THE NEWSLETTER IS OFFICIALLY IN YOUR INBOXES! CHECK YOUR PROMOTIONS FOLDERS IF YOU DIDN’T GET IT! Genre: Heist/Sci-Fi Premise: Still reeling in the wake of her husband’s death, master thief Viola Crier signs on to a risky, last-minute job set to take place inside a man-made time loop, but as the number of loops increases, […]

The newsletter will be hitting your Inboxes sometime today (Monday). If you are not on the newsletter list, e-mail me at carsonreeves1@gmail.com and I’ll make sure you get it. I will, of course, be talking about the slap heard round the world and what it means for Hollywood going forward. I’ll be talking about the […]

As we tighten up our first acts for the next Scriptshadow contest, the First Act Challenge, which you can start submitting to tomorrow (YAAAYYY!!!), I want to take a trip back to the last contest, the “Anything Goes Showdown,” and look at some of the scripts that didn’t make it. I know how frustrating it […]

Is today’s thriller the best script of the 2021 Black List so far? Genre: Thriller Premise: A ride-share driver who’s just purchased his dream car, a 1969 Ford Mercury Cyclone, goes on the Tinder date from hell. About: Today’s writer, Stefan Jaworski, started writing for TV in Sweden. He has made a few inroads writing […]

Stop making excuses and just get the pages written Here are the previous “How To Write a First Act” posts… Day 1: Writing a Teaser Day 2: Introducing Your Hero Day 3: Setting up Your Hero’s Life Day 8: Keeping Your Scenes Entertaining Day 9: The Inciting Incident Day 10: Refusal of the Call Day […]