In my last blog, Pitching Your Story, I walked through the various stages of the pitch process. Over the following weeks, I’ll break down each one in more detail, starting…
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Novel Endings by Christine Bendorf has been selected as the grand prize winner of the 2019 ScreenCraft Public Domain & True Story Competition. The jury was thoroughly impressed by the…
If you go on Matthew Helderman’s IMDb page, you’ll notice he has over 100 credits for films he produced, including the recent movie Driven about John DeLorean, creator of the…
What TV pilot scripts should budding TV screenwriters study? We’ve covered the topic of series bibles and what ones you can review as examples to draw inspiration from. Read ScreenCraft’s…
Ideas are a dime a dozen. The first step in ensuring that yours elevates itself from the crowd and begins to gain steam towards becoming a reality is to develop…
A nineteenth-century prospector chipping underground with a pickaxe might seem an unlikely influence on the indie horror smash A Quiet Place, but screenwriters Bryan Woods and Scott Beck love finding…
What steps should beginning screenwriters take to sell their screenplays? Studios aren’t buying originals from unknown writers. And while anomalies do happen, that’s no example to set your sails to….
What is the major difference between scripts and novels? Much is written about the differences between writing books and writing screenplays. Novels are literary narratives of stories and character journeys…
Kylie Eaton is a genre filmmaker with a passion for fantasy, science fiction, and all things other-worldly. From post-production assistant to freelance editor and director, she has been in LA…
What do audiences respond to most when it comes to story themes within movies? Theme is an often debated subject that has multiple definitions depending on who you talk to….
