Staying Power: How Today’s Most Successful Screenwriters Remain Relevant in a Shifting Industry
In the ever-changing world of entertainment, screenwriters must navigate changing audience preferences, new platforms, and new technologies to maintain relevance on our screens. Despite these challenges, numerous contemporary film and television writers continue to thrive and build followings. This article explores how the most successful writers in film and television today—figures including Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Taylor […]
How Top Film & TV Writers Broke Into the Business
Breaking into the film and television industry is rarely a straight line or lucky wild card. While writing fellowships, contests, agent representation, or film school connections can help, many of today’s top film and television screenwriters built their careers outside traditional pipelines. Some started on the stage. Others went viral online through podcasts and social […]
How to Land a TV Writing Job and Thrive as a Writers’ Assistant
So you want to work writing for TV? You’ve dreamed of writing episodes that make people laugh, cry, post in all caps, argue at the water cooler, and maybe even win an Emmy ot two. But before you’re the showrunner, you’ll likely need to start at the ground floor—as a writers’ assistant. Here’s a quick […]
How Screenwriters Can Navigate Today’s “Safe But Weird” TV Landscape
Currently, the television industry finds itself in a creative paradox: everyone says they want something new and exciting, but very few want to be the first to bet on it. For screenwriters, this creates a contradictory terrain to navigate. Are networks actually taking more risks, or just talking about it in press releases? Should writers […]
Creative Screenwriting Pilot Screenplay Competition Grand Prize Winner Angela Jobson On “Millennium Eve”
Angela Jobson is a British screenwriter from Durham in the North East of England, with experience in film, audio and television drama. Several short drama scripts have been professionally produced (some of which she also directed) and have won awards at a number of international film festivals. Two feature film scripts have been optioned, she […]
