Genre: Contained Thriller Premise: When a young woman wakes up in the fortified cellar of a man’s farm house, she must figure out if the mysterious reason why he says she’s there is true or not. About: This was just a regular spec script until JJ Abrams’ company, Bad Robot, decided to adapt it into […]

So here’s the thing. I didn’t love Aaron Sorkin’s “Steve Jobs” when I first read it. But when I saw the movie, a lot of the stuff I didn’t think would work DID work, and it turned out to be one of my favorite movies of the year. The fact that it was kept out […]

Get Your Script Reviewed On Scriptshadow!: To submit your script for an Amateur Review, send in a PDF of your script, along with the title, genre, logline, and finally, something interesting about yourself and/or your script that you’d like us to post along with the script if reviewed. Use my submission address please: Carsonreeves3@gmail.com. Remember […]

Here are ten screenwriting tips to get you going for 2016!!! 1) Beware of Auto-Piloting – “Auto-piloting” is no different from when you’re going through your morning routine. You’re not thinking because you don’t have to. In screenwriting, auto-piloting leads to cliché choices and lines from other films. The most famous version of this is: […]

A mysterious writer makes the Black List without any managers or agents! Genre: Drama/Thriller Premise: A New York publicist’s life starts to unravel when he’s suspected of killing his co-worker. About: It took my scrolling through three dozen loglines, but I FINALLY found a script on the Black List that didn’t start with the words, […]