2014 Screenplays, Screenplays, Screenplays
It’s that time of the year again. The Award Season scripts are being post online by the studios for all to read and the 2014 Blacklist scripts are available for download. We wish more were written by women, so get reading and get writing!
READ MORENotes from a Screenreader: Bonsai for Beginners
Photo via Go Into the Story. It looks like it grew naturally, its boughs and crown pleasingly asymmetrical in the way wild things grow, but you can hold it in your hands. Bonsai looks entirely wrought by nature and time, but it’s a painstaking process of complete artifice. Constant bending, pruning, grafting, wiring and clamping...
READ MORENotes from a Screenreader: Why Now?
Photo via Go Into the Story. To perform well in a competition, your script has to be able to answer the critical question, “Why now?” Successful, readable scripts hinge on an event, the outcome of which has the power to change the life of the protagonist. A showdown, a mountain to climb, a home run to...
READ MOREOut of 300 Scripts, Only 30 Written by Women
That number comes from a fascinating infographic created by a script reader who says they’ve covered 300 spec scripts for 5 different companies. See the full infographic. Given the record-breaking success of female-protagonist-led Hunger Games and Twilight series, we hope stats like “out of 300 scripts, only 77 had a female hero” will be changing soon. What do you think of...
READ MORE2013 Award Season Scripts
‘Tis that time of year again. That joyous time when the studios release all their award scripts for you to download for free. Enjoy!
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