On Screenwriting

How to Survive Your Biggest Mistakes as an Artist

25 filmmakers, authors, and comic book writers from around the globe discuss what they learned from their worst professional and creative missteps

7 hrs ago •

'Civil War' Highlights a Growing Divide in American Culture...and Not in the Way You Think

Let's see what we can learn from the reaction of many liberals, critics, and screenwriters to director Alex Garland's latest film

Apr 20 •

Q&A: Screenwriter Dara Resnik Is Living Out Loud

The 'Home Before Dark' and 'The Horror of Dolores Roach' showrunner discusses her fearless approach to storytelling

Apr 16 •

10 Screenplays by the Great Walter Hill to Download and Study

The Writers Guild of America awarded the legendary filmmaker its Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement this week - now read ten of his iconic…

Apr 15 •

Sometimes a Staircase Is Just a Staircase...or Is It?

Francis Ford Coppola has some thoughts on 'The Godfather' that proves how hard it can be to interpret the intentions of storytellers

Apr 13 •

Q&A: Screenwriter VJ Boyd Knows How to Make You Squirm

From 'Justified' and 'Lincoln Rhyme' to, later this year, 'The Madness', the recently minted showunner talks his professional journey, creative…

Apr 9 •

15 Iconic '90s Pilot Scripts to Download and Study

The last truly great decade for network television collides with 'prestige TV'

Mar 29 •

How to Find That Sweet, Sweet Creative Inspiration

25 filmmakers, authors, and comic book writers from around the globe weigh in about how they conjure the ideas, passion, and drive that fuels their…

Mar 26 •

Indiana Jones and the Lesson of New Perspectives

An experiment by director Steven Soderbergh provides a useful learning tool for storytellers in multiple mediums (as well as an exciting new way to…

Mar 23 •

Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer' Script Blows Up All the Rules

Let's break down how the writer-director challenged form and produced one of the most innovative screenplays of the decade

Mar 16 •

Read the 10 Feature Screenplays the WGA Thinks Are the Best of 2023

Yeah, yeah, the Oscars are great - but I'm much more interested in what the Writers Guild thinks the best screenwriting of the last year was

Mar 11 •

Q&A: Screenwriter Melinda Hsu Knows How to Change Hollywood

The 'Nancy Drew' and 'Tom Swift' showrunner discusses craft, storytelling, and transforming the film/TV business through the practice of kindness

Mar 5 •

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