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 ...

Writing a movie is hard work. Using AI screenwriting tools is not. I put three such tools to the test to see what kind of tales a machine could weave. Writer's block has left many screenwriters ...

The five-act structure is a plot formula that divides a story into five sections: the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. From these classical explorations comes our ...

“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 ...

Earlier today we showed you some awesome AI video tools, we also showed you how to create AI-generated videos with InVideo, in this guide we will show you how to use ChatGPT to create scripts for your ...

The Writers Guild is currently in negotiations for a new contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. Image: Alex Millauer (Shutterstock) As Chat-GPT learns more about how to ...

Our monkey minds (as my meditation teacher says) are constantly chattering. Sometimes we hear them loud and clear. Other times, they are in the background. There are times that the chatter is ...

Variety’s new weekly series, “Hollywood How-To,” will tackle all things writing, with conversations about everything from crafting characters to navigating the writer’s room. There are few writers ...

Perhaps more than any profession, writers are infamous for their quirky and possibly counterproductive on the-job habits. In his heyday, screenwriter Paul Schrader would write exclusively at night, ...