Choosing to become a screenwriter is one of the biggest life decisions you’ll ever make. It takes hard work, discipline, and a willingness to hear a lot of people tell you “No” before finally hearing ...

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Last month, we had John August on our podcast to talk about his new upgrade of the Highland screenwriting app from Quote-Unquote Apps. Now, the app has officially dropped, so we wanted to highlight it ...

I made a post a little while back and I wound up using Montage and Avenir for this purpose and have grown to dislike both of them.<BR><BR>Montage has quirks where I might press the return key and it ...

Writing a movie is hard work. Using AI screenwriting tools is not. I put three such tools to the test to see what kind of tales a machine could weave. I’ve been freelancing as a tech journalist for ...

Many screenwriters have embraced modern tools over traditional PDFs to craft their film or TV show pilots. SoCreate, the latest entrant in the screenwriting software arena, is challenging established ...

Writing for an animated film is like painting on an infinite canvas—there are literally no bounds. You don’t have to worry about expensive or dangerous stunts, keeping your sets small for the sake of ...

Maybe you’re thinking about writing a screenplay, but don’t know where to start. Or maybe you’re interested in following in the footsteps of writer-directors such as Mindy Kaling or Jordan Peele.