Craft

Theme is a term thrown around a lot in screenwriting and storytelling but what do we mean by ‘theme’? Does…

An outline is a screenwriting document you’ve probably heard mentioned but perhaps without really being sure what exactly it is or…

Screenwriting Goldmine Awards founder Phil Gladwin shares his top screenwriting tips for your first ten pages. The beginning of your script…

Screenwriter and filmmaker Phil Lowe guest blogs for us on the screenwriting lessons learned making his own short film: It’s clenched-fist-salute…

A screenplay needs to be a compelling read before it can become a great film or tv show. Well written action lines are…

We know that if our script is a confusing mess of half-formed ideas it’s not going to impress anyone. The most compelling scripts…

Most writers I work with worry about their story ideas – are they any good, have they got enough of them,…

Over recent months screenwriter and business psychologist Phil Lowe (@grumpyrabbit) has been blogging about how different psychology and personality theories can…

I’ve reached the end of my series looking at how to use psychological models to build convincing characters with real…