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Coronavirus: 7 Ways To Cope During a Crisis As a Writer

March 20, 2020

Fear and panic (not to be confused with the shape-shifting imps, Pain and Panic, from Disney’s Hercules, which also seem apt considering the circumstances) are spreading as fast as COVID-19 these days. In response to the global pandemic, we’ve either...

Lee Jessup on What Writers Can Do Now

March 19, 2020

Screenwriting Career Coach Lee Jessup shares insights on how writers can be proactive during the ongoing COVID-19 situation. Have a question for Lee? Submit it here before 3/24!

Uriel Rodriguez is Rising Through The Ranks

March 18, 2020

The excitement 31-year-old Uriel Rodriguez feels as he heads to work for his entry-level position at Sony Entertainment in Hollywood can only be described as authentically pure; Rodriguez displays a resounding sense of pride and humility for a man wh...

The Fast Five: Censored Articles Find a Home In Videogames As The Industry Hits The $100 Million Mark

March 17, 2020

I hope everybody’s safe and healthy. Wash your hands. Cough into your sleeve. Make sure you have fourteen days’ worth of supplies, but don’t buy six months’ worth—it means twelve people won’t be able to get their two weeks’ worth and will have to go ...

The Weekend Movie Takeaway: Audiences Find Faith in ‘I Still Believe’

March 16, 2020

Turns out, a lot can change in a week.

Five Takeaways: 'Big Time Adolescence'

March 16, 2020

Your weekly break-down of a popular movie or television episode to see what a screenwriter—or any writer, for that matter—can take away from what’s on screen: what worked, what didn’t, and how you can use what’s popular to craft better stories.

Weekend Writing Inspiration: 7 Steps on How to Develop a Plot

March 13, 2020

What should you do when your writing strengths lie with character but not with structure? When your dialogue sparkles and your characters walk off the page but you struggle with plot points and story structure, it’s hard to know what to do to right t...

Women Screenwriters Over 40 Find Their Champion In Meryl Streep and The Writers Lab

March 12, 2020

Are you a 40+ female with a script you’re dying to develop? Then The Writers Lab is for you. Presented by co-founders Elizabeth Kaiden and Nitza Wilon, along with founder Kyle Stokes, The Lab evolved from a discussion about what’s it’s like to be a w...

10 Benefits to Entering Screenwriting Competitions

March 11, 2020

Spring just around the corner can mean different things to us writers. On top of opening the windows a little more often, it may mean reexamining how writing resolutions are holding up, selecting a show to spec for your WB Fellowship application, upd...