Halloween Week continues on with the highest horror concept we’ve seen all year. But is it too much for the writer to handle?? Genre: Horror – 1 Hour TV Pilot Premise: (from Blood List) A controversial high tech company pays the dying to keep their spirits alive in their homes after they pass so they […]

Currently one of the best writers in town, Taylor Sheridan is back with another spec that’s expected to start a major franchise. Genre: ACTION/CRIME Premise: A former delta force operator is given a unique opportunity by the DEA to take down drug dealers without any oversight. About: Can life get any better for Tyler Sheridan? […]

And if so, what can horror writers in 2019 learn from it? It’s the week of Halloween!!! Woooo-hooo. Any excuse to buy bags of Reeses Peanut Butter Cups is okay by me. This most spooky of spooky holidays got me thinking about the horror genre, specifically what makes a movie scary. There aren’t a whole […]

Genre: Creature Horror Premise: Trapped in a mountain resort by a parasitic fungus that transforms its victims into deadly hosts, a timid CDC epidemiologist must learn to lead the group of mismatched survivors to escape this primordial terror. Why You Should Read: After my last entry on the site, “The Crooked Tree,” was selected for […]

I was SO BORED by yesterday’s script that I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it. Not just about how bad the script was. But the bigger question of: what is it that makes a script boring in the first place? If we could figure that out, we’d all be millionaires. Because the large […]