A logline is a brief description of a screenplay, film, or TV show. When it comes to garnering interest in your project, nothing beats the logline. Succinct but striking, the logline summarizes your ...

All television writing can be summed up in one word: economy. TV pilots must communicate the world, characters, genre, stakes, and tone to the audience—all in the span of a single episode. One of the ...

HubSpot, the inbound marketing and sales platform, conducted research around video content that found 54 percent of respondents (your potential customers) wanted to see video from brands they support.

The Christmas and new year holidays are a great time to watch comedy. But how about using the time to start writing a brand ...

If you have an iPad, chances are you’re going to buy Apple’s iWork app Pages sooner or later. At $9.99 it’s not a break-the-bank piece of software, and it’s sort of a must-have for iPad owners, anyway ...

Fade In gives you the tools to produce the next “Citizen Kane,” or the next “Mansquito vs. Megacroc.” Fade In allows you to unleash your inner Christopher Nolan (or in my case, Ed Wood), providing a ...

Variety’s new series, “Hollywood How-To,” will tackle all things writing, with broader conversations about everything from crafting characters to navigating the writer’s room. The second chapter — ...

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 ...