As a film teacher, one of the things I say a lot in class is that you don’t actually have to study film in college to become ...

The screenwriting software is intuitive and I started writing immediately. There are many templates to choose from including comic book, BBC screenplays, novel, radio play, etc.

New scene: the incarcerated journalist shares her painstaking journey to teach herself screenwriting in prison ...

Final Draft is almost synonymous with screenwriting. It's beloved by big-name industry professionals such as Jon Favreau (The Mandalorian), Christopher McQuarrie (Top Gun: Maverick) and Sophia ...

With screenwriting, you have to keep writing until you strike gold. 6. Your personal fears and darkest issues will be on full display as you insert yourself into your characters.

Writing can be an exhausting endeavor. I'm big into using any strategy that helps you come up with the answers and gets you out of your comfort zone.

In every generation, storytelling has evolved with technology. Let’s imagine the hand-written manuscripts the starting point.

When she was taking screenwriting classes all those years ago, the expectation of turning 10 pages a week in for feedback forced her to write regularly. Now, she’ll set those deadlines for herself.

The Black List will open submissions for the 2025 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting in mid-May.

A.I. screenwriting, a point of contention in the Writers Guild strike, may not yet be ready for prime time. But streaming algorithms and derivative programming have prepared the way for it.