The art of screenwriting is the art of creating something from nothing. There is a story that’s born in your imagination and is brought down through your fingers onto the page. But in order to leave ...

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 ...

If you want everyone from customers to colleagues to believe in your mission, you need to tell them a story, not make an argument. To me, “story” is a fundamental. When people say story or whatever, ...

When reviewing job growth and salary information, it’s important to remember that actual numbers can vary due to many different factors—like years of experience in the role, industry of employment, ...

Gregory Lawrence (aka Greg Smith) is a writer, director, performer, songwriter, and comedian. He's an associate editor for Collider and has written for Shudder, CBS, Paste Magazine, Guff, Smosh, Obsev ...

Stax here with a Special Edition look at some of my favorite books on the craft of screenwriting. I always receive e-mail from readers looking for some good books on screenwriting. Hopefully, this ...

A big chunk of a screenwriter’s income often comes from assignments (which of course means their agent or manager’s income as well). Agents and managers use a grid to track open writing assignments at ...

First, I’m curious about how you got into screenwriting after publishing your first novel. It was watching the adaptation of a short story of mine, Little Fish, get made. Reading those drafts and ...

About a week after his last day at Latham & Watkins’ Brussels office, Sven Völcker relocated to Madrid to embark on a second ...