The Screenwrightist

Screenplays are guides. You can't expect to visualize a finished building just by glancing at the blueprints. Screenplays are plans for making a movie and consequently can't be read just like any other written story material. There are common...

Writing great characters isn't easy, it takes empathy and imagination. The better we get at it the easier it gets. What gets harder is dealing with the consequences of being able to inhabit the head of so many different people.

Stories are found everywhere in life. Newspapers, magazines, neighborhood gossip, and phone call confessions all have aspects of narrative. We have a clear desire to tell stories but why do we want to experience them. Why do we listen to breakfast tales...