An email query is essentially what used to be referred to as “a query letter.”

The more you interact with film industry professionals, the more you’ll notice certain phrases being repeated when they pass on your script or pitch: “It’s too familiar.”; “I like it, but don’t love it.”; “It’s great, but is it a movie?”; and the dua...

The term “elevator pitch” has been popular in Hollywood for decades.

Getting feedback on what you’ve written is vital to the screenwriting process. You will likely rewrite your script a few times after reading it. However, after you’re happy with what you wrote and decide your script is finished, it’s still a good ide...

These days it’s uncommon for a screenwriter to sell a script or get an agent without being repped by a manager beforehand. Management companies have become the de facto filtering system of the screenplay marketplace.

Clipped is a sports drama that’s been causing quite a buzz.

Writing scripts is just one part of being a professional screenwriter.

Rewriting your script or another writer’s script is one of the primary jobs of a professional screenwriter.

Suspension of disbelief is when someone takes a fictional narrative and ignores certain aspects that are unrealistic or implausible. English poet and philosopher Samuel Taylor Coleridge is often attributed with introducing the concept of "suspension ...