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.

When I went to the University of Southern California for my MFA in screenwriting, I took a one-hour TV drama course for my thesis. My thesis adviser said there were three types of TV writers: “big ...

I hear that schools no longer teach kids how to write in script. They print words. So kids don’t have to do push pulls or big ovals anymore. That was practice for writing in script in the 1930s. My ...