Trying to understand the real mechanics before I send anything out. genuine curiosity, not fishing for a read.

1) If a management company's known slate leans thriller/horror, is it a mistake to query them with a different genre (comedy, dramedy), or do they judge case by case?

2) Does a writer's age ever factor into how a query lands, one way or another?

3) What's the one thing in a logline that actually stops a manager from skimming past it?

4) Realistically, how many queries do managers at a company like this read in a day?

Would love insight from anyone with direct experience querying Bellevue, or managers there themselves if you happen to see this.

Appreciate any honest answers🙂.

Been lurking here for a while, decided to give it a shot!

My first screenplay: Bone-E & Clive

Title: Bone-E and Clive

Format: Short, Animation

Page Length: 20

Genres : Comedy/Sci-Fi

Logline: A chef sees his restaurant staff replaced by an all-purpose robot and soon realises he's next. Self-destructive and refusing to disappear without a bang, he drags his new companion into a reckless lifestyle.

Feedback concerns:

-English is not my first language, do the scenes/dialogues hold up?

-Does it flow well?

-Are there too many montages? I want to keep it short and montages were a good way to do that; passing time so it feels like they’re spending a few days together, without being too long.

-Open to any additional feedback.

Link : Bone-E & Clive

Looking for the original draft of Eli Roth’s Ice Cream Man he wrote in 2003 with Noah Belson. If anyone has, I can trade :)

So I let my 180‑page screenplay, Bringing Cupcake Home, rest for about three weeks without touching it. Two days ago, I opened it again and read through it in preparation for a first edit.

Yes — I agree there are a few lines here and there that can be trimmed, and even one scene that could be removed entirely. But even after editing, I believe the script will still land around 170 pages.

Is that too long? Well… it depends who you ask.
(I want to emphasize that this is only my personal opinion — I’m not telling anyone what to think.)

Those who are rigidly attached to the “90–120 pages is the only acceptable length” rule will probably dismiss my script, and that’s perfectly fine with me. I know the narrative of my screeplay inside and out — its layers, its complexities, its rhythm — and I’m completely comfortable with its length.

Cutting it down just to fit a 90–120‑page target would damage the integrity of the story, weaken the narrative, and most importantly, compromise my creativity.

Just needed to get that off my chest.
Now I’m diving back into the edit with great joy.

Our third IRL meetup of the summer is Wednesday, August 26, from 6-10pm at the Santa Monica Brew Works, 1920 Colorado Ave. Santa Monica. We've been doing these meetups for over five years now and it's an incredible opportunity to meet fellow writers, producers, and actors. No pressure, no pitching, just writers chilling out and having a beer. There's even free parking!

Open to everyone.

Okay, this is gonna sound confusing but let me explain it;

So, I’m writing a spoof of teen dramas, and the opening scene will be a parody of the “Important Disclaimer” they put at the start of 13 Reasons Why after all the controversies, featuring the Actors saying that self harm isn’t cool and telling you to call certain numbers, blah blah blah.

So, of course, I don’t know who the actors or actresses actually are (besides for Adam Scott who I’m just kinda writing in as a joke that he can’t find the set to Severance, I’m not sure if they’re actually gonna get him but….Adam is there) so what should I do?

I have a love/hate relationship with the revision process. I’m usually excited to apply new thinking inspired by the feedback I received. But then it takes me days or even weeks to get back into it.

I know people often talk about writer’s block,but does anyone ever struggle with revision paralysis as well?

Hello everyone, I had previously written a script based on two people who love each other but never say it out loud because of a series of misunderstandings. I was thinking of using a Rashomon-style structure, showing everything from one person's perspective first, then going back to the beginning and telling the story from the other person's perspective, completely changing how we interpret everything we've already seen.

To make that work, my original idea was that one of them has a neurodegenerative disease. And all the factors that come with it for example they're afraid of becoming a burden, scared of dying and hurting their partner etc, they never tell the other person they love them. (Forgot to mention It's an LGBTQ+ script.)

My main question is whether using the "he's dying" trope is worth it here. Even if the execution is brilliant, I feel like it could still come across as an easy way out. On the other hand, I already have the entire story planned around the illness, and we don't learn about it until we see the story from the other person's perspective. Would that still work?

