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Thank you to the nearly one thousand writers who entered the 2017 WeScreenplay Feature Contest. Your hard work, talent, and dedication to storytelling shines through in the entries we received. We're so honored to be entrusted with your projects which is…

While writing scripts is arguably the most important job a screenwriter has, being able to analyze scripts including your own can be very helpful in any stage of writing from first drafts to editing. Learning from other scripts can improve…

By: Jonathan James It’s another one of those forbidden screenwriting tools we are all told to avoid at any and all cost. The dreaded voice-over, a useful and sometimes necessary tool that many of us have been warned as hopeful…

By: Beverly Peders The holiday season is upon us and it brings snow, hot cider, and gift giving. However, for the screenwriter or freelance writer in your life, it may be hard to find something to get them other than…

Whether you’ve had this idea cooking for a while or you just jotted it down on a cocktail napkin, before you jump headfirst into writing the screenplay, you should write a treatment. Not only will this be an enormous benefit…

By: Jonathan JamesIn last year's GOOSEBUMPS, there is a moment near the end of the film where Jack Black, playing GOOSEBUMPS writer R.L. Stein says, “a story is comprised of three parts. The beginning, the middle, and the twist.” Obviously,…

By Beverly PedersWriting Software:My Screenplays - Android - FreeThis is a mobile script writing app that does what most screenwriting programs can: auto formats with autocomplete for characters and locations, can export into pdf, Final Draft, Doc, and more, and…

The mission of Diverse Voices is to provide a contest that is purely focused on promoting and encouraging diverse voices and stories. The contest's hope is to find stories that are told from perspectives – through the author and/or characters – that…