The house lights are dimming to spotlight some legendary playwrights who seamlessly transitioned into screenwriting and directing, using their stagecraft skills to elevate their silver-screen stories.

My favorite part of the wild world of filmmaking is the creative community. The like-minded folks that’ll help you turn those words on a page into pixels on a screen.

Today we're blasting into a trend you've probably noticed in big-budget action franchises: crafting jaw-dropping action sequences before even penning the screenplay.

Let's turn the key and get our creative engines running smoothly with scribbler-appropriate fitness and nutrition.

One of the most effective ways to humanize a protagonist, especially one highly skilled or nearly superhuman, is to show them struggling and in pain.

You're scribbling in the zone where your skills and the challenge of writing are in harmony. You’re so wrapped up in your writing that everything else fades away. Welcome to the flow state.

The time has come for Western action movies to evolve! It’s time for us to HALO jump into a new dawn that will marry spectacle with humanity and unify artistry with authenticity!

Let’s wander the winding path from Super 8 to smartphone, acknowledging how generations of filmmakers launched their careers with the tools of their moment.

Hollywood's tumultuous world of creative differences is a topic as old as the La Brea tar pits.

As if writing wasn’t an insanely competitive profession without steady paychecks or career longevity, AI's joined the game. So, when the music stops, it just might be a GPT who steals your chair.

Is it just as hard to do something bold as it is to do something safe?

Have you ever felt that rush of excitement when you find yourself in an unfamiliar place? That vibe is called the "Beginner's Brain" – a state where everything feels new and your creative instincts get a boost.

Clothing is more than fabric—it's a catalyst for creativity and a statement of personal and artistic identity.

Complexity theory, which studies how components within systems interact to create the whole, can offer relevant insights for scribblers in need of managing unwieldy narratives.

When planning a creative project, such as writing a screenplay, book, developing a game, or starting a business, first principles thinking can help ensure the viability of your endeavor.

By reflecting the ordinary world through relatable characters and relationships, sci-fi, and fantasy scribblers can create narratives that resonate deeply.

Fandom is not inevitably toxic. But handling feedback, both positive and negative, from a large and vocal online fanbase is a nuanced challenge.

Whether you’re crafting a new show, game, or movie, the more thought you can apply to the consistency of your make-believe world, the better.

Love versus hate, fear versus courage, and truth versus deceit are some of the emotional dichotomies scribblers use to craft compelling stories.

The Snowflake Method, developed by novelist and screenwriter Randy Ingermanson, offers a structured yet creative approach to streamline your process, from crafting a compelling one-sentence summary to expanding your story into a multi-page synopsis.