Oh MAN!  What a tease.  Today I was supposed to review 300 Years.  However, I’ve been receiving some predictable backlash for doing so, with people claiming that I’m stacking the deck and trying to get it onto the Black List with a glowing review.  And that I can’t be objective since I’m a producer on […]

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Hello everyone.  First of all, I want to thank everybody who congratulated me on the New York Times article.  I’m hosting a friend this week and therefore haven’t really had the time to process it all.  It’s funny because I don’t read the New York Times.  And you know how even if something is huge, […]

Can a screenplay from a New Zealander prove this week’s Scriptshadow theme wrong? Or do I still stick by my guns and say: “Stay away from quirky character pieces when writing a spec?” Amateur Friday Submission Process: To submit your script for an Amateur Review, send in a PDF of your script, a PDF of […]

So there I was, reading this week’s screenplays, minding my own business, and it occurs to me that there’s an interesting question emerging. On Monday, I had this quirky character driven dramedy about a family of grown-up siblings who realize they’re all adopted, and on Wednesday I had a script about an unlikely friendship between […]