For those who believe screenwriters need to know exactly where the story’s going to go, Columbia University screenwriting professor Guy Gallo says: Nonsense. In this excerpt from his new book, ...

The Bottom LineQuestion: Why do so many professionals have such a difficult time presenting? Adubato: As you read this column, there are millions of professionals in all walks of life who are ...

Whether it’s a low-budget indie film or a major blockbuster like the latest Marvel hit, every successful movie follows a screenplay or the script that dictates how a scene should flow. If you’re an ...

Lately, I have been trying to look into how other people follow the same process I do when it comes to writing. I like to suss out if they do steps in a different order, or if there's nuance to any ...

Deciding which format to use will be determined by the type of script you are writing. Formats are dictated by technology, and there are good reasons for using them. A correctly formatted script makes ...

About this series: Before it was a movie, it was a screenplay. And before it was a screenplay, it was a terrifyingly blank page. Revision History tells stories about one of the least understood but ...