Genre: Thriller Winning Logline: An emotionally fragile executive failing to live up to his potential in life hires a mysterious personal development coach whose unorthodox, life-threatening tactics push him to the brink of death. About: This logline took on a competitive bunch this weekend and, in a hard fought battle, came out on top, pulling […]

Scriptshadow here to interrupt your regularly scheduled writing time. I’ve been reading a ton of scripts lately. Usually two a day. What happens when you read that many scripts that close together is you become more in tune with PATTERNS. You start to see the similar mistakes writers are making. This is great for you […]

Clementine script review with some added insight from the writer! Genre: Thriller Premise: (from Black List) Set in real time, a Colombian mother barely escapes a pawn shop shootout and goes on the run from her violent ex-husband, a terrifying mob boss, and a bloodthirsty hitwoman sent to collect an overdue debt, all while trying […]

Genre: Drama Premise: After exhausting all financial options to save their dying daughter, Frank and Abby are forced into a final act of desperation: rob a local bank. About: This was a script on last year’s Black List. The writer just completed his second feature film, called, “The Integrity of Joseph Chambers.” Here’s the logline […]

It’s only 4:30pm and it’s already dark in my place??? What the F&%$ is going on???? Sorry, had to get that out. I’m getting oh-so-close to my end-of-the-year movie rankings so I’ve been trying to catch up on everything I’ve missed. I don’t know what I was expecting when I watched Dumb Money because nobody […]