DC falling, documentaries rising, ancient characters coming back from the dead, and two Hollywood superstars bombing like it’s 1941 How crazy is it that a documentary is doing this well at the box office. You Can See Everything is continuing to break records. If I’m being honest, I don’t know what records are being broken, […]

An advanced screenwriting method that takes your screenplays to the next level! When I first started writing screenplays, I didn’t know what the hell I was doing when it came to writing scenes. I mean, I knew what a scene was in the abstract. I knew that characters were supposed to talk to each other […]

A big six-figure script sale comes from another Scriptshadow reader! Genre: Horror Premise: When a scientist ventures deep into the Amazon rainforest in search of a rare fungus that could save her dying daughter, she finds herself trapped high above the jungle floor, hunted by a terrifying creature that lives among the treetops. About: Today’s […]

This movie is a game changer for the documentary industry. But is it actually a good movie? Genre: Documentary/Drama/Comedy Premise: Documentarian Nathan Fielder moves in with the infamous Elizabeth Holmes, founder of a multibillion-dollar tech startup, Theranos, who was ultimately convicted of defrauding investors. About: This movie is turning into one of the biggest documentary […]

I explain why I chose the six loglines for last week’s Amateur Showdown and I go over five loglines that didn’t make it, so that you can see the common logline mistakes that writers make.   It always gets controversial when it comes time for me to pick loglines. Many writers are baffled by my […]