Everybody who wants to be a screenwriter should watch this movie! I was wearing my new shoes that I got for Christmas today. I hopped over to the corner store to grab a drink, and while waiting in line, heard a guy behind me say, “Those shoes are fire.” “Too soon,” I said. “Too soon.” […]

Number 1 Black List script! Genre: Romantic Comedy Premise: Two strangers scramble to find someone to sleep with on the one night of the year when premarital sex is legal. About: Travis Braun wrote one of my favorite scripts last year, Dying For You. The guy’s a great writer. So it should come as no […]

Bust out your Trapper Keepers and get this all down in your calanders! This year, we’re going to have 11 showdowns at Scriptshadow. If you’re new to the site, a Showdown is when you send me a writing sample, I pick the best entries and post them on the site, then you guys spend the […]

Welcome to 2025! Tomorrow, I will list the 11 SHOWDOWNS that we’re going to have this year on the site. Because I know how impatient you all are, I’ll give you a quick preview. Our first showdown, which will happen on January 23rd, is going to be LOGLINE SHOWDOWN. But it comes with a twist. […]

The great thing about a Scriptshadow Best Movies of the Year list is that you’re not getting any b.s. All these other list-makers are giving you their cinephile-signaling choices, the movies they think they’re supposed to tell the world they like. Not Scriptshadow! Every single pick here is, genuinely, one of my favorite movies of […]