There was a tight race for that last finalist slot and it was Smokescreen that rose to the occasion. A great screenwriter once said that one of the best logline hacks you can use is to include something that already occupies real estate in the potential reader’s head. Familiarity has a shocking amount of influence […]

Some of you said that this script had no shot because some similar movie came out recently. Well guess what? I haven’t heard of that movie. And I hear about everything. So, it can’t be that big. Remember, there’s the kiddie pool side of the industry and there’s the deep end. Just because someone makes […]

We got the trailer version of this screenplay in the First Page Showdown. Now, it’s grown into an entire script. People lovvvvvved this first page. But can it survive the relentless deconstruction of every single word by the Scriptshadow audience??  You would’ve thought QB1 was an actual serial killer who was best friends with Sydney […]

It turns out you guys love yourselves some American Psycho! Between this and the success of the Headhunter script, it seems there’s an appetite for another one of these movies. Maybe QB1 will be that movie. Let me explain the rules of the contest. This week, the top four vote-getting scripts from the Mega-Showdown last […]

Make sure to vote below! As is always the case when I put these contests together, I experience the highest of highs (“Wow, where has this writer been?? This is great stuff!”) and the lowest of lows (20 entries in a row without a single compelling opening page!). But in the end, I love it […]