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Tom Smith reports back from the recent event at Live Theatre in Newcastle and shares writing advice and tips that he picked up from the weekend.

Gregory Lawrence (aka Greg Smith) is a writer, director, performer, songwriter, and comedian. He's an associate editor for Collider and has written for Shudder, CBS, Paste Magazine, Guff, Smosh, Obsev ...

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 ...

The first time I had heard the term “button” when discussing a scene, it went right over my head. It was while reading the ...

Anyone who has stared at a blank screen or struggled to fill an empty page can relate: Writing is not easy. But the panelists on Saturday at the Santa ...

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 ...

Your screenplay lives or dies by its inciting incident, which paves the way for all of the conflict in your story to unfold. The inciting incident also establishes your main character’s goals and, ...

If you've ever wanted to take an idea and develop it into a story for a novel, short story, or screenplay, this event is for you. Steve Scaffidi, a writer, producer and director for film and ...