Lorene Scafaria has 2 entries on this year’s Top 10 Screenwriting is hard. Every year I’m reminded of that. Most scripts can be divided into two categories. There’s the script that’s trying to tell the same old story as exceptionally as it can (something like Taken or Pretty Woman). And there’s the script that […]

Hey everyone.  Short week this week.  No post today or Friday.  Tuesday will be my list of Top 10 screenplays I read this year.  Wednesday will be the 10 worst movies I saw this year.  And Thursday will be my Top 15 movies I saw this year.  Going to see Girl With The Dragon Tattoo […]

Genre: Family/Holiday/MusicalPremise: When a toy factory tour guide is framed for Santa’s kidnapping on Christmas Eve, he sets out on a race against time across mythical Christmastown to clear his name, and save Christmas. About: Every Friday, I review a script from the readers of the site. If you’re interested in submitting your script for […]

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 The room where we got our film equipment at Columbia College Hey everyone.  Doing something a little different today.  Tom Benedek, the writer of Cocoon, interviewed me for his class last week at Screenwriting Master Class.  Since I put so much into the interview and covered a wide range of screenwriting topics, I thought you […]