Spec Market Roundup - January 2012's Sales

February 7, 2012 By Jason Scoggins & Cindy Kaplan 2 days ago

With buyers continuing their 2011 streak, January's spec sale total is unprecedented

  

Screenwriter: 'I Just Don't Want to Answer Phones at Some Place I Used to Pitch'

October 23, 2011 By Joshua L. Weinstein 15 weeks ago

His first movie grossed more than $80 million, but tough economic times force him to scramble to pay the bills

  

Pitch Sale Scorecard - Stats through July 13, 2011

July 15, 2011 By Jason Scoggins 29 weeks ago

Guess which two agencies accounted for 60% of the nearly four dozen pitch sales so far this year

  

Finding Myself in the Script: From Minnesota to Hollywood

June 23, 2011 By Abra Deering Norton 33 weeks ago

I'm not a "tabula rasa," as my Father once told me

  

Breaking Out of the Coffee Shop, Office, Car ...

September 7, 2010 By Richard Walter 1 year ago

How to invigorate an otherwise lame script merely by changing the venues in which scenes are set

  

'Avatar,' 'Inception,' 'District 9' and the Art of the Infodump

August 27, 2010 By Michael Lee 1 year ago

The first time any of us even heard of Pandora, or Prawns, or Extraction is the first time we saw these films. That means they had to tackle the dreaded infodump.

  

There's No Success Like Failure

July 7, 2010 By Richard Walter 1 year ago

Why the failure to sell a script can be not the end but only the beginning of launching a career as a screenwriter

  

Writer's Biggest Mistake: Paying Attention to Hollywood Trends

June 21, 2010 By Richard Walter 1 year ago

Write the story you want to tell, because it's impossible to follow trends

  

6 Win Academy's Nicholl Fellowships

October 29, 2009 By Wrap Staff 2 years ago

Screenwriting award carries $30,000 prize.

  

11 Chosen as Nicholl Fellowship Finalists

October 9, 2009 By Wrap Staff 2 years ago

Film Academy annually gives up to five $30,000 fellowships to screenwriters.

  

Fade In Demands Retraction

March 15, 2009 By Amy Kaufman 2 years ago

Fade In magazine publisher Audrey Kelly has denied issues raised by an investigative report published by TheWrap last week.

  

Are Aspiring Writers Being Lured With Promises Fade In Can't Keep?

March 11, 2009 By Amy Kaufman 2 years ago

TheWrap investigates: Winners complain they are not being rewarded, either in promised cash or or in access to top screenwriters.