What screenwriting lessons can we draw from the wise words of Genre Icon John Carpenter? Writer/Director John Carpenter attended the University of Southern California’s School of Cinema in the 1970s….
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Screenwriters have to make a choice during their screenwriting journey — take the blue pill or the red pill. After reading the below, which one will you take? The screenwriting…
What are some secrets to creating better character depth within your screenplay’s characters? Character depth is what gets the script reader and audience invested in your characters and the stories…
Listed below are the semifinalists for the screenplay and concept categories of the fifth annual ScreenCraft Sci-Fi & Fantasy Screenplay Competition, selected from nearly 1,000 submissions. Congratulations to the writers…
Everything about selling a screenplay is hard. You’ve got to convince studio executives your story is not only original and exciting but also appealing to a wide audience. This is…
Writers and producers spend most of their time finding and developing stories. We toil over the finest details of character and plot. Draft after draft, we obsess until we feel…
What are the strongest character traits that writers can use to create more compelling and engaging protagonists, antagonists, and villains? There are two different kinds of traits that your story’s…
What are some inspirational quotes that will help screenwriters persevere through the long grind of a screenwriting journey? Sometimes screenwriting advice on how, where, when, and why to write screenplays…
What screenwriting lessons can we draw from the words of one of the greatest writers of all time — Mark Twain? Mark Twain was an adventurer and wily intellectual. He…
Did you know that there are only two types of plots in stories? According to Aristotle, at least. In his book Poetics — an analysis of tragedy and epic storytelling — he states that…