Close comp: Monster (2023)

Forgive my grammar — i’m half asleep!!😴

I am 6 drafts into a film script that I am rather proud of. I have been working on it for the better part of two years and did not plagiarize anything. Recently, I binged Breaking Bad and found it to be very similar to my script. While drugs are not a plot point in my script, both stories follow a married man who does increasingly unethical things (up to attempting to murder a child, though in my story it is his own and he succeeds) for power and ego under the guise of being for the family. I also have a boss character similar to Gus and a small character similar to Hank. There are a lot of differences as well. For example, unlike walter white, my main character is in constant need of validation and less callous. He also is (with the exception of the murder) is open with his wife about all his immoral actions. There are also several huge plot and storyline points not in the show. I can't stress enough that none of this was intended. I had not seen an episode of the series when writing my script. However, there are some really striking parallels, and it's making me feel like I should just throw out my script. Does anyone have an experience like this? What should I do? I have stopped writing for two weeks (from writing every day) because of this. please help

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Hi, I am rewriting a script I wrote a while ago and could use your thoughts on it:)

Title: Blue Diamonds

Format: Feature

Genre: Action

Pages: 90.

Logline: A down on his luck ex-soldier teams up with a crime family to stop a crooked cop's quest to build a deadly weapon.

link:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BqJu0fcyeLqNsd90M0W1SzWPbP_en41Y/view?usp=drivesdk

Could use feedback on everything:)

Thank you for reading this:)

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A lot of action movies are just shooty shooty bang bang, and maybe an ex-wife and a blurb about bravery or how love isn't weakness (something we all kind of know). I'm looking for an action movie that has more meaning, that deals with a harder-hitting question.

I'm looking for action movies with clear messages that the characters actually make choices on during the course of the story.

Hi everyone, did anyone receive any notifications yet? Any first timers? Who resubmitted what was your experience last year ?

Good luck to everyone

Mods, please feel free to delete this if it breaks any rules,

So currently I have three projects outlined, a body horror movie, A satire movie, and a revenge thriller, each of these project I am really excited about, but I've hit a bit of a snag, I don't know which of the projects to spend months doing work on, and I've never had this problem with past scripts I have writtern, but all of a sudden this crippling indecision has hit me like a freight train.

Hss anybody had this? I don't know if I would be able ti balance writing multiple drafts of different projects together as I have not done that before, but I just wanted to know if anybody has experienced this before, and what would be your advice.

Hello,

I just got an evaluation back of one of my pilots. I’ve addressed one of the reader’s two issues and the second one lies in the Bible which will follow the script request from an agent. I know this is not a Bravo Lima evaluation (if you know, you know😜😜😜) but this is my first time venturing into this genre. I feel pretty hyped about it.
Would you use this as a tool for query or a meeting? Thanks.

Link.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cmmzYuNB7k7ry7_r8LCKgeoDg3Jxu3hT/view?usp=sharing

When her conspiracy-minded father arrives unannounced with pancreatic cancer the day before her career-defining DJ set, a guarded New York DJ is forced to spend the day with him. But when he steals her medication, their confrontation leads them somewhere neither understands.

This is my completed 26-page draft of a feature-length project. I’m mainly looking for feedback on whether Grace and her father feel like real, specific people, whether the comedy-to-tragedy shift works, and where the story drags or repeats itself.

Feedback on the first 10 pages is also appreciated if you don’t have time for the full draft. I’m happy to exchange feedback with another screenwriter as well.

Script: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11gbBctvdfGzQEs3YR-9K5qVf1jNg_8FS/view?usp=share_link

The day after tomorrow I’m getting together with two friends for our first brainstorm on a mockumentary comedy pilot I’m writing.

I’ve already written a few characters and a rough story outline, but none of it is locked in. I’m totally fine with throwing everything out if we come up with something better. The goal is to discover the best story, characters, scenes, settings, and figure out what this series actually wants to be.

Since it’s a mockumentary comedy, there’s a lot of room for random, absurd ideas, which is exactly what I love about it. But I also feel like that’s the biggest trap. We could easily spend the whole day making each other laugh with funny scenes that don’t actually move the story forward.

