There are many amazing books available on how to write a screenplay. These invaluable tools are useful for beginners and professionals alike. When you embark on learning a new skill, it is important to learn from the best. Otherwise, you will end up with false information which may be hard to unlearn when needed. This will lead to a worse screenplay than you would have otherwise written.

Syd Field’s Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting is one of the best screenplay books available. The (more…)

Screenplay writers are needed these days to create something new. There area a lot of stories that are worth being told and having the lack of imagination to make these stories is just sad. The world is in need of something new may it be in movies, television or plays. Remakes of old stories are not that fun when you know the story that is going to happen already.

Screenplay writing requires a lot of imagination if you want the studio (more…)

Are you in the process of writing your first screenplay? Are you unsure how to begin, or how to stay on the right track? If you want some great tips, read these five things that you should always keep your focus on.

- Your end result.
Don’t lose track of the big picture. It is important to pay attention to the small things, but doing that too much can cause you to get lost.

- Your audience.
What kind of screenplay are you writing? Who do you think (more…)

If you want to be a screenwriter you’ve got to know what constitutes a “good” adapted screenplay. Here are a few of the most recent Academy Award winners for Best Original Screenplay – try to catch a couple on www.direct.tv satellite and make notes about why they’re so well reviewed.
Almost Famous – The story of a music groupie on tour in the 70s…seems clichd on the surface but good screenwriting took this film to a deeper level.
Lost in Translation – 2003′s winner (more…)