To reiterate, this is not how a screenplay should look. The giant bold font for character and scene headings and indications of the specific act is far from the industry standard. You can ignore the ...

The five-act structure is a plot formula that divides a story into five sections: the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. From these classical explorations comes our ...

In Hollywood, there seem to be two camps when it comes to AI. Some preach how it will change how films are made, but with few tangible examples to back up the capabilities of the new technology. On ...

Perhaps more than any profession, writers are infamous for their quirky and possibly counterproductive on the-job habits. In his heyday, screenwriter Paul Schrader would write exclusively at night, ...

Good novelists create characters who are complex. unique, and have relatable human needs and feelings. Joyce Carol Oates is one of our best contemporary novelists, and has created a host of memorable ...

Like film, television comes in a variety of different genres— but the two core types are drama and comedy. Though this has been changing recently, most dramas, whether “prestige” or “procedural,” have ...