Genre: Comedy Premise: A couple on the brink of divorce sets off on a romantic getaway to save their marriage, but when they find that they have inexplicably traveled back in time, they decide to team up to stop their younger selves from ever getting married. About: This script finished Top 20 on last year’s […]

In today’s post I reveal something that very few screenwriters know – which is the number one thing that leads to a boring script.  And it’s going to shock you. This weekend’s weak box office is relevant to today’s conversation – specifically the box office failure that was I.S.S. – because I’m going to talk […]

One of my favorite characters from 2023 (Duncan Wedderburn in Poor Things) Week 1 Post Week 2 Post Okay, it is WEEK 3 in our WRITE TWO SCRIPTS IN 2024 Screenwriting Challenge. Week One was playing with possible concepts. Week Two was solidifying a concept. And now we’re on to Week Three – FIGURING OUT […]

Genre: Sci-Fi Premise: Told in real-time, a man who recently broke into Area 51 stops at a motel and begins to execute his plan to send the incredible footage he took to the five biggest news sources in the country. About: This script finished Top 15 on the newest iteration of the Black List, a […]

The short story sale only took 45 years to happen Genre: Dystopian/Sci-Fi Adjacent Premise: 100 teen boys participate in an annual event that forces them to do a death walk until there is only one left. About: Okay, I’m cheating a little. This isn’t technically a short story. But it’s a short story in Stephen […]