It’s pretty rare that I have screenwriting revelations these days. I’ve crawled through every little nook and cranny of the craft and discovered almost everything there is to discover. But the other day, I had a pretty big wowza moment. Unfortunately, it only applies to a very specific genre. But my rule here on Scriptshadow […]

And a Blood & Ink success story update! Genre: Psychological Horror Premise: When two successful big-city best friends are trapped in a never-ending Hallmark movie loop that resets and recasts them each week in a new rom-com, they must escape before they’re permanently rewritten as their dead-eyed Hallmark alter egos. About: The Blood & Ink […]

A couple of weeks ago, I was talking to someone about the word “hate.” The conversation started because we were discussing music and I casually mentioned that I hated this band. She immediately stopped me. “Hate is a terrible word,” she said. Naturally, I asked why. And she actually had a pretty interesting argument. Her […]

Or is it? It has been a loooonnnnnnnnnnnnnng time since the directing industry had a revolution. There used to be new filmmakers popping up everywhere. Every couple of years there was some exciting new voice (Tarantino, Rodriquez, PT Anderson, Richard Linklater, the Coen Brothers, Steven Soderbergh, Spike Lee, Wes Anderson, Darren Aronofsky, David O. Russell) […]

This writer took over the town for a week. What can we learn from her? Genre: Comedy Premise: Two parents will do anything they can to help their son get into Yale, his dream college since he was a young child. About: Sophie Fleur de Bruijn recently sold a romantic comedy spec that is said […]