Category: Script Reviews

1917 – Conflicting Characters?

An excerpt from my script review for 1917 which will be available 01/06/20: 3.) Quality of Characters Before we dive into things for this section, it needs to be stated, I enjoyed this script....

Misery – Or “Happy New Year, Writers!”

An excerpt from my script review for Misery which will be available 01/01/20: 1.) Marketability of the Idea Words to paper. Fingers to keyboard. However you want to think about it, consider me your Annie Wilkes...

Write to Reals: Friday the 13th 3D!

An excerpt from Reals' script review for the unproduced Friday the 13th 3D script by Nick Antosca which will be available 12/16/19: What Worked (The Nice List) The Writing Style - Nick Antosca has a...

Richard Jewell – A Character We Care About

An excerpt from my script review for Richard Jewell which will be available 12/16/19: 3.) Quality of Characters It might not sound like it from the previous section, but I did enjoy this script. Right...

The Aeronauts – Surprising Little Story…

An excerpt from my script review for The Aeronauts which will be available 12/09/19: 2.) Plot Stability Anytime the word “aeronaut” was mentioned, I couldn’t help thinking of this… https://youtu.be/yE9GyJcVCdU In that classic from my childhood, Tom Sawyer consistently...

Knives Out – Structure Amateurs Shouldn’t Emulate

An excerpt from my script review for Knives Out which will be available 12/02/19: 4.) Dialogue and Description We’re going to skip past the description since it was decent enough to get the job...

21 Bridges – More than just dirty cops to clean up.

An excerpt from my script review for 21 Bridges which will be available 11/25/19: 4.) Dialogue and Description The dialogue was forced NYC dialect with all the slang and abbreviations. In addition to that, it was hard to...

Write to Reals – The Apology (Fresh Blood 2019)

An excerpt from Reals' script review for The Apology which will be available 11/18/19: The story is about a retired schoolteacher who has spent 30 years searching for her missing daughter, only to...