If you want to become a screenwriter, it’s so important to learn how to write action lines in a script. Action lines take up the bulk of a reader’s attention. It’s where you spell out what’s happening ...

Variety’s new series, “Hollywood How-To,” will tackle all things writing, with broader conversations about everything from crafting characters to navigating the writer’s room. The second chapter — ...

All television writing can be summed up in one word: economy. TV pilots must communicate the world, characters, genre, stakes, and tone to the audience—all in the span of a single episode. One of the ...

HubSpot, the inbound marketing and sales platform, conducted research around video content that found 54 percent of respondents (your potential customers) wanted to see video from brands they support.

Co-writer and producer Anthony Hines describes the massive amount of material the film's eight screenwriters produced, preparing their actors for any situation. By Tyler Coates Awards Editor But what ...

So, you have a job interview at a company you really like. It’s your dream job. Your interviews are scheduled, and you ready to start to preparing. But how? Most candidates research the company, the ...

This story originally appeared in NPR's Student Podcast Challenge newsletter. Subscribe here. When I (Abē Levine) started interning here at NPR, I worked nights as a wedding server. And one thing ...

Scott Z. Burns tried to use AI to write a “Contagion” sequel as shared in the illuminating new podcast “What Could Go Wrong?” In Hollywood, there seem to be two camps when it comes to AI. Some preach ...

Half of the dialogue in my film “CODA” is in American Sign Language. How do you write for a language that has no written form? I didn’t. Not at first. When I started studying ASL, it struck me how ...

“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 ...