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This Well Used Script Advice Might Be Ruining Your Script
How to Write a Screenplay

This Well Used Script Advice Might Be Ruining Your Script

By Tim Schildberger
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Creating Characters

Quest for a Female Story Model

By Evan Smith
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Screenwriter Interviews

Self-Reflective Horror: An Interview with ‘Allegoria’ Writer-Director Spider One

By Sadie Dean
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Screenwriter Interviews

The Game of Writing the Ensemble Comedy: An Interview with ‘Gatlopp’ Screenwriter Jim Mahoney

By Sadie Dean
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Creating Characters

Hitler, Napoleon, Dinosaurs: Writing Your Historical Characters as Fictional Ones

By Dimitri Vorontzov
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Screenwriter Interviews

Investing in Characters with 'WeCrashed' Limited-Series Co-Creators Lee Eisenberg and Drew Crevello

By Sadie Dean
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Screenwriter Interviews

INDIE SPOTLIGHT: An Interview with ‘Next Exit’ Writer-Director Mali Elfman

By Sadie Dean
Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston in “The Morning Show,” now streaming on Apple TV+.
Screenwriter Interviews

The Importance of Tonal Consistency and Character Arcs: An Interview with ‘The Morning Show’ Showrunner and Executive Producer Kerry Ehrin

By Sadie Dean
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Screenwriter Interviews

INDIE SPOTLIGHT: An Interview with 'All My Puny Sorrows' Writer-Director Michael McGowan

By Sadie Dean
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How to Write a Screenplay

Writing Engaging Character Introductions

By Kira-Anne Pelican, PhD
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Screenwriter Interviews

Exploring Character Development with 'Big Gold Brick' Writer-Director Brian Petsos

By Sadie Dean
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Screenwriter Interviews

Grounding the Complexity of the American Dream in 'Promised Land' with Writer and Creator Matt Lopez

By Sadie Dean
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Screenwriting How-To Articles

'Ghostbusters: Afterlife' and What it Can Teach Screenwriters

By Bryan Young
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Screenwriting How-To Articles

Why Spec Scripts Fail Female Part Over/Under Written or Over Exposed – Part 2

By Stewart Farquhar
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Screenwriting How-To Articles

Why Spec Scripts Fail Female Part Over/Under Written or Over Exposed

By Stewart Farquhar
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Screenplay Formatting

ASK DR. FORMAT: The Camera as a Character

By Dave Trottier
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Comedy Writing by Evan Smith

COMEDY WRITING: Fine-Tuning Flaws to Make Characters Timely

By Evan Smith
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Writing Inspiration

The Company of (Historical) Women, Part 1

By Devon Ellington
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Film Reviews

UNDERSTANDING SCREENWRITING: Writing Real and Fictional People

By Tom Stempel
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Screenwriting How-To Articles

Building & Revealing Character: Simple But Powerful Tools for Building Fascinating Characters and Revealing Their Inner Truth

By Dave Trottier
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Screenwriting How-To Articles

Screenwriter Rick Mitz: Norman Lear, Character Before Jokes, and Why to Get an MFA in Film

By Community Partner
The dictionary defines dilemma as a situation with a choice to be made in which neither alternative is acceptable. Two equally unacceptable alternatives—two equally painful choices. Stewart Farquhar shares tips for creating dilemma in story for both the antagonist and protagonist.
Screenwriting How-To Articles

WHY SPEC SCRIPTS FAIL: Dilemma in Story

By Stewart Farquhar
The biography work you do on your primary characters is essential to creating compelling characters. Sally B. Merlin explains how more you know, the more they'll know.
Screenwriting How-To Articles

Creating Compelling Characters: Asking Your Characters Why

By Script Magazine
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Screenwriting How-To Articles

MEET THE READER: Importance of Logical Conclusions in Storytelling

By Ray Morton