Today I discuss one of the most advanced topics in all of screenwriting – SHIFTING REALITY! Week 0 (concept) Week 1 (outline) Week 2 (first act) Week 3 (first half of second act) Week 4 (second half second act) Week 5 (third act) Week 6 (evaluate your first draft) Week 7 (rewrite plan of attack) […]
It’s funny how we see the past through the lens of entertainment. We remember it as this perfect place where only the greatest movies and television were produced. Ask any old timer what they think of movies today and you’ll get a 30 minute monologue about how great the 70s were. “Back then it was […]
As you continue to battle through the rewrite of your AMATEUR COMEDY SHOWDOWN script, I thought to myself, how can I help these writers make their script funnier? That got me thinking about yesterday’s script review and the concept of SITUATIONS. Here’s how I defined situations in that review… A situation, in screenwriting terms, is […]
Today’s script contains hints of one of the most famous scripts of all time, “Killing on Carnival Row.” Could it possibly be as good as that script? Genre: Serial Killer/Period Premise: When their friends begin dying at the hands of a brutal killer, an all-female crime syndicate, The Forty Elephants, must work together to take […]
Genre: Comedy/Drama Premise: Eighth grader Simon Paluska dreams of being a Taekwondo Black Belt, but he’s not allowed to take lessons. So he buys a Black Belt on Amazon for twenty-five bucks. Then, he has to use it. About: Today’s script finished in the top 20 on last year’s Black List. Randall Green wrote 2019’s […]
