THE WINNER OF WEEK 2 HAS BEEN LISTED BELOW The Scriptshadow Tournament pits 40 amateur screenplays against each other that you, the readers of the site, will vote on. Ultimately, YOU will decide the winner. Today we have the second five entries. You can see who won Week One here. Read as much as you […]

After my last dialogue post some of you expressed the need for even MORE dialogue advice. Cue today’s post, baby! It’s time to conjure some magic dialogue spells! Shoozazah! Remember that at the heart of all good dialogue is conflict, but more specifically some kind of imbalance in the interaction. Something is unresolved and the […]

Hey guys. No review today but that’s okay because the Scriptshadow Newsletter should be appearing in your Inbox any second now. I review a major new spec script sale that Hollywood’s been looking for forever. I’ve also got some writing links such as the intense debate behind Donald Glover’s all-black writing room. And I address […]

The writer of the best-written show on television comes to us with his next Boob-Tube project. Will it take over the airwaves like Fargo? Genre: Supernatural Premise: A schizophrenic man living in a nuthouse falls in love with a fellow patient who he must team up with when outside forces descend upon them, believing that […]

Genre: Sci-fi Premise: A federal agent is sent to a crazed woman’s remote home when it’s discovered that she’s built a nuclear reactor to make contact with aliens. About: The master of the 2016 spec sale is back at it. After a couple of 7 figure sales, Max Landis is back with the second script […]