Substacks recommended by Creative Screenwriting Magazine's Substack

Recommended by Creative Screenwriting Magazine's Substack

No-rules fiction offers practical guidance (without any rules) on creating entertaining and meaningful fictional stories, whether in the form of short stories, novels, feature screenplays, or television scripts.

StephenFollows.com - Using data to explain the film industry

By Stephen Follows

I use data to understand how the film industry works and then share that to help filmmakers get their films funded, shot and seen.

Great industry insights with charts

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The Industry

Daily Film & TV News Direct to You.

The Story Farm

A weekly newsletter offering lessons, exercises, screenwriting tips. A story consulting and retreat service partnered with the Int'l Screenwriters' Assoc (ISA). The Story Farm is where your ideas go to grow, thrive, and when cultivated, live forever.

Telling and Selling Your Story

By Jen Grisanti

My Substack is designed to demystify the writing process for TV, feature, & novel writers. I offer insights into my 30 years in the entertainment industry from the perspective of a studio executive and writing instructor. Write from your emotional truth.

Jen is a veteran film and TV executive and writing instructor.

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Business of TV

By Jen Topping

TV & film have been upended by the internet. This newsletter covers the key trends TV, film and online content producers need to know so they can plan their strategy now and over the coming years.

Audrey's Weekly Email Newsletter

By Audrey Knox's Substack

Written by Audrey Knox, a former Film & TV Literary Manager, this newsletter is a manual on how to build a career as a professional screenwriter. New chapters published every Friday.

The Outside Scoop

By Scott Mendelson

Daily entertainment news punditry and box office analysis from one of the foremost experts in the theatrical distribution arena. Pop in, subscribe and learn about macro-sized Hollywood trends years before they become accepted conventional wisdom.

Hope For Film

By Ted Hope

We need a vibrant alternative to mainstream culture, especially a non-dependent cinema ecosystem. Let's build it together & examine what got us here in the first place -- including how we can each build our own sustainable & generative creative practices.

Film Courage

Screenwriters, creators, filmmakers, authors and actors on the creative process.

The Ankler.

By Richard Rushfield

The business of entertainment

Up to date industry news and analysis

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