The Bitter Script Reader + Hollywood Roaster

What’s better than pimping a good screenwriting blog? Pimping two good screenwriting blogs! I checked into The Bitter Script Reader recently and found this:

Ever wonder what happens if you fail to follow the formatting rules I often warn about? You become fodder for jokes like this one at the Hollywood Roaster.

“1,000th wannabe screenwriter decides to ‘break all the rules’”

When Illinois native Fred Durnett vowed to write “an edgy script that wasn’t confined to the tired old three-act structure,” the 24-year-old barista had no idea he was setting a record as the 1,000th newbie to attempt the feat.

He also didn’t realize he was writing a shitty script.

“I’ve never been big on following the rules,” said Durnett. “Plus I’m special, so there’s that. I’m basically so talented that I can break all the usual screenwriting conventions without even knowing them.”

I question if this is a fake story because I’d swear I’ve read this script. Many, many times.

And now you know yet another reason why TBSR is so bitter. 

While we’re into some choice pimpage, here’s a few choice satirical bits from Hollywood Roaster:

“Writer conficent 18th script is the charm”

“Angry producer demands less original draft”

“Script Track — September 8, 2009”:

Jock Witch
A man struggles with an itch “down there” only to realize a tiny witch has been living in his pants, wreaking havoc and forcing him to be a womanizer.
Writer: Ben Harlan

Stereotypes
A tedious drama that follows the lives of home stereo salesmen from different neighborhoods across the country, teaching us all how little we know about race, class and quality sound equipment.
Writer: Paul Haggis

National Lampoon’s Armageddon Vacation
A family trip to the beach is ruined by the apocalypse.

For more, here’s my blog spotlight on The Bitter Script Reader.

And here’s my blog spotlight on Hollywood Roaster.

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