Oliver Stone was using a lot of cocaine when he was working on Conan the Barbarian, so his early script draft for the film is ...

A screenplay is the written version of a film or an episode of television. Simple, right? Wrong. Unlike a completed work, such as a novel or a short story, a screenplay is the first in a long series ...

Looking to transform Hollywood’s pile of unproduced scripts into publishable e-books, James West, a motion-picture industry entrepreneur, has launched Script Lit. The company licenses optioned, but ...

In the film, the brothers play up various exaggerated stereotypes. For Nick, that means being the “uptight, responsible one,” ...

A great screenplay is more than snappy dialogue and a compelling hook; it's structure, rhythm, character, subtext, and that intangible electricity that makes you lean forward. It's the invisible hand ...