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...
Screenwriting is a mind-boggling process that requires full focus and dedication. If you’ve ever tried writing a screenplay, I bet you know what I mean....
I’ve been using Final Draft screenwriting software since 2002. But so many times I’ve found myself throwing up my hands in frustration, and simply wanting...
Jim Cummings, whose film Thunder Road is somewhat-inspired by the Bruce Springsteen song of the same name, isn’t the first person to romanticize the Boss...
“I’d come into this business with a really, really strong work ethic,” Terence Winter says. The creator of Boardwalk Empire, Emmy-winning writer on The Sopranos...
On a recent episode of The Q&A podcast, Jeff Goldsmith interviews Joe Robert Cole, co-writer of Black Panther, the first comic book movie ever to...
Does a studio script reader ever pass on scripts written by celebrated writers? Do they get burnt out easily after reading so many scripts? Do...
Dirty Dancing is one of those great movies that still delights us after 31 years. Taking place over one summer in the Catskills, themes of...
Meet Melody Cooper, multiple ScreenCraft Finalist. She placed in the 2018 ScreenCraft Screenwriting Fellowship, the 2017 Fall ScreenCraft Film Fund and 2016 ScreenCraft Horror Screenplay...
Many screenwriters dream of writing the scripts for video games and reaping the profits of an industry that is far more profitable than the film...
