Genre: Black Comedy/Drama Premise: When a 13-year-old social misfit hacks into the financial life of his reclusive 70 year old neighbor and finds she’s being short-changed at her home office job, the two embark on an epic journey to seek justice from the shady for-profit “university” that’s been cheating her for decades. Why You Should […]

One of the more common story setups is the “Group of People Gets Lost In the Woods” scenario, and it’s not surprising why. It fits into a clear genre (Horror), it’s marketable (all horror is), it’s cheap to shoot (all you need is actors and a camera), and there’s something universally scary about getting lost […]

Watch “The Ritual” today if you have Netflix. It’s the first good movie Netflix has ever made. More importantly, tomorrow’s article will be about the movie. We’re going to talk about how a single scene can make a screenplay. Genre: Thriller Premise: In an unraveling that rivals Taxi Driver, a young woman who moderates X-rated […]

Genre: TV Pilot – 1 Hour Drama Premise: After a high school senior becomes a hero for stopping a school shooting, he decides to write a book about it. About: This show is debuting on Hulu, which continues to be interested in creating solid content (Handmaiden’s Tale, Casual, the Stephen King Universe). There are rumors […]

Genre: Drama Premise: A circus family attempts to keep its lucrative business going by utilizing a dark and horrifying secret. About: Katherine Dunn, the author of the 1989 breakout novel, Geek Love, was a single mother working three jobs when her novel became an unexpected best seller. The Portland-based writer was, all of a sudden, […]