A voice from above spoke to me this weekend. Gave me some life-changing screenwriting advice that I pass on to you guys. I’ve got some Christopher Nolan trivia that only true Nolan fans will be able to answer. We’ve got some amazing trailers to dissect, including Wonka, Napolean, and Neil Blomkamp’s latest. I reflect on […]

I’m way too busy at the moment to do a proper post. However, I’ve been wanting to post about the “Give it 3 Pages” test for a while now and this seems like the perfect time. The “Give it 3 Pages” test is this idea that it’s impossible to get people to read your script. […]

I want everyone who’s reading this post to stand up. Go ahead. I’ll wait. Are you standing? Good. Now, I want you to start clapping. And Hollywood? Take a bow. Because you’ve earned it. Over these last three years, there was a strong belief that the theatrical box office was dead. Even when mega-hits like […]

Genre: TV Pilot – Half-Hour Comedy “Documentary” Winning Logline: A parody of ‘makeover’ reality shows, Beyond Help with Handy Andy follows overconfident yet completely incompetent “Handy Andy” Cornwall as he travels the country documenting his attempts to fix everything from failing restaurants to broken marriages, in the hopes of selling his half-assed reality show to […]

Shocker: It’s only three things. As I come up on two decades of meticulously studying this craft, I’ve been thinking, what is my “theory of everything” when it comes to screenwriting? What is the “whole ball of wax” in regards to how to write a script that’s genuinely good? I use that phrase “genuinely good” […]