Listed below are the top 50 finalists for the screenplay and concept categories of the 2019 ScreenCraft Comedy Screenplay Contest, selected from nearly 1,000 submissions. Congratulations to the writers who…
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If you haven’t yet heard of Jim Cummings, you will soon. A powerhouse filmmaker with wins at Sundance and SXSW for his indie hit Thunder Road, Cummings is a one-man…
Quentin Tarantino is known for writing drafts of his screenplays in longhand and not outlining plot twists, setups and payoffs. But the writer-director has his own method of dramatic structure:…
What are the strengths and weaknesses of the supporting friend character archetype, and how can writers use them in their screenplays? You can find them in most movies and in…
How can screenwriters make the best first impressions within Hollywood? First impressions are everything in any industry. How you present yourself, your work, your projects, and your resume can be…
What screenwriting lessons can we draw from the words of one of our generation’s most celebrated screenwriters and directors — Francis Ford Coppola? Coppola first earned a Best Screenplay Academy…
The Hero’s Journey gives us a solid story structure template. It tells us where our characters should go and who they should meet along the way. In effect, it tells…
Guy Goldstein is founder & CEO of WriterDuet, which he founded in 2013 to improve the creative process for himself and fellow screenwriters. In his non-existent free time, Guy enjoys…
Pod by Nabil Chowdhary has been selected as the winner of the 2019 ScreenCraft Sci-Fi and Fantasy Screenplay Competition. After a mission to destroy a black hole that endangers mankind…
In a 2017 first quarter earnings report given by Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, he attributed a near miss of their targeted 100 million subscriber mark not to other multi-billion-dollar streaming…
