Back in September, we wrote about writer, director and producer Brian Koppelman’s six second screenwriting tips on Vine (he just posted tip #122). His #1 tip was “All screenwriting books are bullshit, ...

WriterDuet is a free cloud screenwriting software. It comes with some advanced tools that help you write professional screenplays. You don’t have to focus on the ...

At this stage in the season, when it is entirely too early to make any meaningful predictions about what the Oscar nominees (much less the winners) will be, I like to look back at the Academy’s recent ...

Ross Bonaime is the Senior Film Editor at Collider. He is a Virginia-based critic, writer, and editor who has written about all forms of entertainment for Paste Magazine, Brightest Young Things, ...

If you were disappointed by this year’s Oscars nominations, allow me to invite you to a magical land called the Screenplay Awards. Greta Gerwig is here! So is her boyfriend, Noah Baumbach. (Both were ...

Brennan Cusack's pilot "The Badlands Woman's Clinic" won the $10,000 grand prize. In 2025, the contest celebrated writers across five categories: feature film, horror/thriller, TV pilot, short film, ...

You’ve been accepted into film school! There are lots of clichés and expectations around what you can expect, but only a small percentage of them are true. It’s tempting to want to throw yourself into ...

EXCLUSIVE: Stage 32 is launching a Global Screenwriting Contest Hub, bringing together dozens of writing competitions from around the world into one place including Oscar and BAFTA-qualifying contests ...

If you’re a screenwriter or want to be a screenwriter, then at some point you will have used Final Draft. Co-founded in 1990 and now in its 12th version, the Final Draft screenwriting software boasts ...

If you’re a fan of cooking shows, and particularly “Top Chef,” then you know the basics: never make risotto, never be front of house in Restaurant Wars, and pastry is always risky. But if we dig a ...