Genre: Comedy Premise: Delaney Pitts is a nerdy, teenage virgin who has a secret online life as an erotic fan fiction author. But when a publisher tasks her with writing a book about her (non-existent) high school love life, she’s forced to team up with a top expert in the field: the slutty quarterback of […]

What is the gangbusters screenwriting lesson within Project Hail Mary that nobody’s talking about? Project Hail Mary dropped just 23% in its third weekend. Is this amazing hold because of Ryan Gosling? Yes. Is it because of a stellar marketing campaign? Yes. But when a movie holds this well, there’s one reason that rises above […]

As we get closer to the Blood & Ink deadline (that would be Cinqo De Mayo), we’re going to have to, you know, finish our scripts. I could write a book on finishing scripts. There’s actually a lot to it. But for the purposes of today’s article, I want to focus on the final act. […]

Today’s script is a rarity – a script that sold to Netflix without any director or actors attached. Which typically means either the concept is gangbusters or the execution is awesome. Genre: Serial Killer/Horror Premise: When several bodies are found along the highways of the American Midwest, a divorced state trooper and her estranged FBI […]

As you know, I’m always closely watching the tennis world. And, recently, I’ve encountered several top tennis players discussing what’s changed in tennis over the last ten years. How is it different from how it used to be? And the answers they gave were, essentially, “Players don’t play defense anymore. They only play offense.” For […]