Ilana Wolpert Wants “Anyone But You.” A Modern Day Retelling Of Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’
Ilana Wolpert on adapting Shakespeare for ‘Anyone But You’: how she wrote the rom-com that revived the genre with Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell.
5 Ways To Elevate Your Romantic Comedy
Learn 5 proven ways to boost your romantic comedy. Learn scriptwriting, character development, and storytelling techniques to elevate your romantic film or series.
5 Reasons Romantic Comedy Characters Initially Are Enemies
Why romcom lovers start as enemies: screenwriting techniques that create believable hate-to-love arcs, conflict, chemistry, and emotional stakes. Pro tips now!!
Writing The Perfect Hallmark Holiday Romantic Comedy Movie
Holiday films screened during major holidays are as sure as horror films screening at Halloween. Mark Sevi spoke with mega-producer Carol Baum about how screenwriters can best position themselves to sell their screenplays into this market which consistently looks for this material every year. Hallmark is the biggest producer of these films. According to Carol […]
Why Is It So Hard to Find a Good Rom-Com at the Movies These Days?
Have romantic comedies lost their luster these days because romance is such an antiquated concept in a nation where one out of every two marriages ends in divorce or a quick Tinder date will do just as nicely sans the headache? Is the screenplay structure for them too evident in its ‘boy meets girl, boy […]
