Congratulations to everyone who finished their screenplay and entered it into the Scriptshadow Screenplay Tournament! The competition starts Friday. Good luck to all!!! Genre: Sci-fi Premise: In the near future, a widowed husband flies to an AI-controlled space station to avenge the murder of his wife. About: 21 Laps is doing some really good things […]

Okay everybody. When I originally set this deadline, I forgot about the long Labor Day weekend. So I’m EXTENDING the deadline for the Scriptshadow Tournament (go here for submission rules) by 1 day. That means everyone has until Monday night, 11:59pm Pacific Time, to get their script in. And let me assure those who submitted […]

Good movie, lame dialogue. So in my most recent group of consultations, I got this question a lot: “What about my dialogue?” I remember when I first got into screenwriting, I came across an interview where a professional screenwriter was asked, “How do you write good dialogue?” His answer: “Dialogue is the least important part […]

Genre: True Life Story Premise: The true story of how an intoxicated Ted Kennedy drove a young woman home, crashed into a pond, and didn’t attempt to save her life, instead focusing on saving himself and his political career. About: This script finished on last year’s Black List. It will feature rising star Jason Clarke […]

Genre: Contained Thriller Premise: A weekend tryst between two cheating spouses goes south when the husband of the woman finds out and makes them pay in the most unimaginable ways possible. About: This one was acquired by 1984 Defense Contractors (“The Grey”) a couple of years ago. Before selling the script, the writer, Elliot San, […]