So, you want to be a screenwriter? You dream of seeing your stories come to life on the big screen, but where do you even begin? We’ve got answers for you. Writing a screenplay can feel overwhelming ...

Richard Linklater has earned recognition for his innovative approach to time and character in films like Boyhood (2014), the Before trilogy, and Dazed and Confused (1993). This self-taught auteur ...

If you can’t acquire the funding for a big budget movie, you can write a script specifically suited for a low-budget production. One of the key elements to making this work is to keep your script ...

Beat is available for free from the Apple App store. With all the basic features you need and outstanding auto-formating, you cannot go wrong with this app. No built-in collaboration tools. Everyone's ...

If you want to become a screenwriter, it’s so important to learn how to write action lines in a script. Action lines take up the bulk of a reader’s attention. It’s where you spell out what’s happening ...

Back in September, we wrote about writer, director and producer Brian Koppelman’s six second screenwriting tips on Vine (he just posted tip #122). His #1 tip was “All screenwriting books are bullshit, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Before writing for Tom’s Guide, I wrote for TV and film. I still enjoy coming up with new script ideas and then using AI to help come up with an outline. With so many ideas in my head, using AI as a ...

If you've ever wanted to take an idea and develop it into a story for a novel, short story, or screenplay, this event is for you. Steve Scaffidi, a writer, producer and director for film and ...