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Killer Career Advice from Screenwriter & Director Ava DuVernay

In the past few years, writer, director, and producer Ava DuVernay has created powerful works of art including Selma, When They See Us, A Wrinkle in Time, 13th, and Queen Sugar. She’s a champion for women and people of color,…

Shannon CorbeilNovember 3, 2020

Filmmaking Screenwriting Scripts

How Taika Waititi Writes a Script: 5 Screenwriting Tips

Somehow, Oscar-winning screenwriter/director Taika Waititi made a movie about World War II into a comedy. Which is no easy task. Before writing and directing Jojo Rabbit, Waititi co-directed and starred in the horror-comedy WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS and…

Julia CamaraOctober 29, 2020

Filmmaking Screenwriting

How To Write a Contained Screenplay: 8 Great Scripts With One Location

Contained screenwriting can be challenging. Not everyone is wired to tell a story that involves only a small amount of characters and that mostly happens in just one or two locations. But like most creative endeavors, the right kind of…

Julia CamaraOctober 12, 2020

Diverse Voices Filmmaking Industry Events

How Diverse Latinx Inclusion Benefits Everyone in Hollywood

Last week, WeScreenplay’s ACTIONS FOR POSITIVE CHANGE series continued with a panel on “Embracing the Nuanced Latinx Experience,” moderated by Joshua Noble (writer/actor/producer and WeScreenplay contributor). A trio of Latinx creative powerhouses gave their take on what it means to…

Teresa JusinoSeptember 9, 2020

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How to Handle Script Feedback: 3 Ways to Use Notes in Your Rewrite

Getting feedback on your script can be hard. As writers, we pour ourselves onto each page, and handing our blood and guts over for judgment isn't the most comfortable task. But as difficult as it is, receiving critical script feedback…

Helenna SantosSeptember 8, 2020

Contests Diverse Voices Filmmaking Screenwriting Scripts TV

7 Ways to Make Your Dialogue Shine

Dialogue is one of the most important tools in the screenwriter’s tool box. Screenplays rely heavily on it since the writer can’t talk about what’s going on inside a character’s mind. Audiences can only experience the journey by seeing the…

Julia CamaraAugust 20, 2020

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Three Tips for Screenwriters from Zero Gravity Management’s Jermaine Johnson

Jermaine Johnson is a Literary Manager at Zero Gravity Management and if you’ve never heard him speak, you’re going to want to check out his conversation with Sarah J. Eagen promptly. It’s not just his years of experience, it’s his…

Shannon CorbeilAugust 17, 2020

Contests Diverse Voices Filmmaking Screenwriting Scripts TV

6 Diverse Writers, Creators, and Filmmakers to Watch

With diversity and inclusion finally coming to forefront, it’s fantastic to see writers, creators, and filmmakers like Issa Rae, Ramy Youssef, Mindy Kaling, and Lulu Wang getting the attention they deserve. Along with watching the content created by these brilliant…

Helenna SantosAugust 13, 2020

Contests Diverse Voices Filmmaking Screenwriting Scripts TV

Cultural Appropriation and Mindful Screenwriting

So, your script takes place in a community, or a country, that’s not your own. You might be asking yourself, If I write this script, is that cultural appropriation? Cultural appropriation “is the adoption of an element or elements of…

Teresa JusinoAugust 3, 2020

Contests Diverse Voices Filmmaking Screenwriting Scripts TV

TOP 5 TIPS FROM SHOWRUNNER ERIN CARDILLO

Showrunner Erin Cardillo sat down with WeScreenplay’s Sarah Eagen for the first installment of the Cocktails & Conversations virtual series. She shared some phenomenal insights that every writer should hear no matter what level they are at in their career.…

Helenna SantosJuly 27, 2020