Q: Everybody wants to sell their script. But how do you find the right people to pitch to? And how do you know if your pitch is winning them over, or just turning them off? Screenwriting instructor, Jacob Krueger, offers his tips. Click the picture below:

This week’s Screenwriter Website of the Week is Chris Jones’ Make Film, Teach Film: Get A Camera, Get Some Actors, and Go Shoot a Movie. Chris posts information about indie filmmaking, offering tips on how to succeed while taking control over your career. Bookmark it. Push yourself to new limits, and follow Chris on Twitter [...]

This week’s Balls of Steel is coming at you early simply because its time-sensitive contents include an opportunity I truly believe you should take advantage of. Many of my network have asked me how to find a mentor after reading last week’s Balls of Steel: How Far Will You Go? I found my mentors by [...]

This week’s Screenwriter Website of the Week is Xander Bennett’s Screenwriting Tips, You Hack on The Black List site. Xander posts a new screenwriting tip each day. The beauty is, it takes just seconds to read. Everyone has time for that kind of speed learning. Bookmark it. Learn something new every day, and follow Xander [...]

If you make your career as a comedy writer, it’s a good idea to learn how to write funny in a variety of different mediums. That’s especially true these days with new media popping up faster than you can say, “tweet.” Taking as my inspirations such multi-hyphenates as Woody Allen and Steve Martin, I’ve always [...]

Question: What is the proper use of parentheticals? They are to be enclosed in parenthesis, non-capitalized and used very sparingly and pertain only to the character speaking. Their right margin is 3 inches in from the right side and their left margin is 3 inches from the left side of the paper. Keep them short and sweet, no [...]

The Scoggins Report is a compilation of sales and trends in the industry. Archive editions can be found at The Business of Show Institute and on www.thewrap.com. Details on every person, project, and company covered by the Report can also be found at www.ItsontheGrid.com. The Report is reprinted at ScriptMag.com by permission of the authors. [...]

First, please allow me to introduce myself: I’m Julie Keck – screenwriter, filmmaker, baker, and one-half of King is a Fink Productions. Second, I’d like to thank ScriptMag and my new boss Jeanne Veillette Bowerman (oh, lord, what have I gotten myself into?) for the opportunity to share my experiences. I prefer fiction, but I’ll [...]

This week’s highlighted screenwriter website belongs to Robert Dillon. His Feedback Friday blog hosts pages written by screenwriters looking for feedback. Each Friday, he posts the pages along with notes. Be brave. Be daring. Shoot some pages over to Robert and let the feedback shape your script to a new level! But that’s not all… [...]