If you want to become a screenwriter, it’s so important to learn how to write action lines in a script. Action lines take up the bulk of a reader’s attention. It’s where you spell out what’s happening ...

This story originally appeared in NPR's Student Podcast Challenge newsletter. Subscribe here. When I (Abē Levine) started interning here at NPR, I worked nights as a wedding server. And one thing ...

If you’re an avid podcast fan, you’ll notice that there are (broadly speaking) two types of shows: non-narrative and narrative. Non-narrative podcasts are more freewheeling, constructed around ...

Variety’s new weekly series, “Hollywood How-To,” will tackle all things writing, with conversations about everything from crafting characters to navigating the writer’s room. There are few writers ...

The Writers Guild of America has proposed allowing artificial intelligence to write scripts, as long as it does not affect writers’ credits or residuals. The guild had previously indicated that it ...