Reminder that CONTAINED THRILLER SHOWDOWN – a script competition for contained thrillers (action, sci-fi, horror, dramatic, all okay) – is set for January 17th. Submissions are due Thursday, January 16th, by 8pm Pacific Time. Send a PDF of the script to carsonreeves3@gmail.com. Include your title, genre, logline, and why you think the script should get […]

Welcome to The Mandalorian Teleplay Chronicles. I will be reviewing every episode of The Mandalorian’s first season with an eye towards helping writers learn TV writing. Here’s a link to my review of the first episode here, a link to the second episode here, a link to episode 3, episode 4, and episode 5. Genre: […]

I found this rare picture online of Grendel, E.C., and Scotty C! I have to give it to you guys with these holiday entries. You came hard and you came strong. Where else is someone going to pitch you this logline – “After a great white shark eats Santa and absorbs his magic, two elves […]

There are 24 hours left to get those holiday scripts in for Holiday Showdown! Hurry hurry hurry. Any holiday themed script – send it to carsonreeves3@gmail.com with your title, genre, logline, why you think it deserves a shot, and a pdf of the script. The five holiday contestants will be posted tomorrow night! How well […]

Genre: Horror Premise: When an overstressed young woman joins her best friend at a wellness retreat in the Arizona desert, she begins to suspect that the revitalizing spa treatments, serums, and macrobiotic meals are part of something closer to a dangerous cult, run by the retreat’s charismatic leader. About: This script finished on this year’s […]