Today’s script is one of the darkest dramas I’ve ever read. Genre: Drama Premise: (from Black List) A Black amateur bodybuilder struggles to find human connection in this exploration of celebrity and violence. About: Elijah Bynum got a couple of great actors to act in his debut film, Hot Summer Nights: Maika Monroe and Timothee […]

Today I discuss one of the most advanced topics in all of screenwriting – SHIFTING REALITY! Week 0 (concept) Week 1 (outline) Week 2 (first act) Week 3 (first half of second act) Week 4 (second half second act) Week 5 (third act) Week 6 (evaluate your first draft) Week 7 (rewrite plan of attack) […]

It’s funny how we see the past through the lens of entertainment. We remember it as this perfect place where only the greatest movies and television were produced. Ask any old timer what they think of movies today and you’ll get a 30 minute monologue about how great the 70s were. “Back then it was […]

As you continue to battle through the rewrite of your AMATEUR COMEDY SHOWDOWN script, I thought to myself, how can I help these writers make their script funnier? That got me thinking about yesterday’s script review and the concept of SITUATIONS. Here’s how I defined situations in that review… A situation, in screenwriting terms, is […]

Today’s script contains hints of one of the most famous scripts of all time, “Killing on Carnival Row.” Could it possibly be as good as that script? Genre: Serial Killer/Period Premise: When their friends begin dying at the hands of a brutal killer, an all-female crime syndicate, The Forty Elephants, must work together to take […]