For those who have forgotten, this is three in a series of five scripts I’ll be reviewing this week from represented writers who have not sold a script. The exercise is meant to explore the level of quality it takes to obtain agency representation. Enjoy! Genre: Action-ThrillerPremise: Train wrecks. Plane crashes. Sinking ships. The Fixer […]

I’ve had a lot of people e-mailing me telling me that Blake Snyder died of cardiac arrest this morning. It is indeed very sad news. Snyder was the first person since Syd Field to break screenwriting down in such a way that anyone could understand it in his bestselling book, “Save The Cat!” Every person […]

For those who have forgotten, this is two in a series of five scripts I’ll be reviewing this week from represented writers who have not sold a script. The exercise is meant to explore the level of quality it takes to obtain agency representation. Enjoy! Genre: ComedyPremise: A down on his luck Jr. High teacher […]

“Naooww jus hollld on thur Muster Photther.” Steven Spielberg has passed over Matt Helm, his take on the Jason Bourne phenomenon, in favor of directing a 60 year old play about a man who befriends an invisible rabbit, “Harvey” (no relation to Donnie Darko). The play won the Pulitzer prize and went on to become […]

Wow. So I received over 150 submissions for this little experiment. I want to thank you guys for the overwhelming response. It’s a bit humbling. I felt a bit like an agent myself, shifting through the loglines, trying to figure out which scripts to read. It wasn’t fun. All of you said such nice things, […]