Last year I checked out the Euphoria pilot and lasted about twenty minutes. Admittedly, I watched it at a time where I was exhausted by anything that was even remotely political. And while Euphoria isn’t a political show, it touched on some hot-button topics that were politically-adjacent enough to turn me off. So I bailed. […]

One of the more misunderstood sections of the script – the Refusal of the Call! Day 1: Writing a TeaserDay 2: Introducing Your HeroDay 3: Setting up Your Hero’s LifeDay 8: Keeping Your Scenes EntertainingDay 9: The Inciting Incident So yesterday we dealt with the inciting incident, which typically takes place between pages 12-15. If […]

The most exciting scene to write in a script? The inciting incident! Day 1: Writing a TeaserDay 2: Introducing Your HeroDay 3: Setting up Your Hero’s LifeDay 8: Keeping Your Scenes Entertaining Okay, let’s summarize where we are. So far, this is our page count… Pages 1-5 — Teaser.Pages 6-8 — Introduce your main character.Page […]

Today we learn the value of writing scenes that KEEP THE READER TURNING THE PAGES Day 1: Writing a Teaser Day 2: Introducing Your Hero Day 3: Setting up Your Hero’s Life This one is going to hurt. I want you to take everything you’ve written so far AND THROW IT AWAY. Okay, okay, okay. […]

Genre: Superhero/Noir/Crime Premise: When the Riddler starts leaving riddles at all of his murders taunting the Batman, the batster will have to team up with Catwoman to find him before he enacts his final sinister plan on the city. About: Predictions were all over the map on how The Batman would open. Most were saying […]