Remember, your short is a sample, a taste of things to come. Don’t cram a full feature story in a 15 minutes. ... In terms of a short film script, write the short that you would want to see.

Then, consider examples and general guidelines to solidify your script. If you want to write a coming-of-age script with growth as its thematic focus, watch several projects with the same genre ...

If you subscribe to the idea that one page of a screenplay roughly equals one minute, a 15-page short film script doesn’t leave a lot of space to set up your scenario, characters, and world.

This short film presents a real-world context for writing a script and challenges children to write a short script for a TV show. The presenter, Naomi Wilkinson, is on the set studio of a popular ...

At VidCon 2025, four experts — digital media executive Filup Molina who produced MrBeast’s Beast Olympics, Sambucha, a YouTuber with nearly 10 million subscribers, actress and content creator Shuang ...

CBBC is running a writing competition for 6-14 year-olds across the UK to write a short sketch for Horrible Histories. The winning script will be turned into an actual sketch for the Horrible ...

Our Take. How to Write Short is a rare book. It’s certainly an essential addition to any writer’s library, but it’s also a practical guide for everyone who tweets, comments, has to email ...