By Lauri Donahue on October 19, 2017
Many new screenwriters think about getting an agent as soon as—or even before—they’ve finished their first scripts. For most people, this makes...
By Carlos Aguilar on October 12, 2017
Highlighting the global nature of sexual slavery, university professor turned screenwriter, Siddharth Kara, synthesized years of research and investigation into Trafficked, a...
By Martin McDonagh on October 11, 2017
Martin McDonagh, the playwright-turned-director of new feature Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (as well as 2008’s In Bruges and 2012’s Seven Psychopaths)...
By Don Mancini on October 10, 2017
Being provocative comes with the territory if you’re working within the horror genre. If you’re doing the job right you have to...
By Jenna Mattison on September 28, 2017
Every woman has been told to smile. By strangers. By lovers. By friends. Society has come to expect the mask of pleasant...
By Michael Welles Schock on September 7, 2017
Cinematic stories give lessons on human thought and behavior. This is their most basic social purpose. The story places a certain type...
By Peter Hanson on August 14, 2017
In the run-up to the release of this summer’s superhero saga Wonder Woman, articles hyping the film noted that it had taken...
By Jamie Hannigan on August 4, 2017
Since Pilgrimage, I’ve written a bunch more scripts, four of which are also based in historical settings. So I’m uniquely qualified to...
By Ken Miyamoto on July 11, 2017
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. What is the difference between archetypes and...
By James Napoli on July 6, 2017
In partnership with Creative Screenwriting and ScreenCraft, “First Draft” is a series on everything to do with screenwriting. “It’s not where you take things from—it’s...