#100Screenplays2019
It started in 2018:
In 2018, I joined a small, private reading group. We were supposed to post when we’d read a book from various categories: a new book, a new author, a favorite author, a certain genre, etc. but at the end of the year, I’d posted twice. TWO books. How could that be accurate? I felt like I was reading ALL. THE. TIME. Then I realized… I’d switched to reading screenplays! I tallied it up and realized I'd read over 100. I decided to post the list and then challenge myself to do it again in 2019.
What I read in 2019:
A Quiet Place A Star Is Born (2018) American Beauty Arrival The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Blackkklansman Bladerunner The Bourne Identity Bridesmaids Bridge of Spies Captain Phillips Casablanca Dallas Buyers Club The Dark Knight Dead Poets Society Deadpool Diehard Edward Scissorhands Eighth Grade The Favourite Fight Club Flight Get Out The Girl on a Train The Godfather Grand Budapest Hotel Groundhog Day The Hangover | Harriet Hidden Figures Indiana Jones & the Raiders of the Lost Ark Knives Out Ladybird Leave No Trace Logan Mary Queen of Scots The Matrix Misery Nebraska Remember the Titans Rocketman Roma Schindler’s List Scrooged Seabiscuit Shakespeare in Love The Shape of Water The Silence of the Lambs Sixth Sense Training Day Trumbo 12 Angry Men (1957) Twelve Years a Slave Us The Way, Way Back When Harry Met Sally |
I read scripts as a juror for two international competitions, as well as for screenwriting colleagues. Here's out it all added up for 2019.
Total yet-to be produced scripts: 67
Total produced scripts: 56
Grand total: 123
What I learned:
I can learn from seasoned writers and newbies, and there's a lot to learn from re-reading scripts I've previously read.
Where to find scripts:
https://indiefilmhustle.com/free-screenplays-download/
She/her. Screenwriter. Author. Script Supervisor. Visual Artist. Ex-Comic.