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 ...

Maybe you’re thinking about writing a screenplay, but don’t know where to start. Or maybe you’re interested in following in the footsteps of writer-directors such as Mindy Kaling or Jordan Peele.

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 ...

When Scott Frank was a child, his father, Barry, bought a small Cessna airplane, and on weekends the two of them would fly. This was the mid-nineteen-seventies, in Los Gatos, California. Barry was a ...

Most people look forward to treats like candy canes, gingerbread and eggnog during December. But for much of the film industry, it’s the release of the Black List, the annual collection of the year’s ...

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series shining a spotlight on the scripts behind the year’s buzziest awards-season movies continues with Searchlight’s A Complete Unknown, James Mangold’s micro-biopic ...

The Women’s List, which describes itself as “the trailblazing advocate for female voices in screenwriting,” has announced its 2025 Scripts List finalists. The list aims to spotlight “compelling ...