TV Writer Eric Haywood Discusses Writing On TV Shows Like “Law & Order: Organized Crime” & “Empire”
Film and television writer Eric Haywood first made a splash in Hollywood when he wrote a short film called Staring At The Sun, followed by ten episodes on a TV series called Soul Food about the Josephs, a black family living in Chicago. He has since written on broadcast and streaming shows including Power, Empire, Manifest, […]
Recommended Screenplay Competitions Worthy of the Entry Fee
Screenwriting Competitions are a great way to get your work read by professional readers and potentially circulated among creative executives who are looking for new voices to champion, especially if they’ve been vetted. The array of competitions can be mind-boggling. Many have their own internal mandates and preferences such as low-budget or specializing in a […]
Creative Screenwriting Pilot Screenplay Competition Grand Prize Winner Rae Binstock Talks “Butch”
Rae Binstock is a playwright and screenwriter from Cambridge, MA. She also recently won the Creative Screenwriting Pilot Screenplay Competition with her TV Pilot, Butch, an urban noir thriller. Rae has worked on numerous TV shows including Fosse/Verdon, Liberty, and Schmigadoon. She shares her process on developing her hard-edged pilot. What was the moment […]
Teal Greyhavens, Nikolai (Nick) Von Keller & Max Perry, Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Contest Grand Prize Winners Talk “Down With The Devil”
Pitching your feature film as Prison Break by way Of The Thing is a sure fire way to attract attention. It’s short, sharp, and creates a vision for an exciting movie. It provides a sliver of information about the genre and plot of the story. The logline reads, “Convicts at a maximum-security prison are forced […]
Veteran Screenwriter Bob DeRosa Talks Films, TV & Podcasts
Film and TV writer Bob DeRosa known for his work on White Collar and Killers has seen many turbulent changes in the business during his decades-long career. Bob shares his thoughts with Creative Screenwriting Magazine about his writing journey . Describe how you broke into the industry. I lived in Orlando in the […]
