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Screenwriters Daily Dose

On Your Mark, Get Set, Contest!

Daily Dose: Screenwriting Contests Every screenwriting contest is a balancing act between costs & benefits. It's not too early to start the process by looking at the biggest contests. While this list is for 2016, all these contests will be... Continue Reading →

Working in Film

Daily Dose: Career Move Ever think of joining a film crew? Maybe it's to learn more about writing by seeing a script filmed. Or maybe it's to meet people who could one day help you succeed as a screenwriter. Or... Continue Reading →

Reaching Your Goals

Daily Dose: Inspiration We all have goals, but do we give them enough time for success? Maybe setting goals is what's getting in your way. Try a new technique that could help you succeed! In an article from Medium, an... Continue Reading →

Ready to Go Pro?

Daily Dose: Career Moves Okay, you've ranked in contests and have written enough scripts to feel pretty good about yourself, but at what point do you really get into the game and go Pro? We're talking about taking off the contest training wheels and... Continue Reading →

Got $ to Film a Movie?

Daily Dose: Filming Skills I've been following Ashley Scott Meyers' blog for a long time. He does regular interviews with screenwriters, as video blogs, but also offers plenty of solid industry advice on his blog Sell Your Screenplay.com.  And not... Continue Reading →

Get Your Social On

Daily Dose: Networking Is it strange that writers tend to do their best work alone in a room?  Now don't go dark on me... I meant with a keyboard and a computer screen. Uh... still sounds bad. What I really... Continue Reading →

Testing Your Loglines!

Daily Dose: Screenwriting Tips Writing loglines is one thing, but testing them out is another! It must be done! I did just that in a private Facebook group and my logline won. (Only 3 people entered, and one of them posted... Continue Reading →

Interview with Writer/Directors

Daily Dose: Screenwriter-to-Screenwriter Love interviews with screenwriters? Me, too. Here's one with some guys that had a script place in the Top 30 of the Nicholl Fellowship. Be impressed, because that is HUGE! (Warning: language used in the Q&A is not... Continue Reading →

Higher Concepts

Daily Dose: Tips Concept is King, so who wouldn't want confirmation that their concept rocks the Casbah?  From the Helping Writers Become Authors blog is a very helpful article for screenwriters. It not only offers a 4-point checklist for what... Continue Reading →

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