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The Story Department Est. 2009 · Karel Segers
Section R · The Screenwriter's Life 52 entries 25 August 2026

The Screenwriter's Life

If you want the life of a scribe, check out what this entails.

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  1. What the Hell is High Concept?

    I’ll confess… when I started working in this business as an assistant, and heard the term “high concept” over and…

    5 min
  2. Screenwriting Competitions Are Worth More Than You Think

    Google “screenwriting competitions” and you will get a bazillion links to all kinds of articles on the subject. by Phil…

    3 min
  3. Writing Yourself Out of a Hole

    There’s an old story I’m tweaking slightly for our purposes that goes… by Danny Manus A screenwriter is walking down…

    8 min
  4. How to Handle Criticism of Your Writing

    You will often spend a year or more writing and rewriting your scripts. You’ve edited your own work and have…

    3 min
  5. The Right and Wrong Way to Enter Contests!

    The next couple of weeks impose some hefty deadlines for screenwriters. And every year, about 1-2 weeks from the deadlines…

    7 min
  6. The Tenets of Tentpole Movies

    It’s almost summertime at the box office, which means big effects, big budgets, and even bigger stakes for the studios.…

    6 min