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Reclaiming the American Past, Part 1

October 5, 2018

In this column, once and hopefully twice a month, I hope to bring to your attention not just issues and developments affecting today’s playwrights, but issues and plays of the past that are worth reconsidering. As a matter of habit by now, I read a f...

The Horror Spec: How to Write a Horror Movie

October 3, 2018

Photo Credit: Courtesy of CBS Films Horror movies are big business in Hollywood — with films like Get Out and A Quiet Place not only topping the box office but garnering critical acclaim, the industry is looking for the next hot horror spec. If you’r...

Write On with Jenni Gold, Creator of ‘CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion’

October 2, 2018

We recently chatted with writer/producer/director Jenni Gold about her love of storytelling, when she first realized people with disabilities were not fairly represented and how she hopes her latest film CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion will inspir...

All the Write Moves: White Boy Rick

October 1, 2018

Grim melodrama White Boy Rick dramatizes the real-life travails of Richard Wershe Jr., who was sentenced to life in prison on drug charges at the age of 17, following a bizarre period during which he worked as a teenaged informant for the FBI. If onl...

Weekend Writing Inspiration: Commit to Writing Professionally, Even With a Day Job

September 28, 2018

Dear Jenna,

Sublime Primetime 2018: Writing Advice from Emmy-Nominated Writers

September 28, 2018

Photo credit: Michael Lynn Jones Several of this year’s Emmy®-nominated writers gathered on September 12 for Sublime Primetime; an annual panel hosted by the Writers Guild of America, West, the Writers Guild Foundation and Variety. Moderator Lisa Joy...

Writer-Director Timothee Hochet on Selling Horror Series 'Calls' to Apple

September 26, 2018

For French filmmaker Timothée Hochet, what people do not see — and the versions of hell we store in our heads — is more scary than anything we will ever watch on television.

Write On with Raamla Mohamed

September 25, 2018

Raamla Mohamed shares details about her early career as a USC film student, becoming a Disney/ABC TV Writing program fellow, and how that opened the doors for her at Shondaland. Raamla recently secured an overall deal with ABC and is working on a new...