Once upon a time, a long time ago, I was considering the possibility that there might be more to screen drama than external conflict-driven plotting when, as if hit by a thunderbolt, a new paradigm of ...

In the world of film, the three-act structure has long reigned as a blueprint for screenwriting. It tells us that every “good story” has a setup, a confrontation, and a resolution. Just like great ...

The below is a guest essay by Jennine Lanouette, Founder and Chief Content Creator at Screentakes Digital Publishing, who is currently in the midst of a Kickstarter campaign for a line of media rich ...

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 ...

Get your screenplay idea out of the coffee shop and get into this three-hour intensive course with successful script doctor Jill Chamberlain, who will teach the noted "Nutshell technique" to get to ...

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