Awesome news. I have a JULY 4TH WEEKEND NEWSLETTER coming out later today. I review a top secret script (no, you’ll never guess what it is in a million years) that attempts one of the toughest structural approaches in screenwriting. I then give you a super-hack on an easier rewrite style than the one I […]

If you’re new to the Scriptshadow Script Challenge, here are all the previous posts… WEEK 0 WEEK 1 WEEK 2 WEEK 3 WEEK 4 WEEK 5 WEEK 6 WEEK 7 WEEK 8 YOU FINISHED YOUR FIRST DRAFT!!!! HOOOOOORRRRRAAAAAYYYYY!!! First thing I want you to do? Get drunk. You’re going to need it, trust me. Because […]

Sorry. Extremely busy day. Can’t post a new review. So here’s the Landis review from my newsletter! Genre: Thriller/Supernatural Premise: A former astronaut dives deep into the ocean in an attempt to journey to the lowest point on earth, only to find that there may be other things on the bottom of the sea that […]

Genre: Thriller Premise: After a young girl is kidnapped on a remote island off the west coast, her mother teams up with a local mysterious older woman to get her back. About: Tried out a few scripts before committing to one today. I’ll be honest – the only reason I tried this one was because […]

I don’t know what to make of Finding Dory’s success or what it means to screenwriters. There have been few sequels less necessary than this one. How do I know this? Because in ten years, I’ve never heard someone say, “I wonder when they’re going to make a Finding Nemo 2.” I suppose we can […]