Screenwriting : Award-winning Screenwriter and Script Analyst by Lawrence Hughes Stern

Congratulations on having your 5th script optioned, Lawrence Hughes Stern! I'm ghostwriting a script, rewriting two feature scripts, and working on other projects here and there. What are you working on?

Maurice Vaughan thanks! I am focused mostly on the packaging of two film projects at the moment. But always looking for the next creative venture! :) Congrats on all your projects!

You're welcome, Lawrence Hughes Stern. Thanks for the congrats. Hope you sell your projects!

Maurice Vaughan right back at you!!

Thank you, Lawrence Hughes Stern.

Hi, Lawrence. Best of luck with the options! I just finished a feature script for one producer, I'm in contract negotiations with another (fingers crossed!), and I'm tinkering with a new spec script, but it's slow going. I need to reclaim that precious early morning hour of me-time to get it done faster, lol!

The Name’s Pitch. Cold Pitch.

Hey Lawrence – congrats on everything, and thanks for the reintro.

So let’s suppose something for a second – purely hypothetical, of course.

I’ve got a handful of original scripts sitting in the drawer. Let’s see…

There’s Star Wars, Back to the Future, Jurassic Park...

Oh, almost forgot – Titanic and Good Will Hunting are in there too.

And if those don’t hit, no problem – I’ve got more where that came from.

I also happen to know how one of these could be made at half the usual budget – without looking like it.

But here's the twist: no one in L.A. knows who I am. Which means agents won’t touch the material, producers won’t read it, and apparently no one has time to glance at a two-line logline.

How is that supposed to make sense?

Saying “we don’t have time to read” in the story business is like a baker saying, “Sorry, no bread today – didn’t have time to bake.”

Come on. This is the job, right?

Writing a strong script from a killer idea isn’t the hard part. Running a studio without any good ideas – now that’s hard.

But I’m guessing you, with your background, might actually know the real reason why the door stays shut.

So tell me, Lawrence:

How does someone break in when the system’s too busy to check if the gold's even in the ground?

Hi Patrick Kovács - you can message me and discuss if you like.

Hi Phil Parker - congrats! Good luck with everything!

Hi Lawrence Hughes Stern I am still working on short horror film, everytime I read other horror movie scripts, I see places where I can improve my screenplay, which I think is good for me, as I don't know anyone in my circle who is interested in reading my scripts so I have to do the job, currently can't afford professional to read it for me, so I am working little bit everyday, hope to have a polish version by next month, then I plan on connecting with some youtubers who love making horror shorts, rather than paying for a pitch, which I would love to but saving it for my feature film, which is also a horror movie and I plan to finish it by years end.

what are you working on?.

congrats on another optioned script. it gives us a confidence boost. in my case, Im from the UK where it seems to be even harder to break in the industry.

recently I finished a TV drama pilot titled Edge of Chaos...

logline: When a broke podcast volunteer takes a delivery job to survive, she uncovers a criminal network tied to her missing friend—forcing her to choose between exposing the truth and staying alive.

i have submitted to BBC writers room but this process takes forever.

currently I am working on a TV sci fi drama...working title 'INDEPENDENCE BREACH"

Logline: In a near-future world where oxygen is rationed and sold, a fractured family is forced to navigate the chaos of a sudden civil war—where survival costs more than air, and trust is the rarest currency.

still developing and i have started writing the pilot script.

Congrats on your achievement. I have a question for you: As a dialogue editor, what are the major mistakes writers make in dialogue?

Hi Lawrence, welcome to the community

Elizabeth Lassiter Thank you!

Musa Muhammad Jamaldeen you can message me if you like - I also published an article on just this subject recently!

Really great to see someone else living the dream Lawrence Hughes Stern I am writing a Comedy called Brotein.

Mark Deuce Thank you - trying my best! And good luck with your comedy script!!

Will do Lawrence Hughes Stern and have a great rest of the week and Happy Writing!

Congrats. How did you get a rep? How can I get a rep?

Hi, Lawrence! Here's wishing you plenty of success with that fifth optioned script...and continued success with your previous works!

Me...I've just finished outlining a dramedy (could be a hardcore comedy instead) set in 1957 Boston. Soon as I work out the character profiles, I'll start typing out the screenplay.

It's called "Wendy's Wonderland," and the logline goes like this:

In 1957 Boston, a savvy, precocious, streetsmart preteen girl, a teacher's daughter, becomes the host of a new kidvid show...a series its on-the-ropes station pins all its hopes on.

Glad you're here on Stage 32!

Hey Lawrence. Awesome! And congrats on all your success. I'm trying to get where you're at one day. Just completed my fifth feature script, The War-De-Sac, a fun action-comedy with an ensemble cast. You can see the logline and info on my profile.

Jim Boston Thank you - best to you too!

Asif Balouch Much appreciated! And good luck with your new script!