FrankenScript :: Lee Gabel's Screenwriting Journal/Blog

Since I’ve barely got a start on my new screenplay, I thought I’d enter Script Frenzy this year. It’ll keep me on track and accountable with regular page counts. For those not initiated, Script Frenzy is an organization that hosts writers from all over the world and encourages them to write a 100 page screenplay [...]

Well, not surprisingly, I didn’t make the cut of this year’s Cyberspace Open. Now that’s not because I think my script is bad. Quite the contrary. I thought it was quite good for what it was, but I think I likely lost points for not adhering 100% to the premise. Still I’m glad I did [...]

It’s been a long time coming. I finally have begun a new, original screenplay. I’m not quite sure why it took so long to get started and why I’ve felt blocked. It could be a number of things: fear of failing fear of sucking having to live in my characters violent world, a world I [...]

I do enjoy a good actioner, but perhaps I’m not the right demographic for this film. I found it hard to reconcile the comedy with the very real and life-threatening violence, often perpetrated by teenagers and younger. I confess to not having read the comic book (not a fan) and that may be part of [...]

I knew nothing about Joan Jett’s life before watching this film, besides her status as rock and roll legend. The casting is perfect. Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning encapsulated their roles and as a result I was drawn into their world. In fact I didn’t even recognize Fanning. Not a lot of depth to the [...]

Forgettable slasher flick that adds nothing new or exciting to the genre. Sorry, I’ve already wasted 90 minutes of my life on this, I’m not going to waste any more writing about it.