Artist Snapshot: Jenna-Marie Warnecke

Your art is whatever you make or do in order to process the world and the incomprehensible experience of being alive in it. That's why it feels like work and also why it feels necessary.
The Power of Twitter for Screenwriters

From what I’ve experienced over the past year and some change, I believe screenwriting is a team sport.
Four Women-Written Albums That Revolutionized Music

Women have influenced music throughout history—if they’re excluded from the narrative, then we will never have a true understanding of humanity’s current place in the world.
What You Need To Know About Writing a Limited Series

This is a copycat industry—if something works, you can all but guarantee someone else is going to be right on your heels with the follow-up.
There’s No Crowdfunding Fairy and Also Santa Has Diabetes

We need stories, and we need stories like yours. And you must believe and trust in that to get people to donate.
Not-Boring Legal Agreements for Film & TV Writers

When your screenplay finally finds a buyer, you'll need legal advice. Ken Aguado shares insights into the legal agreements every screenwriter must know.
Interview: Jocelyn Rish

I’ve discovered that while an agent’s primary job is to sell books, their most important job is to keep their clients writing when we try to talk ourselves out of it.
Artist Snapshot: Chance Muehleck

Being an artist in the U.S. means never having to say you’re sorry but always feeling guilty anyway.
Art in Politics: An Abridged History - Censorship and Freedom of Expression

While propaganda can be perpetuated by anyone, regardless of their societal position, censorship is a unique tool that can only be used by those in positions of power.
What Composer and Lyricist Stephen Sondheim Can Teach Any Writer

Being uncaged or unencumbered isn’t really freedom in writing, it’s absurdity.
Fundamental Writing: The Fight of Your Life

Too many writers try to reinvent the narrative formula. They think we, as readers, are bored with well-executed, simple stories. Well, let me tell you this, y’all: we ain’t.
How I Hacked the YouTube Algorithm for 150k+ Views

Despite myself being an anxious asexual woman, I wasn’t a known entity in either of my other two segment communities yet. So, I started to do research.
Creating 'The Water Man': An Interview with Emma Needell on How Passion Gets Things Made

"I cannot stress enough the power of passion, when it comes to getting these things made."