Thanks for helping me figure out what to write next. I'm Michael Wire, bourbon lover, horrid harmonica player and screenwriter want-to-be. You may know me as the Amateur Friday writer of THE INCREDIBLE SHAVING MUG FRACAS http://scriptshadow.blogspot.com/2012/05/screenplay-review-incredible-shaving.html.

I was hoping for a little more love from Carson than the

[x] Not For Me

that I received but he's certainly entitled to his opinion. However a big plus for me was that a lot of you seemed to genuinely enjoy that script. Thank you.

I learned quite a bit from that experience and appreciate all of the feedback. I printed out all of your comments and suggestions and at some point, I plan to go back and improve that script. But right now I need a break from it and want to start something new.

As most of you (myself included) have found out the hard way, it's not enough to write decent dialogue and action scenes. Concept is king.

A logline contest (or Twit-Pitch) can be fun and exciting but if you've already written the script, the outcome can be much akin to closing the barn doors after the horse has bolted, run off and decided to squat with some nasty hooker in a burned out part of Baltimore, settling into a life of peddling meth and depravity. Finding out after months or even years of work on a project, that your core idea doesn't interest very many people is definitely too little and too late.

So, I'd like to find a project that bucket loads of other people besides myself find interesting BEFORE starting on it. Seems like a real time saver to me.

SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS

I’ve tried to make this as user friendly as possible. You’ll find Blogger and our beloved DISQUS here for your convenience.

There are nine (count ‘em nine) script ideas to choose from. They’re in roughly (very roughly) logline form and random order.

After you’ve taken a peek at the possibilities, if you’d care to voice your opinion, you can -

     
     1. Take the poll at the top right.

     2. And if you feel like giving a slightly more detailed response, there is a ScriptShadow friendly tier of placement following each script idea. Just click on the +1 for whatever strikes your fancy.

          [ ] genius

          [ ] impressive

          [ ] weak consider

          [ ] not for me

          [ ] what the hell are you thinking?

     3. And if you’re really feeling supportive/useful/accommodating (recommended) you can add whatever comments you feel appropriate in the comments sections. That would be very much appreciated.

Perhaps you have a slight modification to the logline that makes it even more interesting? Or maybe the phrase “EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE SUCK!” seems applicable?

Any strong feeling from your gut/bowels/intestinal tract could be instructional for me.

Did I mention that these are all supposed to be comedies?

ENOUGH CHIT CHAT - ON WITH THE SHOW

MAGNUS Z. TITANIUM - SASQUATCH HUNTER

A con man who claims to be a Bigfoot expert leads an expedition of ‘true believers’ into the wilds. But the beast captures the expedition and the con man is the only one who can save them.

THEN THINGS GOT ALL STABBY

A timid, renaissance faire swordsmith and dragon fanatic gets more than he bargained for when he forges a sword that releases a real dragon from its slumbers creating chaos. It gets worse when he realizes that he’s the only one who can defeat it.

VIXEN SHE-ZOMBIES FROM BEYOND THE WEB

A middle management code monkey suspects that the bio-medical company he works for is responsible for the recent rash of horrific brain snatchings by beautiful female zombies.

THREE MEN AND A SASQUATCH

Three guys capture Bigfoot but quarrel about what to do with him on the way back to civilization.

KIDNAPED MASTERPIECE

An art student ‘kidnaps’ a famous painting and holds it for ransom only to discover that the painting is a fake.

I CAN'T REMEMBER WHO KILLED ME

Man framed for murder has to go on the run. He’s haunted by the partially amnesiac ghost of the victim who demands that he solve the crime.

HOMELESS GUY FROM OUTER SPACE

An institution searching for extra terrestrials makes contact but mistakes a homeless man for the alien while the alien lives the life of the homeless.

BIGFOOT & BRINLEY

An out of work biologist makes the discovery of a lifetime when he encounters Bigfoot. But has second thoughts about announcing his find after he has to protect the creature from reality show producers.

RENTAL CARS FOR THE MOB

The owner of an independent car rental agency is about to go bankrupt when a series of lucrative rentals come in from local mobsters.

Epilogue

I'm sure you noticed that there are three script ideas dealing with Bigfoot/Sasquatch. My idea here is that Hollywood is currently obsessed with pre-branded material. Something that John Q. Public is already familiar with - zombies, board games, fairy tales. Less marketing dollars needed to plant a movie in the public's conscious. Good business plan, right? I'm thinking that Bigfoot might fill the bill without having to pay rights? Thoughts?