The first Oscar for Best Original Screenwriting, awarded during a brisk fifteen-minute ceremony that took place over the clinking sounds of dinner in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel ...

In 1973, filmmaker George Lucas sat down to write the script that would make him famous. It was called “The Star Wars,” and it followed heroic Luke Starkiller zipping around the 33rd century with his ...

Women and people of color “continued to make progress in screen hiring,” according to the WGA West’s latest Screen Inclusion Report, which notes, however, that “these writers remain significantly ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The author of many tech books, Michael Ashley covers AI and Big Data. If you were paying attention to Hollywood, the summer of ...

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L.A.-based filmmaker Noam Kroll is currently working on his second feature. He keeps a production blog at his website NoamKroll.com. In this blog post, he writes about focusing on characters in order ...

Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy as Jesse and Celine walking side by side in Before Midnight. Image via Sony Pictures Classics. Feel free to connect with him or check out his work. He's everywhere — Upwork ...

Of course, some of the best screenwriters wrote their masterpieces without relying on apps or even computers, but sometimes an app is just what you need to organize your thoughts or streamline the ...

Born to Fail, X9, and The Last Blessing all advance in the prestigious screenwriting competition CHICAGO, IL, UNITED ...