Today’s screenplay probably won’t win the Nicholl anytime soon, but it might just win your death from laughing so hard. Genre: ComedyPremise: An angry bitter 30-something finds a loophole in the National Spelling Bee rules which allows him to join the competition. About: Bad Words made the 2011 Black List, finishing near the middle of […]

  Come one, come all, and join me tomorrow for the Scriptshadow Super Bowl Tweet Party.  In it, I will be tweeting thoughtless but illuminating observations about the game and commercials.  But here’s the best part.  During my unquestionably insightful but meaningless rants, I will extract TEN – count’em – TEN screenwriting lessons gleamed from […]

What better screenwriting treat is there than a pilot…about a pilot! I ditch the normal screenplay review today to take a rare look at a teleplay. Amateur Friday Submission Process: To submit your script for an Amateur Review, send it in PDF form, along with your title, genre, logline, and why I should read your […]

I take a look at the movie for one of my favorite screenplays, The Grey. But does a major script change derail the experience? I have seen The Grey!!! The question is, have I lived to tell about it? Barely. I almost had heart attacks on three separate occasions. After recovering, I went back to […]

The Captain America screenwriters tackle the Cold War with this 2009 Black List screenplay Genre: Spy/RomancePremise: (from the Black List) Two spies fall in love while participating in separate Cold War missions in Prague during the 1980s. About: This finished in the middle of the pack of the 2009 Black List. Markus and McFeely, the […]