Hard science fiction is one of the biggest gambles you can take as a writer. It’s easy to assume that everyone will wait patiently while you explain the setting, the time period, the sides, the politics, the alien races, and everything else they need to know to understand your universe. But the reality is, the […]

Genre: DramaPremise: When a dog is the only witness to a woman’s death, her husband tries to teach the dog how to talk so he can find out what happened to her.About: Mandate Pictures (Juno) optioned Carolyn Parkhurst’s novel. John Crowley (Intermission) will direct. David Heyman of Heyday Films, and Corey May and Dooma Wendschuh […]

Genre: DramedyPremise: Blockhead explores what it would it be like if the real-world Peanuts Gang grew up and lived together in New York City.About: This script got a ton of recognition about ten years ago. Just about everyone who read it loved it. For obvious copyright reasons, it never got purchased. But it ended up […]

Great guest article by entertainment attorney Jesse Rosenblatt over on Stephen Hoover’s blog on how much you should expect to earn on your first script sale. Go over there and check it out now. Here’s an excerpt: A burning question on any first time writer’s mind is – “How much will I get paid for […]

Been getting some e-mails about this. I’ll be making plenty of announcements regarding the official announcement of the contest, which will probably be about two or three weeks from now. So you should be prepping those loglines as we speak. Also, I’ve decided to use Paypal for those of you who want to submit more […]