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Designed as a complimentary resource for our Screenwriting School students, the screenwriting section of Student Resources compiles Q&A’s and interviews on the realities of being a professional screenwriter, informative articles on the latest trends in screenwriting, and how-to guides on particularly pertinent topics.
What Makes The Abbott Elementary Pilot So Engaging
December 8, 2022To write a good Pilot, you need to KNOW YOUR SHOW. Unlike a movie, you’re setting up stories that could go on for 20, 40, ...
How to Write Horror for Film
October 4, 2022It’s a common mistake to call a horror movie a scary movie. Not all horror movies are scary, and certainly not all scary movies are ...
Movie Franchises: How to Build a Successful Film Strategy
August 1, 2022As an aspiring moviemaker, perhaps your dream is to one day captivate millions of people across the globe with your own franchise. This is an ...
Scheduling Screenwriting: How to Find Time to Write
February 9, 2018Great writers often insist the best way to improve your writing is to keep practicing your craft. We all know that devoting time to writing ...
4 Screenwriting Tips to Help You Eliminate Sexism in Movies
November 9, 2017We see gender inequality in film all the time, but where does it start and how can we work to eliminate it?
Screenplays often implicitly ...
4 Ways Screenwriting Workshops Hone Your Craft
May 26, 2017While discussing her experience at New York Film Academy, NYFA LA screenwriting student Janet Odogwu Butters stated, “When I first came out here, I thought ...
How to Write a Scene for Film
March 24, 2017Screenwriting is a visual medium that requires a writer to create words on a page that can be transformed into images on the big screen. ...
Great Films for Learning to Write Dialogue
February 25, 2017Writing dialogue that is believable and natural can be a challenge. Each character in your script should sound distinct and different from the other characters. ...
- What Makes The Abbott Elementary Pilot So Engaging
December 8, 2022To write a good Pilot, you need to KNOW YOUR SHOW. Unlike a movie, you’re setting up stories that could go on for 20, 40, ... 
NYFA Alum Tracy Oliver Delivers Killer Laughs With Horror-Comedy “The Blackening”
October 19, 2022If the Black character always dies first in a horror movie, what happens when all of the characters are Black?
It’s a question that NYFA Alum ...
Spooky Screenplays: 5 Frighteningly Good Horror Scripts
October 25, 2019Halloween is just around the corner and that means binge eating candy in between visits from trick o’ treaters and binge watching late night horror ...
8 Books Every Screenwriter Should Check Out
September 6, 2019Screenplays, whether for short student films or Hollywood epics, typically follow a fairly rigid format. However, the art of screenwriting, and what you’ll learn in ...
10 Great Screenplays from 1999
July 5, 2019Many great films are celebrating their 20th anniversary this year–1999 is considered one of the best years in recent history for quality cinema. Great films ...
Great Techniques to Write a Script with an Unexpected Ending
October 5, 2018Don’t you just love epic film endings that you never saw coming? These endings are the ones that stay with viewers for a long time ...
6 Tips On How to Sell Your Screenplay
May 18, 2018You’ve sacrificed countless hours of your social life and mental stability, poured your blood and sweat out onto the pages, and — let’s be real ...
Paid Script Coverage Services – The 2 Biggest Benefits and Drawbacks
December 29, 2017Script coverage, it’s been said, is one of those things about the film industry that nobody really learns about until they’re actually in the industry. ...
Anatomy of an Adapted Screenplay
March 4, 2017Novels are terrific, but there’s something about the silver screen that transforms great ideas into pure theatrical magic. And many incredible films exist because a ...
Screenwriting 101: What Plagiarism Is, What It Isn’t, and How to Protect Yourself From It
October 8, 2016Plagiarism is rare — at least when we’re talking about the screenwriting industry.
The only reason it seems so prevalent is that the few occasions in ...
Q&A with NYFA Screenwriting Alum Miguel Ángel on Switching Careers and His Award-Winning Script ‘The Pink House’
October 7, 2020After spending years in his career as a journalist, Spanish native Miguel Ángel Parra realized it was time to make his dreams come true and ...
Q&A with New York Film Academy (NYFA) Screenwriting Student Jacob McFadden
March 6, 2020New York Film Academy (NYFA) Screenwriting student Jacob McFadden is a military veteran with many talents. McFadden has studied acting, music, and now studying screenwriting ...
Q&A With New York Film Academy (NYFA) Screenwriting Alum Lena Murisier
January 24, 2020New York Film Academy (NYFA) Screenwriting alum Lena Murisier has been very busy since graduating last fall. The Swiss-born writer has been pitching her television ...
A Q&A with NYFA’s Screenwriting Chairs
January 25, 2017In honor of International Screenwriter’s Day a few weeks ago, resident NYFA reporter Joelle Smith sat down with the New York Film Academy Screenwriting School’s ...