The Un-Rules
Kirsten Smith (Legally Blonde, The Ugly Truth)
Rick Suvalle (Roadkill, V.I.P.)
Joe Gazzam (21 Jump Street, Barbarella)
Mark Sanderson (Sea Snakes, I’ll Remember April)
Erik Bork (Band of Brothers, From the Earth to the Moon)
Karen McCullah (10 Things I Hate About You, Legally Blonde)
Deborah Moggach (Pride and Prejudice)
Billy Mernit (consultant on Bridesmaids, Pitch Perfect)
Rob Edwards (The Princess and the Frog, Treasure Planet)
The Job
How to Make Yourself Write When You Really Don’t Want To
F. Scott Fitzgerald on What It Takes to Be a Writer
The 2014 Black List Writing Calendar
Joe Eszterhas’s 10 Rules of Screenwriting
7 Life Lessons for Writers (and Everyone Else)
Beyond the Page: What You Need to Know to Make It as a Screenwriter
Frank Darabont on How to Succeed as a Screenwriter
Writing Routines of Successful Writers
The Writing Routines of Famous Authors
Rejection is Good for Your Writing
Conquer Writer’s Block: Watch a Movie
The 11 Commandments of Writing
How to Be a Writer: Do It Every Day
How Professional Screenwriters Work
Writing Assignments Versus Spec Sales
Hitting a Wall in Your Writing: How to Break Through
Charlie Kaufman’s Take on Screenwriting
Don’t Worry About Writing Perfectly, Just Write!
Finding Your Screenwriting Process
Learning to Say ‘No’ to the Wrong Writing Gigs
How to Handle the Rejection Inherent in Screenwriting
Finding Your Voice as a Writer
Having Hope and Faith as a Writer
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Big Picture Writing Advice
Why You Should Write a Sh*tty First Draft
5 Ways to Defend Your Writing Time
Video: Story Structure the Kurt Vonnegut Way
Does Your Script Pass the Bechdel Test?
A Fresh Take on the Save the Cat Beat Sheet
Storyboard Your Movie with Amazon Storyteller
Creativity Tools: The Netflix Genre Generator
Hemingway on How to Be a Writer
How to See the World Like an Artist
Six Second Screenwriting Lessons from Brian Koppelman
Video: How Great Screenwriters Prepare to Write
50 Resources to Help You Outline Your Script
Structuring Your Script with the Dan Harmon Story Circle
Terry Rossio on Finding a Uniquely Compelling Screenplay Concept
Write Better by Creating a Coffee Shop at Home
What To Do After Finishing a Draft of Your Script
Finding the Emotional Core of Your Script (and Why That’s So Important)
Writing a Script with Good DNA
Why Nobody Would Buy ‘This is the End’ from an Unknown Writer
Lying to Tell the Greater Truth in Your Writing
John Cleese on 5 Things to Make Yourself More Creative
10 Lessons Every Writer Can Learn from Iron Man 3
10 Screenwriting Lessons From Django Unchained
Workspaces that Inspire Creativity
Video: 5 Great Screenwriters Talk Craft
4 Essential Elements of a Knock-Out Ending
12 Things Spec Readers Look For
Bad Guys as Good Guys: The Dexter Approach
15 Types of Inciting Incidents
Rewriting: Finding the Will to Take a Machete to Your Script
50 Dead Giveaways That You’re an Amateur Writer
How to Steal From Yourself (Aaron Sorkin Style)
Pixar’s 22 Rules of Storytelling
Fulfilling Film Endings: Both Happy & Sad
Story v. Character: Which Matters More?
The Trick to a Script Like Bridesmaids: Write, Then Rewrite, Then Rewrite…
What Not to Do in Your First Five Pages
Are You Sure It’s on the Page?
Choosing the Right Music for Your Writing Sessions
When it Comes to Your Characters, Reveal & Complicate
Because Robert McKee Said So: Notes From the Master
Ten Tips for Creating a Strong Lead Character
Finding Your Main Character’s Arc
The Keys to Writing Great Family Films
Screenwriting 101: Watch, Read, Write
Moving Your Story Along with Emmy-Winner Erik Bork
If the Reader Doesn’t Get it, the Problem is in the Writing
The Top 5 Screenwriting Mistakes to Avoid
3 Tips for Getting Your Script to the Studio Level
Watching Movies from a Critical Point of View
Script Writing Basics: The Middle
Keeping Your Script Focused with a Dramatic Question
The First Act: Starting Strong
Climaxing the Right Way (In Your Script)
5 Lessons from the Work of Sydney Lumet
What Audiences Need to Know When
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The Specifics
Quentin Tarantino on Letting Your Characters Take Over
Toy Story 3 Scribe on How to Begin Your Screenplay
How NOT to Write a Character Description
How to Write a Better Female Protagonist
4 Ways to Give Your Character Depth
Crafting a Deliciously Evil Villain
Crafting Subplots and B-Stories
Writing Concise, Visual Action Descriptions
Audiences Don’t Listen to Dialogue
Video: Writing Parallel Stories Effectively
In a Rom-Com, Less Dialogue is More Emotion
Creating Drama in a Talking Head Scene
9 Tips for Writing a Great Scene
Rom Coms: Convincing the Audience Your Lovers Belong Together
The Keys to Writing Great Family Films
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