There is no denying it: Evan and Shea Mirzai are funny. Speaking to the brothers is a whirlwind of movie references, one liners and one-upmanship. The twin writers have managed to hit the coveted Black List an incredible three times, this year with B...

Joe Ballarini is a writer who trades in the mythical. His scripts are populated by terrifying monsters, talking ponies, and hungry zombies.

What happens after you win a screenwriting contest? For far too many writers, not a whole lot. Winners and finalists of the Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest have a very good track record for success, but the company wanted to do more to em...

Markus Goerg is one manager I’ve been aware of for quite some time. Though his management company, Heroes and Villains, is a relatively young one (launched in 2008), his name garners such respect among those in the know that I was delighted at the op...

The list of David Weil’s achievements is quite extraordinary. In 2013, his first spec script Half Heard In The Stillness was featured on the Black List, Hollywood’s annual survey of the town’s “most liked” screenplays. Last year, his second spec Moon...

This is the second part of our excerpt from Pen Densham's bestselling book Riding the Alligator (strategies for a career in screenwriting and not getting eaten), about how to manage stress as a creative artist. Read part one here.