Blood for the Blood God! Skulls for the Skull Throne! Milk for the Khorne Flakes!

a.k.a just a slew of Screenwriting resource links I rounded up to share with the Triangle Filmmaking Community website. Maybe something here you haven’t seen before, maybe not. Whatevs.

All films start in precisely the same place: with an idea. The idea may be a singular image, a character, an event, a location, some moment of conflict, or a spark of emotion, but any of these can be the key to creating an engaging story. And that should be the ultimate goal of a good film, to tell your audience an engaging story.

Storytelling is an art, and like all art, it’s been studied to death. As you set out to make films and tell engaging stories, the better you can educate yourself before starting out, the more likely you are to succeed. Luckily for us, we live in the Digital Age and have near-instant access to infinite awesome resources to help you tell your stories.

So here I present a growing collection of educational screenwriting links. Armed with the tools below, you’ll have a good start on mastering the craft of Screenwriting. If there are any that I’ve missed, hit me up and I’ll add them to the list.

Last Updated: Mar. 19, 2021

Screenwriter Organizations

• International Screenwriting Association
• The Writers Guild Foundation
• Writer’s Guild of America East
• Writer’s Guild of America West
• Women in Film

Script archives

• Go Into The Story script download links
• Indie Film Hustle’s Screenplay Database
• Internet Movie Script Database
• Simply Scripts
• TV scripts
• BBC Writer’s Room Script Library
• Screenplays For You
• Screenplays-Online.de
• Screenplay DB
• Studiobinder Free Movie Scripts
• AwesomeFilm
• The Script Lab
• Movie Scripts and Screenplays
• Drew’s Script-o-rama

Scriptwriting Software

Notes/Outlining

• Onenote
• Evernote

Online Writer Communities

• Done Deal Pro Forums
• Write to Reel Forums
• Wordplay Forums
• Stage32 Writers Lounge
• /r/Screenwriting
• Screenwriters Utopia
• Scriptwriters Network
• American Zoetrope
• Simply Scripts Forum
• Screenwriting Goldmine Forum

Tracking/Coverage/Analysis Services

• The Black List
• CoverFly
• The Tracking Board
• Trackingb.com
• A Film Writer
• The Writer’s Lifeline
• Screenplay Development Notes
• Scriptapalooza Coverage
• Coverage, Ink
• Coverscript
• Talentville

Pitch/Submission Sites

• ScriptRevolution
• Virtual Pitch Fest
• The Black List
• Inktip
• ScriptBlaster

Network Screenwriter Programs

• NBC Late Night Writers Workshop
• Nickelodeon Writing Program
• NBC Writers on the Verge
• Universal Writers Program
• WB Writers’ Workshop
• Disney/ABC Talent Development
• CBS Diversity Writers Mentoring Program
• HBO Access

Contests For Pilots

Contests For TV Specs

Contests For Feature Screenplays

Screenwriting Blogs

• Wordplay
• John August
• Go Into The Story (the blcklst blog)
• Script magazine
• Good in a Room
• The Bitter Script Reader
• The Unknown Screenwriter
• By Ken Levine
• Complications Ensue
• ScriptShadow
• Two Adverbs
• The Aspiring TV Writer & Screenwriter
• Bang 2 Write
• Screenwriting Spark
• My Blank Page
• Flying Wrestler
• Doug Richardson

Screenwriting Podcasts

• Scriptnotes Podcast
• WGAW 3rd & Fairfax Podcast
• Paper Team 
• Black List Table Reads
• Nerdist Writers Panel
• BAFTA Screenwriters’ Lecture Series
• Austin Film Festival’s On Story Podcast
• Elvis Mitchell’s The Treatment
• Draft Zero
• The Writer’s Panel
• The Q&A with Jeff Goldsmith
• Children of Tendu

Screenwriting Vlogs

• Creative Spark Academy Originals
• Brian Koppelman’s Six-Second Screenwriting vlogs