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When You Feel Like Quitting Screenwriting — Do This Instead

April 17, 2025

Pursuing a screenwriting dream and career as a professional screenwriter can be difficult. It’s often a perilous journey at first, wrought with rejection after rejection that can last for years. But for those who stick with it and brave through the a...

How is a TV show made?

April 15, 2025

Ever watched a TV show and wondered ‘How did they make this?’ From a writer first getting an idea to a showrunner delivering a finished season to a network, there are numerous steps in the making of a TV show, and not every journey from page to scree...

How to Succeed as a Screenwriter OUTSIDE of Hollywood

April 14, 2025

Let’s get this out of the way first. Yes, living in Los Angeles offers many more opportunities when you’re trying to pursue a screenwriting career. Los Angeles is the mecca of the film and television industry. It’s the home of most major studios, net...

How to Handle Screenwriting Rejection Like a Pro

April 9, 2025

Nobody likes rejection. It doesn’t feel good. It creates an immediate negative emotional and physical response. A study from the University of Amsterdam found that unexpected social rejection triggers the parasympathetic nervous system, which governs...

How Much Money Does a Screenwriter Make?

April 8, 2025

Professional screenwriters can make a great living writing feature screenplays and working in writers rooms for streaming and television series — as much as six to seven figures per year at the highest level. However, most that make it to that level ...

Producer Mona Garcea's Tips for Breaking into TV Writing

April 3, 2025

Film and television can have a big influence on so many people, especially for creatives. A TV show, movie, song, painting or other artwork can spark a passion that leads to a lifelong career pursuit.

How to Sell a Screenplay

March 20, 2025

Selling a screenplay is the ultimate goal for every screenwriter. The general process itself seems simple enough to most at first glance. You write a screenplay. You get that screenplay into the hands of decision-makers in Hollywood. They buy your sc...

Write On: Peter Katz - Manager & Producer, Story Driven

March 19, 2025

“Sameness is terrible. Your goal is to cut through it. If you have a unique perspective, you’re going to take vampires or anything that everybody thinks they know and do it in a way that’s really exciting and gets people really pumped up about it. Th...

5 Ways To Win a Screenwriting Contest

March 11, 2025

Maybe you’ve started or finished writing a feature screenplay or television pilot. Perhaps you’re still at the brainstorming stage. No matter what stage of the writing process you’re at, you might plan to enter your script into a screenwriting contes...