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What is a Flat Character?
December 5, 2025
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What is a Flat Character?
December 5, 2025 -
Write On: Screenwriter JT Mollner - 'The Long Walk'
December 5, 2025 -
“Let Your Film Be a Sibling, Not a Twin”: Novelist Maggie O’Farrell on Adapting ‘Hamnet’ for the Screen
December 3, 2025 -
How to Plan Your Entire Screenwriting Year: A Month-by-Month Guide
December 3, 2025 -
How ‘The Morning Show’ Became Must-See TV (Drama Writers, Take Note!)
November 26, 2025 -
What Is a Beat Sheet? An Essential Screenwriting Tool Explained
November 26, 2025 -
10 Elements Your Drama Script Needs
November 26, 2025 -
The 10 Essential Indie Screenplays for Writers to Read
November 24, 2025 -
The 10 Best Thanksgiving Movies (and What They Say About Conflict)
November 24, 2025 -
“Heaven Can Be Other People”: Clint Bentley on ‘Train Dreams’ and the Power of Human Connection
November 21, 2025 -
5 Underrated Thanksgiving Movies
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5 TV Pilot Scripts to Study
November 18, 2025 -
How to Write a TV Pilot: 5 Key Elements Every Script Must Have
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Taming ‘The Beast in Me’: Howard Gordon & Daniel Pearle on Building a Frenetic Psychological Thriller for Netflix
November 17, 2025 -
Ian Shorr on Writing ‘Shiver’: Turning Shark Stories into a Studio Spec Sale
November 17, 2025 -
Unlikeable Characters vs. Anti-Heroes: What’s the Difference and Why It Matters
November 14, 2025 -
The 6 Must-See Osgood Perkins Horror Films That Turn the Personal into Pure Terror
November 13, 2025 -
The Painfully Funny Truth of the Unread Script: ‘Sentimental Value’ Writers Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt on Finding Story in Frustration
November 13, 2025 -
What Is the Worst Screenwriting Advice? (And What to Do Instead)
November 12, 2025 -
‘House of Dynamite’ and the Art of the Ticking Clock Screenplay
November 12, 2025