It’s the first Showdown of the year. And boy is it a weird one! I think some of you are starting to figure me out. I saw a lot of alien-centric loglines this month. But as you’ll see from this set of loglines, it appears my taste has transcended into an obsession with… animals? Animals […]

Don’t worry. Scriptshadow has the best outlining method in the business. Even the Outline Haterz are going to love it. We are in WEEK 4 of our Writing 2 Scripts in 2024 Challenge. It is probably the most controversial week because this week we’re outlining. And, as we all know, there is a contingent of […]

The deadline for January Logline Showdown is THIS THURSDAY at 10pm! So if you have a logline you want to enter, follow this link and it will give you instructions on how to submit. This is the first Logline Showdown of the year so it’s a big one. Best five loglines will be posted Friday […]

Genre: Comedy Premise: A couple on the brink of divorce sets off on a romantic getaway to save their marriage, but when they find that they have inexplicably traveled back in time, they decide to team up to stop their younger selves from ever getting married. About: This script finished Top 20 on last year’s […]

In today’s post I reveal something that very few screenwriters know – which is the number one thing that leads to a boring script.  And it’s going to shock you. This weekend’s weak box office is relevant to today’s conversation – specifically the box office failure that was I.S.S. – because I’m going to talk […]