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.

Writing can be an exhausting endeavor. I'm big into using any strategy that helps you come up with the answers and gets you ...

When you watch a lot of film and television, you begin to sense a pattern. In the beginning, you meet characters. In the middle, you see them struggle. At the end, you watch as they succeed or fail.

“Watchmen” showrunner Damon Lindelof thinks if you repeat the word three times, “we can express exactly how important it is” to a great script. “It’s really the whole ball of wax,” he says. “When it ...

Anyone who wishes to declare a screenwriting minor or to internally transfer into the writing for screen and television major at the School of Cinematic Arts has to take Fundamentals of Screenwriting: ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Oscars Best Adapted Screenplay Commentary (Updated Dec. 7, 2025): Ambition and literary rigor define this year’s adapted screenplay race, a category where muscular studio fare and intimate character ...

The lesson of the original “Jurassic Park” was that man shouldn’t attempt to tamper with nature. The lesson of “The Lost World: Jurassic Park,” “Jurassic Park III” and now “Jurassic World” is that ...

One of the most talked-about novels in recent years, the 2012 thriller Gone Girl is now a film. Here, author Gillian Flynn discusses the challenges and joys of adapting her work into a screenplay for ...