At the top of 2024, I had the best idea I've ever had for a screenplay. We were coming out of the strike, and it felt like every fire I started in 2023 had been put out over the six months we were out ...

A strange creature, the Hollywood award in strike season. The show is going on, sort of: Audiences, critics and voters are still watching the award-worthy work even as the award-worthy creators refuse ...

When you're staring at the blinking cursor, nothing else matters. You're just totally stressed and hoping something changes. Once you start typing, you might feel some relief, but you also might be ...

If you’re a screenwriter or want to be a screenwriter, then at some point you will have used Final Draft. Co-founded in 1990 and now in its 12th version, the Final Draft screenwriting software boasts ...

When Anahita Ghazvinizadeh began at the University of Iowa as an assistant professor in the Cinematic Arts department in 2018, she was excited by the number of successful alumni and the many ...

Before he wrote “The Silent Patient,” Alex Michaelides tried and tried again to make movies. By Elisabeth Egan When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate ...