This may become a new feature on the site depending on how it goes. I was thinking of this recent article about Ridley Scott saying he doesn’t watch movies anymore. He feels that modern movies are “mediocre.” I started to think about that. Because a collaborator of Scott’s, Denzel Washington, recently said something similar. “I’m […]

Genre: Drama Premise: A young woman attends the funeral of her college boyfriend’s father, ten years after they broke up. About: This script finished in the middle of the pack on last year’s Black List. Writer: Gaelyn Golde Details: 100 pages The Feels. We’ve all got them. Well, most of us anyway. And we use […]

The most ambitious movie of Paul Thomas Anderson’s career Genre: Drama/Thriller Premise: A former revolutionary who gets high all day must spring back into action when his teenage daughter is taken by the very group he used to fight for. About: Paul Thomas Anderson burst onto the scene as a directing superstar with his one-two […]

These scene showdowns always end up being a little more controversial than I expect. Some people have said that by creating this challenge, it forces writers to write bigger scenes than they otherwise would have. I don’t think that’s true. As unknown screenwriters, you have to hook a reader right away. So starting with a […]

Should today’s scene have been included in the First Page Showdown? A lot of you thought so! This week, I’ve been breaking down the top scenes in my Blood & Ink Screenwriting Contest. This is a contest writers had to pitch for—you had to come up with a good enough idea just to get in. […]