As any aspiring screenwriter knows, the process of writing a movie script isn’t easy. But if you break it down into its discrete parts—the type of script, a strong premise, solid plot, believable ...

As exemplified by aspiring actor Mia’s multiple messy attempts in Damien Chazelle’s “La La Land,” reading a script in preparation for an audition can be overwhelming. Though it will never be easy, ...

When Scott Frank was a child, his father, Barry, bought a small Cessna airplane, and on weekends the two of them would fly. This was the mid-nineteen-seventies, in Los Gatos, California. Barry was a ...

How exciting that you're venturing into writing a radio or television commercial. Writing for broadcast media is significantly different from writing a print or digital ad. For the first time, you're ...

The WGA has banned scribes from performing these so-called "(a) through (h)" services — but things get complicated when it comes to writer-directors. And the DGA has differing guidance. By Katie ...

I really like the idea of a candidate-driven job interview that you talk about in your columns. I wish I had a better sense of how that kind of job interview would play out. Can you share a sample ...

A prize offered by an Indian state leader is intended to shed light on a Bronze Age civilization — and settle a cultural battle. By Pragati K.B. Reporting from New Delhi It is a riddle that has ...

Every week, Rajesh PN Rao, a computer scientist, gets emails from people claiming they've cracked an ancient script that has stumped scholars for generations. These self-proclaimed codebreakers - ...

This resource is suitable for creative writing for primary school learners. Drama scripts are written to be performed by actors in the theatre, on television, film, and radio. This director is putting ...

If you have every used the Command Line, or CMD, interface in Windows, you probably have some idea of the powerful things it can do. Creating your own CMD scripts, you can do even more, but faster. A ...