The Screenwrightist

Writers often hear advice from published authors and teachers that are taken for granted. One is "show don't tell" and another is to never use adjectives and adverbs. Most writing advice that has become axiomatic is valid, but too often we hear the axiom...

Writing can be confusing at times because the way things were done at one time are not the best way to do them, it is just all they had back then. At one time novels were the highest form of storytelling technology. Anything you can think of can be done...

Playwriting and much television writing is mostly dialogue. What people say to each other can come off as simply talk if there is no character motivation behind it. When writing dialogue it is easy to bless whatever comes out of...

Writers often put on paper whatever comes into their minds first. Freewriting is a great skill to have, but a consideration of the media you are writing for can help you communicate in it best. Just as novels cannot as accurately describe things like a...

Many writers overlook short form material, concentrating on full-length works such as novels, films, and plays. Though longer works can seem more fulfilling and more in demand than shorter pieces, there are some great reasons to put effort into short writings. A short film especially...