s the most common question…
What are some critical pieces of advice to remember when you’re researching your screenplay? Research is a critical factor in developing a compelling cinematic story; whether it’s studying the world…
With some imaginative reworking, an existing Intellectual Property (IP) available in the public domain can be spun into material that’s fresh and new. Working off an existing IP offers writers…
“Allow yourself to cut loose,” Dale Launer advises on his recent visit to Yale Podcast Network’s To Live and Dialogue in LA. In order to write the way you should,…
When you finish the latest draft of your screenplay, how do you pick the right person to entrust with a peer review? This is a question that came from our…
Does every screenplay have a place in Hollywood? And if not, what criteria do studios, production companies, management companies, and agencies use to decide which scripts make it, and which…
Listed below are the finalists of the 2018 ScreenCraft Cinematic Short Story Competition, selected from roughly 1,200 submissions. We’re excited to be exploring these excellent stories and to have received a…
