Genre: Drama Premise: A young woman attends the funeral of her college boyfriend’s father, ten years after they broke up. About: This script finished in the middle of the pack on last year’s Black List. Writer: Gaelyn Golde Details: 100 pages The Feels. We’ve all got them. Well, most of us anyway. And we use […]

The most ambitious movie of Paul Thomas Anderson’s career Genre: Drama/Thriller Premise: A former revolutionary who gets high all day must spring back into action when his teenage daughter is taken by the very group he used to fight for. About: Paul Thomas Anderson burst onto the scene as a directing superstar with his one-two […]

These scene showdowns always end up being a little more controversial than I expect. Some people have said that by creating this challenge, it forces writers to write bigger scenes than they otherwise would have. I don’t think that’s true. As unknown screenwriters, you have to hook a reader right away. So starting with a […]

Should today’s scene have been included in the First Page Showdown? A lot of you thought so! This week, I’ve been breaking down the top scenes in my Blood & Ink Screenwriting Contest. This is a contest writers had to pitch for—you had to come up with a good enough idea just to get in. […]

Grendl’s been getting a little testy in the comments the last 24 hours so I’m going to preface today’s review by saying if Grendl goes full Grendl in the comments section, turning the post into a war on the screenwriting and Hollywood community, I’ll have to shut him down. And since I want to hear […]