Being a successful screenwriter means working hard, and Peter Dukes is testament to this. The writer of several horror movies including The Memory of the Heart, Portal, Escape Room and Tales of Horror shares his advice for how to break through in you...

If you don't know anybody in the film industry, breaking into Hollywood might seem like an impossible feat. Oh, but you'd be mistaken! In fact, we chatted with Joe Russo, screenwriter of The Inheritance, Soul Mates, and The Au Pair Nightmare, about t...

Sometimes all it takes to jumpstart your screenwriting career is someone believing in you. That definitely seems to be the case with writing duo Laura Moss and Brendan J. O'Brien, whose three-time Spirit award-nominated feature film birth/rebirth, a ...

“I came up doing improv where failure is the golden standard. And in improv, if you're not failing, you're doing something wrong. I feel really lucky that that was one of my bridges into entertainment and creativity, to have such a loving relationshi...

Finding your way into the Hollywood screenwriting circle is one of the hardest hurdles any aspiring writer has to face. However, there are several ways to break in. One of them is screenwriting competitions.

Ifyou’ve heard of the games Mass Effect, Guild Wars 2, or Star Wars: The Old Republic, then you know Neil Pollner’s work. He is a successful video game writer who wrote a genre-bending action-thriller that is bound to make waves in the market. After ...

Screenwriting can raise many questions or doubts about whether something is working. While asking your friends to check out your screenplay can be helpful in some ways, having a professional give you feedback can help you create a great, sellable scr...

In a world filled with countless screenplay competitions, how do you know which ones can have the biggest impact on your writing career? For writer Jason Kaleko, Final Draft's Big Break Screenwriting Contest was the competition that leveled up his ca...

The latest version of the world’s #1 screenwriting program, Final Draft 13, has been updated to meet the ever-changing needs of screenwriters. With the upgrade are several new features like Writing Goals and Productivity Stats, Emoji support, Typewri...