Oct 04 Love17 The Script Lab Podcast: Robyn Paris — Writer/Director of the Award-winning Web Series THE ROOM ACTORS: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? By Shanee Edwards Screenwriting 101, TSL Podcast In this podcast episode, I sit down with writer/director Robyn Paris to chat about her web series The Room Actors: Where…Read More
Oct 02 Love14 Announcing the 2019 TSL Free Screenplay Contest Quarterfinalists! By Admin Contests, Screenwriting 101 We're thrilled to announce our quarterfinalists for The Script Lab's 2019 Screenplay Contest, in partnership with Coverfly. Out of over…Read More
Sep 30 Love13 Top 5 Most Clichéd Movie Openings By Shaun Leonard Main, Screenwriting 101, Script Tips When we watch these clichéd movie openings, we groan. Or worse, we stop paying attention until something original happens. Hooking…Read More
Sep 30 Love3 First Draft Screenwriting Advice from Sylvester Stallone By Ken Miyamoto Features, Screenwriting 101 Sylvester Stallone offers some excellent advice about how to write first drafts. Welcome to our ongoing Learning from the Masters and…Read More
Sep 30 Love6 How to Succeed the Shonda Rhimes Way By Ken Miyamoto Features, Screenwriting 101 What are some of the ways that Shonda Rhimes found success in life and in Hollywood? Welcome to our ongoing…Read More
Sep 24 Love7 7 Simple Steps to Writing Perfect Loglines By Ken Miyamoto Features, Screenwriting 101 What are the most simple steps to writing and understanding loglines? Welcome to our ongoing Learning from the Masters and…Read More
Sep 23 Love13 Download 2019 Emmy-winning and Nominated Scripts for Free By Natasha Guimond Features, Screenwriting 101 Another year, another round of Emmy winners. And in a television-landscape as crowded as our current era of peak-TV, you…Read More
Sep 23 Love3 The MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE Formula to Writing Thrilling Heist Sequences By Ken Miyamoto Features, Screenwriting 101 Is there a formula for writing compelling, engaging, and thrilling heist sequences? We turned to the Lessons from the Screenplay…Read More
Sep 18 Love0 Movie Screens are Made of Glass By Richard Walter Authors, Education, Mentoring, Screenwriting 101 To suggest that movies are voyeuristic is like calling Ronald Reagan a Republican. I’m no fan of film-student idol David…Read More
Sep 16 Love4 How THE OFFICE Was Written By Ken Miyamoto Features, Screenwriting 101 What went into the writing of one of television's most iconic contemporary classics — The Office? Welcome to our ongoing…Read More