Congrats to Scott Serrandell who won this past weekend’s dialogue mini-contest. Some really funny dialogue, exactly what I was I was looking for. I’ll be looking forward to see what he does in the official Scriptshadow Short Script Contest. Genre: Drama Premise: (from The Black List) A multigenerational love story that weaves together a number […]

All right, guys. In honor of the upcoming short script contest (You’ve got 9 days left to enter – and it’s free!), we’re going to do another short script weekend mini-contest. Last weekend we did dialogue-focused shorts and the results were a mixed bag. The short and sweet of it? You guys are better than […]

I’m not going to lie. I wasn’t thrilled with the results from last week’s dialogue challenge. Nobody blew me away with any world-changing dialogue. It seemed like some people weren’t even paying attention to the dialogue. They had an idea for a short and dialogue happened to be a part of it. I take responsibility […]

The author of the best selling book and mega-smash box office hit, The Martian, comes to bat with his first TV pilot! Genre: TV Pilot – 1 hour drama Premise: “Mission Control” follows the NASA mission control unit as they attempt to push a new space station into orbit, which will eventually fly to Mars. […]

Congratulations to Poe’s “The Man of A Few Words,” which won this weekend’s Dialogue Short Script Mini-Contest. He wins a First 10 Pages Consultation from me. Poe’s a longtime kick-ass commenter so make sure to congratulate him! Genre: Black Comedy Premise: (from Black List) When an out-of-work divorced mother stops taking the court-ordered medication that […]