Today we learn the value of writing scenes that KEEP THE READER TURNING THE PAGES Day 1: Writing a Teaser Day 2: Introducing Your Hero Day 3: Setting up Your Hero’s Life This one is going to hurt. I want you to take everything you’ve written so far AND THROW IT AWAY. Okay, okay, okay. […]

Genre: Superhero/Noir/Crime Premise: When the Riddler starts leaving riddles at all of his murders taunting the Batman, the batster will have to team up with Catwoman to find him before he enacts his final sinister plan on the city. About: Predictions were all over the map on how The Batman would open. Most were saying […]

Genre: Action/Fantasy Premise: A combat veteran fights to keep his inexperienced squad alive in the remote Scottish Highlands as they’re hunted by descendants of a Celtic Demigod. Why You Should Read: I’ll let the logline speak for itself, either it’s your bag or not ;)…. Comparisons: Dog Soldiers/Wickerman/Southern Comfort. Writer: B. Jack Azadi Details: 97 […]

Today we discuss setting up your hero’s life, which will have an enormous effect on how much we care about them during the movie. Day 1: Writing a Teaser Day 2: Introducing Your Hero Now that we’ve discussed introducing your hero, we must discuss introducing their life. There’s a specific reason for this. When you […]

Today we discuss the most important scene you will write in your entire script. Yesterday, we discussed the teaser scene and talked about whether you should include one in your script or not. Now that you’ve decided, we can move on to either the first scene of the script (if you didn’t include a teaser) […]