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Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and screenwriter Donald Margulies is a veteran of the writing world. He adapted the screenplay for the 2015 film The End of…
Writing for television is a much different beast compared to writing for film. It's a different medium, a different audience, a different industry, with different…
Can you learn screenwriting lessons in just six seconds? According to Hollywood screenwriter, producer, director and showrunner Brian Koppelman, you can. Koppelman is a successful…
Meet Karin Gist. She's a writer, producer and showrunner. Deadline recently announced her two-year pact with 20th Century Fox TV as executive producer and new…
Aaron Sorkin is such a well-regarded screenwriter that his very name conjures up a pattern of quick-moving, hyperrealistic dialogue that many try to emulate. His…
Can screenwriters negotiate their own screenwriting contracts? It's a myth that you always need an agent, manager, and entertainment lawyer to broker a screenwriting deal…