The Screenwriting Research Network is a research group that began in late 2006 within the Louis Le Prince Research Centre, at the Institute of Communication Studies (ICS), University of Leeds. The group grew into a real international network when it became clear that interested scholars tended to come from across the world, but were isolated. We have held conferences in Leeds (2008), in Helsinki (2009), in Copenhagen (2010), in Brussels (2011), and in Sydney (2012).