I hate when Hollywood promotes terrible films. And today, I’m speaking my truth! I’m tempted to spend the next 1500 words unloading on the atrocity of a movie that was The Secret Agent. Let me explain why. People were trying to tell me this movie was good. People were hyping this movie up. But all […]

How to write a bland screenplay Genre: Thriller Premise: When eco-terrorists attack Los Angeles’ power grid and orchestrate a cascading citywide blackout, a jaded former Secret Service agent and a brilliant but unassuming engineer must fight their way across the metropolis – in the dark – to restore power before the city collapses. About: This […]

BLOOD & INK DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED ONE MONTH!!! Very important news for all you Blood & Ink Contest writers. I knew a lot of you would take that script right up to the last second, changing scenes, adding subplots, erasing characters, all with just days to go. When you do that, your script is […]

Tip #13! You will not get sceeewriting tips like this anywhere else on the internet. That’s why Scriptshadow is the best. You’ve got a dude reading thousands of scripts who sees real-life writing patterns every day and learns what works and what doesn’t then shares it with you. ENJOY! 1) A good concept makes writing […]

Genre: Adventure/Thriller Premise: When a husband and wife research team travel to a remote African jungle to look for a real-life Yeti, the biggest problem turns out not to be the monster, but their mutual best friend scientist, who is secretly in love with the wife. About: This script finished in the top 15 of […]