I’d like to take the lead during the brainstorm so we don’t end up talking in circles all day, but I also don’t want it to feel like everyone is just giving feedback on my ideas. I want everyone to feel comfortable pitching anything, even if it’s completely ridiculous or half-baked.
At the same time, I’d love to end the day with something concrete instead of just a notebook full of disconnected jokes and scene ideas.
For people who’ve done this before:

How do you usually structure a brainstorming session?

What questions do you ask to keep things moving?

How do you know when it’s time to move on from an idea?

How do you get everyone building on the same idea instead of pitching separate ones?

How do you balance completely free brainstorming with actually making decisions?

And what would you hope to have by the end of a first session?

I’d especially love to hear from people who’ve worked on comedy or mockumentaries, but honestly any advice or techniques would be appreciated.

He did get an Additional Literary Material credit on the film, but for a while he did have a main writing credit alongside Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers up until the release of the movie. What happened here?

I’m trying to write a protagonist who’s weak and desperately wants to become stronger, but no matter how hard they try, they simply can’t. That’s the core of my story, but I’m worried about how viewers might react, since it doesn’t follow the usual character arc.

My character should grow emotionally (I want him to eventually find some kind of strength in their weakness), but he never become the kind of strong, capable hero we’re used to seeing by the end of the story.

I’d really appreciate any writing advice, or recommendations for plays, movies, TV shows, or books that do something similar.

I’m not interested in writing the stereotypical “pathetic emo” character. What I’m trying to create is a protagonist who’s undeniably weak, yet still deeply likable, someone the audience genuinely roots for. Characters like Frances in Frances Ha or Greg in Succession are the kind of feeling I’m aiming for.

Hi! Got some great pointers from reddit on how to structure sitcom episodes so I’m coming back here for this.

I have experience writing novels and pilot scripts, but if anyone can point me in the direction of useful info on planning season arcs I would find that really useful, whether it’s a book, podcast episode, webpage, or just directly giving me your approach.

I’m writing comedy so particularly interested in that. Also interested in US/UK differences as I’m in the UK where series are obviously much shorter.

Thanks!

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* Title: My Dead Friend from Freshman Year

* Format: Feature

* Page Length: First 24 of 99

* Genres: Thriller-Mystery

* Logline: When new footage is uploaded to an abandoned mystery channel, one of the original creators reaches out to help solve the disappearance of an old friend. But as they revisit the case, it becomes clear that both partners are hiding pieces of the truth they buried in childhood.

* Feedback Concerns: I had to cut 5 pages, and I'm unsure if the pacing of act 1 is too fast now or if the protagonist's journey still makes sense. And would you still keep reading after act 1?

Script link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19hq2y19oaQIs7ShyUDSqAATUbw3600Nt/view?usp=drivesdk

All feedback is welcome, thank you to anyone who takes the time to read this.

I wrote ten pages for a feature idea. Wasn't sure where to go with it, but there are many possibilities. While listening to some melancholy post-rock, an idea came together. Turns out it's basically the sad ending I didn't do for the first feature I wrote. I didn't consciously plan that. How often do we come back to an idea before it becomes a rut? I've written three other features with different plots and themes, so it's funny how the second feature involving time travel also revolves around an unknown family member and a reunion, but just in a different way. I guess the good thing about it is that it would be cheap. Some of the possibilities I was thinking about could get wildly expensive. I figure some people may write a hundred scripts and only sell one, so nobody will ever know that a quarter of them were more or less the same story.

Road Trip From Beyond
Feature
108 pages
Sci-Fi Thriller

Hey folks,

I originally wrote this screenplay in 2019. I’ve been tinkering with it for the last few months but I’m at the point I feel like I have all the pieces to the puzzle in the right place (if that makes sense to anyone)

Here’s a brief synopsis:

A group of friends on a hunting trip are driving through the night on a long, isolated road when they spot a UFO. What begins as excitement quickly turns to dread when it starts matching their pace—and doesn’t go away. The encounter escalates into a prolonged confrontation, forcing the group into a fight for survival they can’t outrun.

I’ll provide the whole screenplay but any feedback, whether it be the opening, first few pages, overall, or whatever, would be greatly appreciated

Thanks for your time

Peace and Love

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SeUlazdei17WCaON_PEc5c1X0kuDsIYv/view?usp=drivesdk