Screenwriting
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Flipping the Script: How to Navigate the Ups and Downs of the Spec Script Market
It seems that every couple of years, the spec script is declared “dead.” Indeed, in January, Chris Erskine, humor columnist and editor... -
Austin Film Festival’s 25 Screenwriters to Watch in 2018, Presented by MovieMaker
Screenwriters are the first to step forward when called upon to deliver their often thankless, solitary labor, and they still tend to be... -
I Feel Pretty: Marc Silverstein and Abby Kohn Talk Co-Writing Their Feature Debut
Longtime writing duo Marc Silverstein and Abby Kohn (Never Been Kissed, He’s Just Not That Into You, The Vow, and How to... -
How to Sell Your First Script Without Really Trying: Telling Chappaquiddick‘s True Story Got My First Movie Made
Chappaquiddick tells the story of a tragedy—the life of a promising young woman that was lost too soon when the car she... -
Recipe For Disaster: Five Ways to Alchemize a Book Into a Workable Script From the Co-Writers of The Disaster Artist
We grew up loving movies. We also love reading books. In fact, many times while reading said books, we wondered what the movie version...
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Inside the Issue: Acting
Sydney on the Map: To Land Breakout Roles, Sydney Sweeney Draws Her Own Maps of the Characters She Inhabits
A reverent initiate of a patriarchal regime; a disturbed young psychiatric hospital ward; a sexually questioning teen with a flair for the dramatic; a mysterious denizen...1Inside the Issue: Directing
Think Like A Photographer: Generation Wealth’s Lauren Greenfield Shares How Still Techniques Make Better Movies
The biggest change I experienced when I went from making pictures to making films was the sense of an arc—of creating a story over time, and...Inside the Issue: How To
How They Did It: Casting Unknowns Was Key to Finding the Laughs and Lived-In Feel of Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade
Before I directed my first film, Eighth Grade, I had heard that 90 percent of directing is casting. I’m sure there are other directors who weigh...2