So, you want to be a screenwriter? You dream of seeing your stories come to life on the big screen, but where do you even begin? We’ve got answers for you. Writing a screenplay can feel overwhelming ...

“Don’t put ’50s, white, tall,’ any of those things (when describing a character). Always make it cute and interesting and fun for the casting director to figure out. ‘Willowy and wise.’ Just make it ...

Diablo Cody, you may remember, was the screenwriter who won an Academy Award for 2007’s “Juno”; she went on to write “Jennifer’s Body,” “Young Adult” (a very good, dark comedy that unfortunately ...

Many people seem to think of agents and writers as being in some form of doctor/patient relationship — a dreaded necessity due to an illness or injury that requires professional intervention. It seems ...

Kathleen DeMarco knows what it takes to be heard and seen in the movie industry. The University of Pennsylvania professor and producer spoke on "the business - and art - of screenwriting" to a packed ...

Variety recently sat down with some of our 2016 Writers to Watch, including the scribes behind “Moana” and “Sully,” at the Whistler Film Festival where they gave us a few tips on how to become… ...

Following on from the Top 10 Screenwriting Tips from Script to Screen post, I thought I’d write a companion piece on pitching, as Saturday’s Script to Screen conference also featured “Pitch ...

Back in September, we wrote about writer, director and producer Brian Koppelman’s six second screenwriting tips on Vine (he just posted tip #122). His #1 tip was “All screenwriting books are bullshit, ...