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 was to find stories that are told from perspectives – through the author and/or characters – that…

This post will be nice and short because it can be nice and short. While you should never write something you don't WANT to write, if you've been considering writing a horror film there is a damn good reason to…

        Before we announce the semi-finalist, we're very excited to announce that Diverse Voices and WeScreenplay raised $1,437 for the Books for Kids Foundation!  Thank you to everyone who entered and we're extremely excited to support this amazing organization. We encourage…

Here are 5 free tools that will help you write your next screenplay more efficiently. Not all of these are necessarily designed for screenwriters, but they can all help.1.) Random Name GeneratorNo more wasting times coming up with character names,…

From the start, WeScreenplay has been devoted to approaching script coverage and screenplay contests like a Silicon Valley startup.  Besides automating away all of the tasks that other companies have to do manually, we've been building models out of the troves of script…

I don't know why you got into the business of writing, of grasping at words to explain the images in your brain, and editing within an inch of your life. For most, it's a kind of call, a transcendent purpose. Otherwise, who…

Craig Peters wrote The 49th Day which captivated our judges. It is about a young girl’s imaginary friend who starts killing her family off, one by one. But what can you do when you’re only nine, and Death wants to play?…

Jessica DiGiacinto is the Grand Prize Winner of WISC '15.  She's won $1,000 in cash, $2,500 in prizes, a mentorship with Douglas Saylor Jr., and her script is being distributed to over 2 dozen managers and producers. These are her thoughts on…