If you’d like to submit your script for an Amateur Friday review, send your title, genre, logline, and why you think it deserves a review to carsonreeves3@gmail.com, along with a PDF of the script! Genre: Action/Thriller Premise (from writer): When a young CIA trainee, working low-level assignments in Europe, is framed as a traitor, he […]

WARNING: LOTS OF SPOILERS BELOW! While I was on vacation, my sister-in-law, knowing how entrenched I am in any and all entertainment, asked me, “Have you seen 13 Reasons Why?” The question struck me as odd. For starters, I wasn’t a teenager. And I thought I presented an image that I would never be interested […]

Genre: Thriller Premise: After an ambitious doctor cheats on her aimless husband with the most esteemed doctor at her hospital, she must decide whether to continue the affair or fess up to her husband. About: Today’s script comes from a relatively new writer, Julia Cox, who worked as a writer’s assistant on Parenthood before penning […]

Genre: Period Premise: A young man is made a slave by the Spartans just as they begin preparing for a war against the mighty Persian army. About: George Clooney fucking loved this book (going so far as to say it’s better than Gladiator!), immediately snatching it up after publication for his production company. He would […]

EDIT: STRIKE AVERTED! YAYYYYYYY! Let’s avoid this scenario. When you look at the impending writer’s strike, this is what you see. An industry making 51 billion dollars while many writers are struggling to pay their monthly rent. At first glance, that doesn’t seem fair. But I also know numbers can be deceiving. 51 billion isn’t […]