This is your chance to discuss the week’s amateur scripts, offered originally in the Scriptshadow newsletter. The primary goal for this discussion is to find out which script(s) is the best candidate for a future Amateur Friday review. The secondary goal is to keep things positive in the comments with constructive criticism. Below are the […]

Earlier this week, I broke down Do The Right Thing, with a focus on dialogue. I’m fascinated by dialogue as it continues to be one of the most elusive aspects of screenwriting. There are a small percentage of writers out there who are so gifted in this area that they don’t need any help. But […]

Genre: Sci-fi Premise: A soldier defending the earth from aliens finds himself reliving the last day of an impossible-to-win battle over and over again. Eventually, he begins to use this power to improve his fighting skills, in hopes of doing the unthinkable, leading his army to victory. About: Maybe someone can clear this up for […]

If you search Google for movies with the best dialogue, you get a lot of familiar hits. Writers like Woody Allen, Quentin Tarantino, Richard Linklater, Charlie Kaufman, John Hughes and Aaron Sorkin. Some of these writers thrive on realism (Linklater), others on flash (Tarantino), but all of them have the gift of making you pay […]

***NOTE: MONDAY REVIEW IS BELOW!*** ***NOTE: AMATEUR OFFERINGS POST IS UP – SCROLL DOWN!*** Hey guys, wanted to divert your attention to something really cool. My friends over at The Tracking Board just came out with a full 300 page book tracking all the spec scripts from last year. Not only that, but the book […]