Maybe you’re thinking about writing a screenplay, but don’t know where to start. Or maybe you’re interested in following in the footsteps of writer-directors such as Mindy Kaling or Jordan Peele.

“Judging a screenplay from a finished film,” an apocalyptically disheartened screenwriter once told me, “is like arriving at a murder scene and instantly deciding that the victim had it coming.” It’s ...

Screenplays are a different beast than a novel or short story. While they are a form of storytelling, scripts aren’t intended to be standalone pieces of work—they are the blueprints for a film or TV ...