Got a horror script? Good news! Scriptshadow has a screenwriting competition for you. And it’s absolutely free! Send your horror script to me by October 21st and I’ll pick the best five concepts to compete for the Halloween Horror Showdown title, which will take place that very weekend! The winning script will get reviewed here […]

An exposition trick that’s guaranteed to make you a better screenwriter. The other day we talked about story ideas so steeped in information, they just aren’t worth writing. Because doing so would amount to 120 straight minutes of exposition dumps. My contention in that review was that these scripts are difficult even for professionals to […]

Is Sprockets the funniest script never made? Genre: Comedy Premise: When German nihilist and talk show host, Dieter, learns that his monkey is kidnapped, he must head to America to find him. About: One of the most infamous projects never made, “Sprockets” was notoriously days from production when Mike Myers pulled out of the project […]

Genre: True Story/Thriller/Crime Premise: (from Black List) The incredible true story of the multi-billion dollar Malaysian government corruption scandal which led to the conviction of Prime Minister Najib Razak and almost $5 billion in settlements paid out by Goldman Sachs. About: This script finished with 10 votes on last year’s Black List. I’ll let Deadline […]

Star Trek is Star Wars for geeks. Guardians of the Galaxy is Star Wars for the cool kids. Is Foundation Star Wars for adults? Genre: Sci-Fi/1 Hour TV Drama Premise: When the galaxy’s premiere mathematician concludes, via a complex equation only he understands, that it is inevitable the Empire will fall, the leader of the […]