“Sex sells” is a tried and true marketing mantra. Nothing captures attention like some hanky-panky. But how to do it well is a serious concern for a writer. A badly written sex scene can ruin an ...

There are many elements that go into telling a story onscreen successfully. An audience may not realize it, but as writer/director/actor/crew, you must be aware of ...

Artificial intelligence has become a major point of contention in the Writers Guild negotiations, with scribes calling it an existential risk. To see how imminent that threat is, THR had ChatGPT write ...

At the Motion Picture and Television Fund campus in Woodland Hills over the weekend, a group of mostly elder writers gathered in a brightly-lit room to shed light on a taboo topic: how to write good ...

Writing Your Sitcom Pilot, Chapter 1: The Scene Where The Sexy Female Lead Is Caught Naked, by Zhubin Parang: “It is no accident that this scene is ubiquitous in sitcoms. Television reflects life, and ...

So, you’ve been cast in a project that features a walk and talk—congrats on partaking in this exciting challenge (and on your nine-out-of-10 chance of being directed by Aaron Sorkin). This filmmaking ...