Some great screenplays are immediately acclaimed. Others slip through the cracks, especially when it comes to the Oscars. The Academy frequently bypasses inventive, boundary-pushing scripts in favor ...

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 ...

Are you writing horror this spooky season (or, heck, any time of year)? You should learn from the best writers, who are exploring creative subgenres and playing with conventions to hook readers and ...

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked-about scripts continues with The Holdovers, Oscar winner Alexander Payne‘s return to filmmaking after a six-year hiatus. The ...

If you recognize that line, you know the film whose script the Writers Guild of America just voted as the best of the past 22 years. Jordan Peele’s Oscar-winning Get Out tops the WGA‘s just-released ...

Diego Pineda has been a devout storyteller his whole life. He has self-published a fantasy novel and a book of short stories, and is actively working on publishing his second novel. A lifelong fan of ...

The Black List, an annual collection of Hollywood's favorite unproduced screenplays, as voted by 250 industry executives, came out today, but just because they aren't yet in production doesn't mean ...