I’m sorry guys. But I can’t. I said I was going on a Star Wars hiatus, that I wouldn’t talk about Star Wars for a while. But here we are, once again, with more Star Wars drama! The Obi-Wan show has effectively been shut down. This show has literally been in development for the last […]

I’m looking for a great script. The Last Great Screenwriting Contest is where I plan to find it. But there’s a problem. I’ve been saying, “Give me that next fresh contained horror idea or that next big social thriller,” only to realize that this advice is constricting your ability to come up with either. For […]

Genre: Thriller Premise: Trapped at a three day personal development retreat, a woman fights to save her husband and herself from being brainwashed by a charismatic self-help guru. About: This script finished with 10 votes on this past year’s Black List. The writer is repped at Verve. Writer: Levin Menekse Details: 107 pages I know, […]

Today I give you TWO new great screenwriting tips to add to your screenwriting tool shed. They’re called “upgrading” and “paralleling,” and The Outsider shows us how to pull them both off. This weekend I decided to take a chance on The Outsider. Why do I phrase it like that? “Take a chance?” Because let’s […]

I was going to search out the Colin Trevorrow draft of Episode 9 and review it but the truth is, I’m kinda sick of Star Wars. I still love it but all the contentious buildup to the final movie exhausted me, as I think it did everyone. There was so much angst and conflict associated […]