“Judging a screenplay from a finished film,” an apocalyptically disheartened screenwriter once told me, “is like arriving at a murder scene and instantly deciding that the victim had it coming.” It’s ...

In some ways, 16-year-old Wendy Wasserstrom spent the past year of lockdowns and shutdowns as many of us did. “Over quarantine, there was not a lot to do,” said Wasserstrom, a Bexley High School ...

I’ve done National Novel Writing Month 6 times. I’ve done the 3-Day Novel Contest once. And I love them; I firmly believe that every time you take part in one of these challenges, you come out the ...

If you’ve ever thought about writing a book or a screenplay but don’t know where to start, you might want to consider the Ultimate Creative Novel & Screen Writing Academy course bundle ($49.99; ...

A logline is a brief description of a screenplay, film, or TV show. When it comes to garnering interest in your project, nothing beats the logline. Succinct but striking, the logline summarizes your ...

Credit: Ian Moore / Mashable Composite; Westend61 / VALERIE MACON / AFP / Getty Alongside his novels, Joe Hill is paid to write a screenplay each year. But he doesn't do it for the money. "I write a ...