So you want to write an Oscar-winning screenplay. Well, I thought I’d have a little fun this week and look back at the last 25 Oscar winners in the best Original Screenplay category and see if I can’t lock down a pattern or two as to what kind of script wins this most prestigious of […]

Genre: Drama/ComedyPremise: A New Yorker heads back to the small liberal arts college he attended to give a speech for a retiring professor and ends up falling for one of the students while he’s there. About: Radnor is the writer-director of one of my favorite scripts, which used to be on my Top 25, Happy […]

Genre: Drama/ComedyPremise: A New Yorker heads back to the small liberal arts college he attended to give a speech for a retiring professor and ends up falling for one of the students while he’s there. About: Radnor is the writer-director of one of my favorite scripts, which used to be on my Top 25, Happy […]

Genre: Action/Sci-fiPremise: Special Agent David Marsh is recruited by a shadowy corporation to test a new game-changing computer generated amusement park. About: Amusements is an early script written by AICN contributor Drew McWeeny (aka Moriarty) and his writing partner Scott Swan. While the script didn’t sell, it did help McWeeny and his partner start their […]

Genre: ComedyPremise: A high school girl getting ready for the biggest party of the year is tasked with taking her young brother on a quick trick or treating run. But when he goes missing, the entire night is thrown into disarray.About: Fun Size made the bottom half of the 2010 Black List and is being […]