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Notes on writing, craft, and building Skrib — for novelists, screenwriters, and anyone chasing the next sentence.
Writing a TV Pilot: Streaming vs. Network Structure
Struggling to structure your TV pilot? Discover proven templates to craft pilots that work for streaming and network deals. Write to win.
List of Writing Tropes to Avoid Cliches
What is a trope, and how is it different from a cliché? Browse character, romance, fantasy and plot tropes, each with a fresh twist. Read the guide.
Prologue vs Epilogue: Does Your Book Need One?
Prologue and epilogue meaning, when each one helps a book and when it hurts, plus a prologue example and an epilogue example from a real novel plan.
Notion vs Obsidian vs Google Docs for Novels
Tired of your draft drifting from your notes? Compare top novel writing software like Scrivener and Obsidian to build your workflow. Learn more!
How to Write a Character Arc: 3 Mapped Examples
What is a character arc? Learn the three types (positive, flat, negative) and how to map one scene by scene, with three examples and a free Skrib template.
Screenplay Treatment: Write a Film Pitch
What a screenplay treatment is, what goes in one, and a film treatment example for a real short script. Plus where beat sheets and step outlines fit.
Character Development Questions: 50 Prompts
50 character development questions about past, present, personality, relationships and the story, with a filled-in example in Skrib.
How to Write Short Stories & Memoirs: Shorter Forms
Short story word count bands, how a story turns, how magazine submissions work, and memoir vs autobiography. Plus how to write the pitch. Read the guide.
How to Find a Literary Agent: Query Letters Guide
How agents are found and researched, what goes in a query letter and a one-page synopsis, standard manuscript format specifics, and query versus proposal.
How to Format a Screenplay: Every Element
The real screenplay format spec. Courier 12pt, exact margins and indents, scene headings, action lines, parentheticals, transitions and the title page.