Is this the genre every writer should be writing in right now? Genre: Action/2-Hander Premise: A green FBI agent is sent to Miami to retrieve a criminal for prosecution. During the return trip, the fed and the thug each learn there’s more to the other than expected. About: Fox bought this script back in 2005 […]

A reminder THIS THURSDAY to get your Logline Showdown entries in. Winner gets a script review the following Friday. The theme this month is “Movie Crossover.” That means that, in addition to sending your logline, you send in the movie crossover that best represents your script (i.e. “Aliens meets The Equalizer”). If that isn’t incentive […]

An excerpt from my upcoming book, “Scriptshadow’s 250 Dialogue Tips” It has been promised. But as of yet, it hasn’t been delivered. Over the next month, I’ll be including excerpts from my upcoming dialogue book, which I’m planning on releasing a month from now. Here is the introduction to the book. The world of screenwriting […]

Jiminy Crickets! We’ve got our first [x] impressive of the year! Genre: Drama/Thriller Premise: In a small town, a high school math teacher on the verge of having his first child with his wife, must manage a rapidly unraveling sexual relationship with a student. About: Today’s script finished with only 7 votes on last year’s […]

Genre: Thriller Premise: After a botched bank heist leaves nineteen people locked inside a state-of-the-art vault, the FBI recruits the world’s foremost box-man from federal prison so he can break them out before they suffocate inside. About: This finished with 7 votes on last year’s Black List and was one of my personal highest-rated concepts […]