Remember the days when we used to get up at 4am and drive our car through the rain and the slush to wait in line at the Best Buy to get that once-in-a-lifetime $99 55-inch widescreen television deal, only to find out when we got inside, it was too late, all the $99 dollar TV […]

******** 8 DAYS LEFT TO HIGH CONCEPT SHOWDOWN! SUBMISSION DETAILS HERE! ******** Genre: Family Premise: When a bully’s antics land a nerdy boy in the bottom of a well, his self-proclaimed psychic friend and unaware crush team up to find him. About: This script is based on a book that won the Newbery Medal, which […]

The show remains a screenwriting character masterclass ******** 9 DAYS LEFT TO HIGH CONCEPT SHOWDOWN! SUBMISSION DETAILS HERE! ******** Ethan & Harper, and Daphne & Cameron  Today, I thought, instead of taking another Black List script through the demanding wringer of a Scriptshadow review, I’d share my thoughts on White Lotus halfway through the second […]

******** 10 DAYS LEFT TO HIGH CONCEPT SHOWDOWN! SUBMISSION DETAILS HERE! ******** It’s looking like the loss of Chadwick Boseman is affecting Wakanda’s homeland more than Disney was prepared for. Black Panther 2 finished with just 67 million dollars in its second weekend. For reference, the first film took in 111 million on weekend number […]

High Concept Showdown is just 11 days away! For those new to Amateur Showdown, you submit your pitch, along with a PDF of your script. I then post the five best submissions on the site. Those five scripts compete on the site over the weekend. It will be up to you guys, the readers of […]