Hey everyone. No Amateur Showdown this weekend as I’m hard at work putting together the newsletter. Expect it to drop in the next 48 hours. In the meantime, I want a great Amateur Showdown next weekend. So start sending those screenplays in. Who’s got the next Cop Cam??!! If you have no idea what I’m […]

I’m about to get weird. But it’s Halloween and on Halloween you’re allowed to get weird. You see, Halloween is responsible for my most brutal craving, a craving that has followed me deep into my adult life – that of the Reeses Peanut Butter cup. Due to those single little orange squares of demonary, I […]

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 […]