Bonus free comedy script idea at the bottom of today’s post if you couldn’t come up with one – Inspired by Kylie Jenner! Remember, the deadline for Comedy Showdown is… June 17th! (find out how to submit here) Now, if you’re a well-behaved screenwriter, you did all your homework this week. You wrote down your […]

The “Frank and Beans” scene in There’s Something About Mary is in the argument for funniest movie scene of all time. And since we’re trying to write a great comedy script of our own, it’s imperative that you study scenes like this. Let’s start with the basics of comedy. Every good joke needs a setup […]

Genre: Comedy Premise: (from Black List) A depressed, progressive woman stuck in a conservative small Texas town starts micro-dosing the entire town with marijuana to make them all get along. About: This script finished with 10 votes on last year’s Black List. Noga Pnueli has written one of my Top 25 scripts – time loop […]

Genre: Horror Premise: (From Black List) Summer on a secluded campus takes a dark turn for three college girls when a supernaturally sexy mystery man begins haunting their dreams. About: This script finished on last year’s Black List with 12 votes! The writer, Shea Mayo, has written a couple of short films. But this is […]

We’ve got three months until the Comedy Showdown deadline (June 17). Three months is plenty of time to write a script. And that’s what I’m going to help you do. Every Monday, until June 17th, I will be guiding you along in the process. This way, you don’t have to think about when and where […]