I’m swamped trying to put the October newsletter together so today I’m re-posting my script review for Megalopolis. Enjoy! Genre: Drama/Event/touch of sci-fi Premise: An architect in a futuristic New York City tries to create utopia with a new mini-city. About: One of the more famous scripts in Hollywoodland, this is Francis Ford Coppola’s long-gestating […]

Genre: Slasher Premise: In the cutthroat world of K-POP, a group’s debut is threatened when someone begins to violently attack its members. About: This script finished on last year’s Black List. The writer, Lynn Q. Yu, came up with the idea during the pandemic when she went down the K-pop rabbit hole after watching Netflix’s […]

I know some of you are going to be upset with me that I’m not reviewing Megalopolis. But look. The one thing I can’t stand is purposeful disregard for screenwriting. When they, the writer, believe they’re so above the fold, that they can disregard all convention and write whatever the heck comes to mind. Who […]

Come one, come all, and vote for your favorite scene! It’s HERRRRRREEEEEEEE!!! Scene Showdown you wiley little fashionistas! I had a lot of fun reading through all the entries. It taught me a lot. It’s clear now that some people know what a scene is and some don’t. It’s clear to me that some people […]

Today (Thursday) is the final day to send in a scene for Scene Showdown. Details are here! You want to make it as a screenwriter. You want to sell a script. You want your script to be turned into a movie. You want that movie to play in front of millions of people. But you […]