Ageism in Hollywood and how to break in as a writer over 40. Unfortunately, ageism in Hollywood is definitely real. The many lawsuits and payouts over the years are proof of the fact that the industry views more mature writers a little differently from those in their 20s and 30s. For some reason, the general […]
Download all 10 best original screenplay and best adapted screenplays. The Oscar nominations for best original screenplay and best adapted screenplay 2020 have been announced! Reading screenplays is a great way to improve your writing style, dialogue, scenes and much more. With that in mind, here are the ten Oscar-nominated scripts that you can download […]
If there’s so much information out there on how to craft the perfect three-act structure, why is it so hard to put it into practice in your own script? Why is it so difficult to know how the hell to fill those 50-60 pages in Act Two? With close to a million different theories on […]
How to use short film scripts to kickstart your screenwriting career. Are you sitting around by the phone waiting for a producer to kickstart your career? Here's another option: kickstart it yourself by writing short film scripts. How did the Duplass Brothers and countless other filmmakers get their screenwriting careers off the ground? Not by entering screenwriting contests, networking […]
Character description examples: how to hook the reader. In this post, we’re going to show you how to get the reader to emotionally connect with your characters—particularly your protagonist—by comparing amateur and pro character description examples. Far too often aspiring writers’ character descriptions involve mundane activities, unrelated to who they’re introducing. Often this is accompanied […]
Create a professional screenplay title page in 3 steps. The first impression you give a reader about the quality of your writing is on the screenplay title page. How you present the information on it can give away a surprising amount about the overall quality of the writing therein. Click to tweet this post. Bad […]
20 best comedy scripts to read and download for free. Here are twenty of the best comedy scripts that you can download and read to help make writing a comedy script that much easier. Study these funny scripts and learn how to amp up the funny in your own screenplay. We’ve tried to cater to […]
High concept: what it is and how to apply it to your story idea. Is Deadpool “high concept”? What about Midnight in Paris? Or The Purge? The fact that you can ask ten different writers and get ten different opinions, kind of sums up how confusing the notion of a "high concept" has become. • […]
How to Outline a Screenplay: The Diagnostic Guide to Beat Sheets That Actually Get You to FADE OUT Learning how to outline a screenplay is where most screenwriters get stuck—not because outlining itself is difficult, but because most beat sheets fail. You've probably tried at least one outlining method already. Maybe you bought Save the […]
How to format dialogue in a screenplay: top 8 dialogue format "errors." Peppering a spec script with dialogue format errors may not completely derail the reader’s experience, but they definitely don’t help. This is because they tell the reader one of two things: 1. You’re not a very experienced writer and are unaware of how […]
