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How to Become a Screenwriter: 5 Tips from ‘Insecure’ Producer Amy Aniobi

Insecure writer and co-executive producer Amy Aniobi is on a comedy roll with an overall deal at HBO that will feature at least three projects over two years. As INSECURE heads into its fifth season (set to release in 2021),…

Shannon CorbeilDecember 8, 2020

Filmmaking Screenwriting

Screenwriting Advice from Lynn Chen: How to Know When Your Script is Ready

Lynn Chen wrote, directed, and starred in the feature film I WILL MAKE YOU MINE, which had its world premiere in competition at the 2020 SXSW Film Festival. Her three-decade career includes credits in over 50 television shows (SHAMELESS, SILICON VALLEY),…

Julia CamaraNovember 13, 2020

Filmmaking Screenwriting

6 Screenwriting Lessons from Spike Lee

Spike Lee is a powerhouse screenwriter and director. In his almost 40 year career in film, Lee has made iconic and groundbreaking films from his directorial debut, She’s Gotta Have It to Da 5 Bloods. In 2019 Lee’s film BlacKkKlansman…

Julia CamaraNovember 5, 2020

Filmmaking Screenwriting

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

Industry Events

How to Find a Literary Manager: Tips for Writers from Tracy Kopulsky

MXN Entertainment's Literary Manager & Producer Tracy Kopulsky sat down with WeScreenplay’s Sarah Eagen for another installment of the Cocktails & Conversations virtual series. Tracy Kopulsky is a Manager and Producer at MXN Entertainment. After graduating from the Radio/TV/Film program at…

Julia CamaraSeptember 15, 2020

Screenwriting

4 Essential Elements for Your Screenplay’s Logline

During the Golden Age of cinema, way before the advent of digital technology, the internet, and the cloud, scripts were stored in massive studio vaults. Stacks upon stacks of scripts. In order to differentiate these scripts, the studio executive would…

Justin Trevor WintersMay 27, 2020

Screenwriting

The Best and Worst Ways to Make a First Impression with Your Script

We asked all of our contest judges what makes a great first impression and what makes a bad first impression when they start reading a fresh script. Certainly, as our judges keep reading, there are plenty of times the first impression proves…