How slop started with special effects and eventually crept its way into screenwriting.  And how you can inoculate yourself against the virus. I was muscling through a particularly successful spate of procrastination the other day when I stumbled upon this tweet: “You can go back and observe that Season 1 of Stranger Things actually had […]

Genre: Action Thriller Premise: When a group of cops get a tip that 150k of drug money is stashed at a house, they go to pick up the “rip.” But once they find out that it’s actually 20 million dollars, a series of events that include a cartel coming to take them down and secrets […]

As well as how the winner will be picked! Last year, nearly a hundred of you survived my brutally strict entry criteria for the horror screenplay contest, Blood & Ink! For four intense weeks, thousands of concepts were pitched. Less than 100 made it in. I only allowed in the best of the best, ideas […]

The other day I came across a tweet that said something to the effect of: “It’s crazy that a new Star Wars movie comes out in four months and nobody knows about it.” One of the first replies to that tweet was: “I’m a rabid Star Wars fan and I have no idea what movie […]

Genre: Thriller/ Serial Killer Premise: When her sister goes missing, Minnow, a seemingly troubled woman, goes to extreme lengths to hunt down the mysterious man who took her. The disturbing truth goes beyond just one missing girl, and nothing–including Minnow–is as it seems. About: Today’s writing team secured the fifth most votes on 2025’s Black […]