Genre: Horror/Possession Premise: When the president’s increasingly erratic behavior brings the United States to the brink of nuclear war, a young White House reporter becomes convinced the most powerful man in the world must be forced into an exorcism. About: The Blood & Ink Horror Screenplay Contest is a unique screenwriting contest whereby, six months […]

Close Encounters of the Haterz Gonna Hate Kind Genre: Sci-Fi Thriller Premise: A man steals proof of alien life and goes on the run in an attempt to disclose the material before an evil government operative stops him. About: One of the more surprising things about this movie to me is that Steven Spielberg has […]

It’s pretty rare that I have screenwriting revelations these days. I’ve crawled through every little nook and cranny of the craft and discovered almost everything there is to discover. But the other day, I had a pretty big wowza moment. Unfortunately, it only applies to a very specific genre. But my rule here on Scriptshadow […]

And a Blood & Ink success story update! Genre: Psychological Horror Premise: When two successful big-city best friends are trapped in a never-ending Hallmark movie loop that resets and recasts them each week in a new rom-com, they must escape before they’re permanently rewritten as their dead-eyed Hallmark alter egos. About: The Blood & Ink […]

A couple of weeks ago, I was talking to someone about the word “hate.” The conversation started because we were discussing music and I casually mentioned that I hated this band. She immediately stopped me. “Hate is a terrible word,” she said. Naturally, I asked why. And she actually had a pretty interesting argument. Her […]