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Ed Solomon on Writing ‘The Christophers’, Creative Constraints, and Not Hoarding Your Reveals
April 13, 2026 -
10 Screenwriting Tips from Jon Favreau's Interview with Robert Rodriguez
April 13, 2026 -
Screenwriting Career Coach & Big Break Mentor Lee Jessup on Connecting the Storyteller to the Story
April 13, 2026 -
‘Euphoria’ and How to Write a TV Ensemble That Shines
April 10, 2026 -
What Is the Difference Between a Scene and a Sequence?
April 10, 2026 -
The Return of the Box Office (and What It Means for Screenwriters)
April 8, 2026 -
How Daniel Goldhaber and Isa Mazzei Reframed ‘Faces of Death’ for the Internet Age
April 8, 2026 -
The Big Break Win that Helped ‘Deafblind’ Get Optioned
April 8, 2026 -
How to Write a Satisfying Resolution to Your Story
April 3, 2026 -
4 Ways to Improve Your Chances in Screenwriting Contests
April 3, 2026 -
How to Make Falling Action Matter in Your Story
April 3, 2026 -
Screenwriter Lily Houghton Talks How ‘Forbidden Fruits’ Evolved from Stage to Slasher (with Help from Diablo Cody)
April 3, 2026 -
How to Write a Script in 3 Months
April 1, 2026 -
‘Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice’: Filmmaker BenDavid Grabinski Talks Time-Travel Movie That’s Really About Character
April 1, 2026 -
How to Write a Gripping Climax for Your Story
March 26, 2026 -
The Wild Ride Behind Screenwriter Kate Freund’s ‘Pretty Lethal’
March 26, 2026 -
Show Creator Haley Z. Boston on “Writing Weird” with ‘Something Very Bad is Going to Happen’
March 26, 2026 -
How Drew Goddard Blends Science and Emotion in ‘Project Hail Mary’
March 25, 2026 -
Big Break Judge Trent Anderson: The One Thing That Makes a Script Stand Out
March 24, 2026 -
Erin Galey on Winning Big Break Sci-Fi/Fantasy and Getting Notes from an Oscar-Nominee
March 24, 2026