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, ...

EXCLUSIVE: Stage 32 is launching a Global Screenwriting Contest Hub, bringing together dozens of writing competitions from around the world into one place including Oscar and BAFTA-qualifying contests ...

WriterDuet is a free cloud screenwriting software. It comes with some advanced tools that help you write professional screenplays. You don’t have to focus on the formatting; just write your script and ...

Beat is available for free from the Apple App store. With all the basic features you need and outstanding auto-formating, you cannot go wrong with this app. No built-in collaboration tools. Everyone's ...

George Lucas defied many of the commandments of screenwriting, so why is the Star Wars saga so memorable? We ask a script expert. Richard Trenholm Former Movie and TV Senior Editor Richard Trenholm ...

When reviewing job growth and salary information, it’s important to remember that actual numbers can vary due to many different factors—like years of experience in the role, industry of employment, ...

You’ve been accepted into film school! There are lots of clichés and expectations around what you can expect, but only a small percentage of them are true. It’s tempting to want to throw yourself into ...

“Judging a screenplay from a finished film,” an apocalyptically disheartened screenwriter once told me, “is like arriving at a murder scene and instantly deciding that the victim had it coming.” It’s ...

Brennan Cusack's pilot "The Badlands Woman's Clinic" won the $10,000 grand prize. In 2025, the contest celebrated writers across five categories: feature film, horror/thriller, TV pilot, short film, ...