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There are classic movie scripts, and then there are screenwriting samples that serve as learning tools, helping writers understand storytelling techniques or analyze how the written word was brought to life on screen. While you can learn a lot from iconic screenplays like Chinatown or The Godfather, it’s important to focus on scripts that align…

Ariana Grande is Glinda in Wicked: For Good, directed by Jon M Chu. Photograph: Universal PicturesAriana Grande is Glinda in Wicked: For Good, directed by Jon M Chu. Photograph: Universal Pictures

Long before actor, writer, and director Jon Favreau was a behemoth in the Disney, Marvel, and Star Wars universes, he was a struggling actor and writer hustling his way through Hollywood with a script he wrote on spec, the now-iconic indie hit Swingers (1996).

Children are often asked in school and other places what they want to be when they grow up. Jamie Grill/Stock Photos

Ryan Murphy’s collaboration with the FX network is nearly as extensive as Taylor Sheridan’s with Paramount+. Murphy’s latest project, a series developed with American Psycho writer Bret Easton Ellis, The Shards, has just unveiled its trailer for audiences. Last year, Murphy’s provocative series The Beauty premiered, but the future of the show is now up…