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So over the last few weeks, you guys have seen me bring a certain term up time and time again: CLARITY.  Or, more specifically, lack there of.  Clarity isn’t as sexy to talk about as character arcs or the first act turn, but unclear writing is a way-too-common problem for beginners and low intermediates, particularly […]
Genre: ActionPremise: A young man who has the ability to see manifestations of evil in people, must save the world from Lucifer. About: Okay, so a little history on this script.  This is not a spec sale.  Nor has it been optioned to my knowledge.  I’m reviewing it because it was highly recommended to me […]
Genre: Sci-fiPremise: A strapped-for-cash woman agrees to be part of a lab study where participants are placed in a room for a month, but begins to suspect that she’s been in the room for much longer than that. About: Don’t know much about this one other than that the movie is being made by Vital […]
Genre: Sports DramaPremise: An aging baseball scout who’s losing his eyesight must enlist the help of a daughter who hates baseball to scout a young prospect.About: This one has a really interesting backstory to it and should give screenwriters everywhere hope that it can happen, if not on the timeframe they planned.  Writer Randy Brown […]
Genre: Drama/Thriller Premise: (Original Twit-Pitch Logline) A terrorist with a $10 mill bounty, a callous soldier of fortune and a mysterious man with no name walk into a bar in Afghanistan. About: For those recently joining Scriptshadow, I held a contest a few months back called “Twit-Pitch,” where anyone could pitch me their screenplay on Twitter, as […]