Christoph Waltz to play Jakob in “Jakob’s Wife” maybe?? Many of you have been asking me, “Yo, Crackpot Carson, when the fly-handle are you going to be dunzoes with your freakin’ contest, homie! If I woulda known I’d be on welfare before I got my contest results, I wouldn’t have paid the ridiculous entry fee!” […]

A new Top 25 script enters the Scriptshadow Universe! Read on to find out how to make a simple premise Top 25 worthy. Genre: Drama/Thriller Premise: After a lawyer accidentally hits a man on his drive home, he tries to cover up the crime, only to realize there’s more to this man than meets the […]

Genre: Comedy Premise: During a bachelorette party, a group of women accidentally kill a male stripper, and in a misguided attempt to protect their future, decide to get rid of the body. About: So I’m REALLY happy to have gotten my hands on this script. As those of you who read yesterday’s post remember, an […]

Starting off the New Year with a VERY important screenwriting concept, especially if you write comedy! Genre: Comedy Premise: After she gets accepted into an expensive college, a young woman’s parents decide that the only way they can pay for her tuition is to open an illegal casino in their friend’s house. About: This one […]

As I was combing through all the amateur scripts I read this year to come up with this list, I realized I was looking at scripts in a way I rarely do. As a distant memory. Which led to an unexpected question: What did I remember about the script? Was it amazing, terrible, strange, not […]