And a really important screenwriting lesson on how to create tension in scenes First of all, I’m giving out THREE Black Friday Half-Off Screenplay Consultations. That’s $249 for 4 pages of notes on a feature or pilot script. These will go quickly so e-mail me at carsonreeves1@gmail.com if you want one. Make sure the subject […]

Today’s script attempts to CARVE its way into our turkey-loving hearts. Genre: Thriller/Horror (Serial Killer) Premise: After losing his mother, a man finds the birth certificate of an, up to this point, unknown brother. He connects with him, only to learn that his new brother engages in a particularly violent hobby. About: This script finished […]

A 3 million dollar spec sale and a script that might change the industry forever Genre: Sci-Fi Thriller Premise: A low level worker at a cutting edge tech firm is challenged by the company’s previous fallen CEO to find out what a mysterious recently fired AI coder was working on. About: They said that unknown […]

Unfortunately, I chose not to see Gladiator 2 this weekend. Or Wicked. Then again, I’m never going to see Wicked. Nor will I allow Wicked to see me. But I do have a connection to this weekend’s box office. I started watching the musical, In The Heights, last night. In The Heights was directed by […]

GET AN AGENT or GO VIRAL! I’ve been thinking a lot about how to make it as a screenwriter today. It’s so different than it was 20 years ago. It’s different than it was 10 years ago! You talk to a dozen different dealmakers in Hollywood and ask them how they got their last streaming […]