Solid, credible storytelling advice can come from the most unexpected of places.Take the following clip from the second season of Rick and Morty entitled ‘Look Who’s Purging Now’. In the episode, the titular heroes locate a lighthouse in an attempt…

By: Beverly PedersWhenever that idea pops into your head and you jot it down, there’s always that second where you come up with a surrogate name for it until you can give it more thought. “Western with Animals” or “Foodie…

We're excited to announce the very talented semifinalists of the WeScreenplay Television Competition. After three reads from three different judges, these are the scripts that stood out.The writers advancing represent approximately the top 5% of all entries -- quite an accomplishment. The…

For ages, Hollywood has tried to make bank on the video game industry’s fan base that has allowed it to become a billion-dollar industry, yet time and time again they fail. Sure many avid video game followers have their favorites…

By: Beverly PedersAll writers know there is nothing worse than drawing a blank. While “writer’s block” covers a lot of different road blocks in writing, I think one of the most detrimental is lack of inspiration. It can happen to…

Everyone’s who has ever tried to create anything has been told “Nothing is original anymore”. The statement can definitely be disheartening, especially if something you worked very hard on becomes summarized into “Westworld but with aliens” or something like “Game…

Knock, a science fiction short story by author Frederic Brown, begins with a famous mini-narrative that tells a complete story in less than twenty words. “The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the…

By Beverly PedersEveryone loves a good ol’ kick through the fourth wall every now and then, but self-awareness is a delicate process that can easily ruin a cinematic experience. While sometimes you can miss the hints at self-awareness or humorously…

We're excited to announce the very talented quarter-finalists of the WeScreenplay Television Competition. After two reads from two different judges, these scripts stood out as fantastic stories. The talent in television is growing by the day, and this year the competition…

By: Jonathan WilliamsThere always seems to be a constant debate amongst writers, “is it ok to write camera directions, or not?” There was a time when camera angles were all the rage in screenplays now it is simply totted as…