My new best friend Sean and I are hanging out later. So I just wanted to post a picture of him. One of the most frustrating things about going through all these scenes was reading scenes that just didn’t go anywhere. Nothing was happening. And here’s where you see a major difference between experienced screenwriters […]

Genre: Comedy Premise: (from me – based on limited info) A frustrated middle-aged family man who hates dealing with all of life’s bullshit finds out about a man who solves people’s problems by jumping into their minds. He enlists this man to eliminate the problems in his life, with unexpected consequences. The Setup: JIM (our […]

Genre: Sci-fi Premise: (from me – based on limited info) A group of shuttle astronauts find the world scorched and dangerous upon returning home. The setup: The year is 2045. The space shuttle Excalibur has completed its routine satellite conservation mission only to find that the Earth has perished overnight- crystal blue waters replaced by […]

Genre: Rom-Com Premise: (from me – based on limited information) A young man finds his relationship threatened when the former love of his life, now a famous singer, makes an unexpected visit. About: A couple of interesting points to make. One, this is Illi’s first screenplay. And two, it was a finalist in two New […]

Okay folks. Doing something different this week. Many months back, I had people on my mailing list send me their best scenes from their current scripts. The plan was to read them all, then review the full scripts of the best scenes. Due to a couple of factors (the primary one being that I didn’t […]