Jason Luna’s Reviews > Screenplay: Writing the Picture > Status Update

A glossary of terms that could be useful to a screenwriter, like the Writers Guild Of America West.

A list of magazines that could be good reading resources for screenwriters.

Writing a stage play could be a good alternative to a writer who finds issue with the approach and input involved in a screenplay.

In a pitch meeting, if a positive recipient asks about some issue with the script and you don't have an answer, just tell him you'll work on before you meet him again.

Narrative description in a screenplay is the place where the writer has complete control over their world and how it relates to a script reader.

The authors update a student script about lovers lane to have more conflict, causing the romantic lookout to collapse from a cliff.

A chart showing the clear overlap between Joseph Campbell's hero journey and modern screenwriting structure.

In writing a screenplay, it's important to remember that you're writing to appeal to a screenplay reader, an overworked gatekeeper/script reviewer who is reading scripts on behalf of a producer or someone who can help your script get made.

Samples of script coverage, so you know what in theory you could experience as a writer I guess (or to validate the authors as former script readers...)