How to come up with better movie ideas We’re about two weeks away from our first showdown of the year, the 5 Loglines Showdown. You come up with 5 loglines, submit them to me. If any of them are awesome, they will be featured during Showdown weekend, where your writing peers will vote for the […]

Things get crazy with the #2 script on the 2024 Black List! Genre: Drama/Thriller Premise: When taking her daughter to a playdate at a new friend’s house, Alice suddenly comes face to face with her childhood bully, Katrine. An evening of seemingly polite dinner conversation and catching up turns into a night of psychological warfare […]

Is this successful screenwriter’s first script better than the one he sold for a million dollars?? Genre: Drama Premise: A former White House chef who’s fallen from grace and is now cooking for a North Carolina prison has his work cut out for him when a death row inmate enters the facility refusing to eat […]

Everybody who wants to be a screenwriter should watch this movie! I was wearing my new shoes that I got for Christmas today. I hopped over to the corner store to grab a drink, and while waiting in line, heard a guy behind me say, “Those shoes are fire.” “Too soon,” I said. “Too soon.” […]

Number 1 Black List script! Genre: Romantic Comedy Premise: Two strangers scramble to find someone to sleep with on the one night of the year when premarital sex is legal. About: Travis Braun wrote one of my favorite scripts last year, Dying For You. The guy’s a great writer. So it should come as no […]