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 ...

Richard Linklater has earned recognition for his innovative approach to time and character in films like Boyhood (2014), the Before trilogy, and Dazed and Confused (1993). This self-taught auteur ...

If you can’t acquire the funding for a big budget movie, you can write a script specifically suited for a low-budget production. One of the key elements to making this work is to keep your script ...

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 ...

Writing for an animated film is like painting on an infinite canvas—there are literally no bounds. You don’t have to worry about expensive or dangerous stunts, keeping your sets small for the sake of ...

If you want to become a screenwriter, it’s so important to learn how to write action lines in a script. Action lines take up the bulk of a reader’s attention. It’s where you spell out what’s happening ...

Writing a movie is hard work. Using AI screenwriting tools is not. I put three such tools to the test to see what kind of tales a machine could weave. I’ve been freelancing as a tech journalist for ...

The five-act structure is a plot formula that divides a story into five sections: the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. From these classical explorations comes our ...

If you've ever wanted to take an idea and develop it into a story for a novel, short story, or screenplay, this event is for you. Steve Scaffidi, a writer, producer and director for film and ...