The word “rules” stirs up a lot of debate in the University of Screenwriting. Some believe there should be no rules when you write. Others believe rules are the lifeblood of a screenplay. I fall somewhere in between. You definitely need to know the rules. Whether you choose to use them, however, is up to […]

Genre: Family/FantasyPremise: 13 year old aspiring inventor Andrew Henry begins to suspect that the world he lives in is not what it seems. About: Didn’t research this until after I wrote the review, but it appears that Andrew Henry’s Meadow is a well-known children’s book, which would make this an adaptation, not a spec script, […]

Genre: TV pilot – police procedural/fantasyPremise: In a modern day San Francisco-like city where the laws of physics are superseded by hard magic, the deputy mayor’s right hand man is murdered, leaving some to suspect he is responsible. About: Writer and show-runner Ronald D. Moore went to Cornell but failed out when he was a […]

Happy they finally got to Osama.  But man is this burying him out in the sea less than 24 hours later going to feed the hell out of conspiracy theorists for the next 50 years.  Genre: ComedyPremise: A Bob Ross-esque PBS painting show host must fight for his career when his station brings in a […]

Genre: DramaPremise: After the wife of a missionary is killed, we jump back and explore the couple’s life together. 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, logline, and […]