Today’s script will hopefully answer the age-old question, how is he the “lone” ranger if he has a partner? Genre: Action-Adventure/Western Premise: When a corrupt sheriff takes over a hidden silver mine, a lone Texas Ranger and a local Indian named Tonto must team up to stop him. About: Okay, this is not the draft […]

If you can’t take The Heat, get out of the southewestern portion of the United States. Genre: Buddy Cop/Comedy Premise: An uptight FBI agent must team up with an unruly nontraditional Boston cop to take down a mysterious drug lord. About: Writer Katie Dippold was one of the lucky ones. She sold this script last […]

This is your chance to discuss the week’s amateur scripts, offered originally in the Scriptshadow newsletter. The primary goal for this discussion is to find out which script(s) is the best candidate for a future Amateur Friday review. The secondary goal is to keep things positive in the comments with constructive criticism. Below are the […]

What is “movie logic?” Why should it never enter your script? Amateur Friday Submission Process: To submit your script for an Amateur Review, send in a PDF of your script, your title, genre, logline, and finally, why I should read your script. Use my submission address please: Carsonreeves3@gmail.com. Your script and “first ten” will be […]

Now THAT’S a memorable character Last week, I talked about outlining your plot. This week, I’m going to talk about outlining your characters. The more scripts I read, the more I realize that the thing that separates the men from the boys is character. Characters with flaws, characters with backstory, characters who arc, characters with […]