If you’ve listened to me babble on this site for any length of time, you know that the most important component I value in screenwriting is SIMPLICITY. The simpler the setup and the plot, the cleaner and more impactful your movie is going to be. The Terminator. The Martian. Indiana Jones. One character, one goal, […]

Genre: Crime Drama Premise: In 1984, a young Brooklyn detective discovers that two of his co-workers are killing for the mob and attempts to take them down. About: This is based on a real-life story, which was turned into a non-fiction book by the detective. It was adapted by one of the hottest scribes in […]

Genre: Action Premise: When terrorists take over a deep-sea oil drilling rig, the only person they don’t account for is a diver in the middle of a dive. That oversight will come back to haunt them. About: Not much is known about this one other than it’s an early script from Kurt Wimmer, one of […]

This week’s newsletter is great! We’ve got the latest script from the writer of my favorite script ever. We’ve got an interview with a professional comedy screenwriter. We’ve got the screenplay tip of the week. We tackle the age-old question: Should I quit screenwriting? Lots and lots to play with here. So if you didn’t […]

I’m out of commission today, guys, but I’ve been wanting to ask this question for awhile. What’s the best written show on television?? It seems to me that since Breaking Bad ended, there’s been a lowering of quality in the TV offerings. I’ve tried to get into a lot of shows, and while I’ve liked […]