Tag Archives: Screenplays

How to Format and Write a Movie Script

Have you ever watched a Hollywood movie and thought you could write better lyrics, better plot, and an all-together better script? Well, it is not as hard as you think! After learning some script formatting basics you could be long ahead on your way of making Hollywood’s next big movie. Before you begin writing your […]

How to Become a Successful Screenwriter

Imagine you are sitting down to watch a really good television show or play. Even if you’ve seen this for the first time, you know how to learn every line of the show. How is this? The answer is simple. You wrote this! Have you ever considered being a screenwriter? Have you ever thought what […]

Writer’s Literary Agency Scams: Don’t Be Taken

I was so excited, after sending out dozens of queries and receiving dozens of rejections, an agency was finally interested in signing me. I was so elated that my screenwriting career was advancing I failed to notice the warning signs of the scam I was about to fall for. To protect yourself from making the […]

Famous American Playwright and Storyteller David Mamet

On November 30th, 1947 David Alan Mamet was born in Chicago. Known for having an avid imagination and a natural knack for storytelling, throughout his childhood he was known to keep a pen and paper close and even professed to his mother that one day he would eventually become a famous writer. When he was […]

The Professional Screenwriter: Top Ten Screenplays of All-time

In 2005, the Writer’s Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writer’s Guild of America, East (WGAWE) conducted a poll of its members to come up with the top 101 screenplays of all-time. Professional movie and television writers were asked to pick their top ten screenplays from any era of filmmaking. The votes were tallied […]