Genre: Comedy/Romantic ComedyPremise: Told in the first person, a disgruntled screenwriter falls in love with a taken woman, and decides to do anything in his power to get her. About: This is one of this year’s (2011) Nicholl finalists. The Nicholl Fellowship is the biggest screenwriting competition in the world. Writers: Chris Shafer & Paul […]

Genre: Crime/ThrillerPremise: After being left for dead, a man plots his revenge against the Chicago mob family who killed his wife. About: Every Friday, I review a script from the readers of the site. If you’re interested in submitting your script for an Amateur Review, send it in PDF form, along with your title, genre, […]

So as you know, I was reading Magic Mike earlier this week and I had a big problem with the lack of conflict. Then came The Insane Laws, which also seemed to miss out on a big opportunity for conflict when it made the competing families too chummy with each other. It reminded me that […]

Pulled this quote off of CNN’s piece on him.  It’s advice we should all be following: “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to […]

Genre: Thriller/Sci-Fi/ActionPremise: A genetically modified super-soldier who escaped from a secret project years ago, must find and save the daughter he’s never known before the organization that created him gets to her first.About: This script sold earlier this year. The writers do not have a produced credit yet but have worked on the most recent […]