So you’re currently preparing to write your next script. And it’s a drama. I have some advice for you. Don’t do it. Stay away. Avoid the drama spec at all costs. Why? There are tons of reasons. But let me break down some of the big ones for you. Drama specs don’t sell. Or, at […]

Genre: Sci-fi Premise: (from IMDB) A veteran assigned to extract Earth’s remaining resources begins to question what he knows about his mission and himself. About: While this draft was written by “The Departed” screenwriter William Monahan, Monahan didn’t seem to make the final cut when the credits were given out. The writer doing the revisions […]

Forrest Gump may be one of the biggest anomalies in the history of moviemaking. There’s nothing here to indicate it should’ve worked besides, maybe, Tom Hanks. As a story, it goes against pretty much every rule out there. There is no goal. There are no obstacles. There’s no urgency. No real stakes to speak of. […]

Can an Evil Dead update turn what was only a cult hit into a bona fide box office success? Genre: Horror Premise: (from imdb) Five friends head to a remote cabin, where the discovery of a Book of the Dead leads them to unwittingly summon up demons living in the nearby woods. The evil presence […]

Here we go again! 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 […]