Scriptshadow Challenge: Describe James Bond in the comments section with what you learned today. Upvote the best descriptions! Let’s talk about character descriptions for a minute, shall we? You ever see that show “Botched,” about botched plastic surgeries? They need to make a show about botched character descriptions. Because I see them in nearly every […]

Genre: Action/Comedy/Crime Premise: When a Brooklyn gun-for-hire is marked for death, he must find the man contracted to kill him first, the utterly elusive Black Phantom. About: Jamie Foxx and Kevin Hart have wanted to work together forever and this was supposed to be the project that finally did it. The script, which was originally […]

Easily the best TV or MOVIE concept I’ve seen all year. But might it be the best concept I’ve seen all decade?? Genre: TV Pilot – 1 Hour Drama Premise: After a hitman is injured during a job, he wakes up to find a tiny blue horse named “Happy” floating over him, claiming that they’re […]

If all is right with the world, you should be receiving a Scriptshadow Newsletter with a brand-spanking new top secret sci-fi project script review by tomorrow morning. If you want to sign up for the Scriptshadow Newsletter, e-mail me at carsonreeves1@gmail.com with the subject line “Newsletter” and I’ll add you on. Genre: Sci-Fi Adventure Premise: […]

What is anchoring and why is it important? Let me start off by saying that anchoring is an advanced writing technique that beginners shouldn’t worry about yet. If you’re a beginner, worry about structure, keeping your descriptions succinct, getting your scenes down to a manageable length (under 2 and a half pages), not writing on-the-nose […]