Dec 20 Love2 First Ten Pages: Adventureland (2009) By Danielle Karagannis Main, Screenwriting 101 Screenplay by: Greg Mottola It’s the 1980s… It’s summer… And newly college graduate, James, is at a loss when he…Read More
Dec 19 Love0 How to Increase Your Luck in Screenwriting Contests By Rebecca Norris Main, Screenwriting 101 As they say, there are many roads that lead to Rome, and there are many paths that can lead to…Read More
Dec 18 Love11 Screenwriting 101: Lessons from Alfred Hitchcock Presents By Anthony Faust Main, Screenwriting 101 Alfred Hitchcock captivated audiences with his deft ability to build suspense. He earned the moniker “The Master of Suspense” by…Read More
Dec 17 Love4 2018 Sundance Institute Screenwriters Lab Fellows Announced By Admin Announcements, Blogs, Features, Film Festivals, Main, News, Screenwriting 101, Sundance Film Festival Bold Innovation and Risk-Taking Encouraged at Immersive Lab, Part of Ongoing Creative Support; Twelve Alumni Projects to Premiere at 2018…Read More
Dec 15 Love17 Top Screenwriting Competitions of 2018 – Calendar of Dates and Deadlines By Admin Blogs, Blogs, Features, Main Looking for the entertainment industry's top screenwriting competitions to enter in 2018? We've got you covered! After carefully surveying the…Read More
Dec 15 Love2 5 Lessons from the Writers of “The Big Sick” By Staff Main, Screenwriting 101 By Britton Perelman After a Tuesday night showing of the semi-autobiographical movie about their lives, Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V.…Read More
Dec 14 Love2 Screenwriting 101: Humor and Bathos Done Right By Valerie Kalfrin Main, Screenwriting 101 Humor is a peculiar tool for a writer. Laughter can add layers to a character and woo an audience, but…Read More
Dec 12 Love11 Five Plot Point Breakdown: Romancing the Stone (1984) By Anthony Faust Five Plot Point Breakdowns, Main, Screenwriting 101 Screenplay Genre: Action/Romance Movie Time: 106 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT Joan Wilder (Kathleen Turner) is a romance novelist living in…Read More
Dec 11 Love13 Calling All Writers: Weekly Contest Roundup – 12/4/2017 By Staff Main, Screenwriting 101 Welcome back to The Script Lab’s weekly screenwriting contest roundup – our gathering of all the latest in contest news,…Read More
Dec 11 Love1 Screenwriting 101: Making the Most of Your Rewrites By Staff Main, Screenwriting 101 By: Matt van Onselen Ah, rewrites. You’ve sweated bullets every day for months. You’ve had to dig deep into your soul on…Read More