Today I give you TWO new great screenwriting tips to add to your screenwriting tool shed. They’re called “upgrading” and “paralleling,” and The Outsider shows us how to pull them both off. This weekend I decided to take a chance on The Outsider. Why do I phrase it like that? “Take a chance?” Because let’s […]

I was going to search out the Colin Trevorrow draft of Episode 9 and review it but the truth is, I’m kinda sick of Star Wars. I still love it but all the contentious buildup to the final movie exhausted me, as I think it did everyone. There was so much angst and conflict associated […]

Genre: Contained Thriller Premise: After being kidnapped by a psychotic music producer, a guitarist and her drummer boyfriend are forced to record an album in chains while they try to escape his studio prison. Why You Should Read: We were shooting for Misery meets Green Room. Would love to see what the people here at […]

I want to keep giving you inspiration and advice for The Last Great Screenwriting Contest. So here are ten things I commonly see when I’m reading a good script. 1) An unobtrusive writing style – Too many screenwriters want you to know that they’re a WRITER. They want to describe everything beautifully. They want every […]

Genre: High School/Comedy/Romance Premise: To revamp her self image, an arrogant but well-meaning high school socialite decides to help a former friend land the guy of her dreams… but in the process, realizes she wants her for herself. About: This script finished Top 10 on the 2019 Black List. The writer, Sara Monge, wrote for […]