When you read that title, you’re probably thinking, “That sounds kind of clickbaity, Carson.” I agree. It does sound clickbaity. But, actually, the message in that title is the key to saving Hollywood.  No, I’m serious. I am speaking to producers with this article. I am speaking to studios. I am speaking to streamers. I […]

Today’s script reminds us of the power of the underdog Genre: Comedy/Drama/Sports Premise: A forty-three-year-old snowplow driver decides to get his high school hockey team back together to play a state championship game. About: Today’s writer may be familiar to some. He’s a Chicago kid who wrote the script 8-Bit Christmas a few years. It […]

Is today’s genre really the most efficient way to break into Hollywood as a screenwriter? Genre: True Story Premise: On November 1, 2022, FTX was valued at $32 billion. On November 11, 2022, it filed for bankruptcy. This is the incredible true story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic fall of FTX and its enigmatic […]

I have never started Mish-Mash Monday talking about a movie starring Blake Lively before but I guess there’s a first time for everything! It Ends With Us just passed 120 million dollars domestically. If there’s anyone scoffing at that number, note that it’s probably going to end up with more money than 50 year old […]

So, when I first started consulting on screenplays, I thought I had this revolutionary idea. I would create a real-time chart that would show the writer EXACTLY how interested I was at each point in their screenplay. Every 5 pages, I would mark on the chart, from 1-10, what my current interest level was. The […]