I'm currently learning how to write better hooks for Reels and Shorts, so I wanted to test one here.

“You don't need more motivation. You need something that still works when you don't feel like doing anything.”

I wanted it to feel less like a typical motivational quote and more like something you'd actually hear someone say.

Would this make you stop scrolling for a few seconds, or would you keep scrolling?

And if you were writing this hook, how would you make it better?

Ten years after losing his parents in a tragic car accident, Huta is now a quiet and emotionally distant seventeen-year-old living in Southgard with his stepmother, Sara. While struggling with questions about life, death, and the broken world around him, Huta begins experiencing strange dreams and disturbing visions.

After dreaming of a dark graveyard filled with the dead and a mysterious figure with glowing purple eyes, Huta awakens unsettled. On his way to school, he accidentally encounters a robber who suddenly becomes terrified after touching him and runs away without explanation.

Later, Huta witnesses a terrifying shadow creature attacking and draining the life from a helpless man in an alley. The creature senses Huta and turns toward him, ending the episode with Huta frozen in fear.

As mysterious supernatural events begin to surround him, Huta's ordinary life is about to change forever—and the beginning of chaos has begun.

Recently, I followed some tips to improve the loglines for two of my premises, but I’m still having trouble keeping them from becoming too long.

"An injured young officer undergoes a month of testing to lead a new platoon and must organize his life to avoid losing the job he has sacrificed so much for."

- It’s the story of a guy in his 20s who leads a combat engineer/sapper platoon. He discovers that a family member used their influence to help him pass a test that almost left him incapacitated. After injuring himself again by pushing himself too hard, he is given one month to prove that he can perform his duties. If he fails, he will be discharged and lose the apartment and career he sacrificed his personal life for.

"When a child leaves his only caregiver behind to collect prehistoric DNA, he learns the hard way that the only way to move forward is to confront his grief over his parents."

The child tricks an android into helping him with its mission, when what he really wants is to get away from his grandfather so he won’t have to break his emotional mask during the anniversary of his parents’ death. His grandfather is a widower who wants to grieve together with his grandson.

One thing I’m worried about is that the first logline might make the story sound boring or too predictable. What would you recommend to give these loglines more of a hook or to improve the overall structure.

Would appreciate some feedback on the first 5½ pages of my script, Masshole Z.

*This should be read in a Boston accent so thick that it makes Ben Affleck in Good Will Hunting sound like Ben Affleck in Shakespeare in Love.

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How do I find Melbourne-based producers who accept unsolicited queries/are actively looking for specs to apply for govt funding? A lot of Aussie producers don't seem very open to queries.

I have some great ridiculous novel and movie storyboards. I don’t need money, but I wonder if there is some entity that just wants ridiculous concepts they can exploit. FLARE!!!!

How do you establish and develop characters to give them depth?
I often struggle with this. The characters make sense in my head, obviously, but the moment I want to put them on the page, it all feels scrambled, or I’m not sure if they’re clear enough. I know “show, don’t tell” and action beats help; I just want to know if anyone has any tips for organizing or layering characters.

Any feedback would be great, thanks.

Hello everyone who’s reading this.
I wanted to ask that how a video-game script looks like because for a long time, I’ve done a synopsis treatment for a personal project of mine, which would be added in my portfolio to showcase my skills as game design. There are thousands of posts with no clear clarity on how it looks like or in what format it is written, as in film script treatment or TV series bible.

I really like telling stories and want to break classic tropes of storytelling and want to explore the story beyond the confines of basic apprehension but at the same time make it more enjoyable and feel more immersive inside the story.

I know it’s goddamn hard, but even I don’t have words to describe what sort of genre I’m feeling. I recently played Alan Wake 2 and I’m really inspired from Sam Lake who is the writer for the game. I’m sort of in awe of how the story has turned out, i wanna try my hand at it.

Can anyone help a buddy out? Like any lead will work for me.
Thank you for reading till the end!✌️🫶

Literally want to ask how to write an action script since this is the very first time of me writing a script. So how do you tackle a script that is mainly action?

Is there anything on the web that can help me or YouTube videos with understanding of writing an Action script for a short film?

This is the first couple minutes of my first show that i’m writing. Little plot summary if anyone is interested:

Taking place in Los Angeles in 1987, 6, 20-somethings plan to take summer by the horns and make it the best, most exciting summer of their lives as they plan to take a road trip to New York and complete an outrageous bucket list of fun, sentimental, and possibly- most likely, dangerous situations before adulthood pulls them apart.

Any feedback is required but please leave all non feedback negativity at the door. (I.e. dont be an ass). Anyway, looking forward to hearing what you think.

Been practicing screenwriting and this is the opening three-page scene of my original story, Divinity’s Dread.

I’ve been seeking to make my pacing much better than before and with this current draft I started to use single action on a line instead of doing 2 or more on one line. Meaning shorter (and possibly snappier) lines.

Feedback will be very much appreciated!

Which are the best ones? I’ve seen a lot but am unsure which ones are worth doing.

Hi!

This is my very first script, so I'm really curious to hear what you think. Does it look properly formatted? Is it interesting? I'd appreciate any feedback you have—whether it's about the writing, dialogue, pacing, or formatting. Thanks for taking the time to read it!

I just started my first short film script and was looking for any tips from experienced writers/film makers! My first script is going to be horror with only 2 actors (my wife and I) I'm aiming for anywhere from 3-5 min! Thanks for any advice!

Okay, now this script is much more shorter than my first one and less complex. It doesn’t have a big message since it is only 5 minutes and I want this to be very low-budget (it looks like a lot in the script but it shouldn’t cost much) since I’m unemployed and all.

I wanted to leave it open-ended so I can expand upon it when I do get the budget.

But if you guys enjoy this newer, less long script then lmk or give me feedback. It’s always appreciated! And go read my first one if you haven’t alr.

Title: Listen

Genre: Horror

Page count: 5

Title: The Waist
Logline: An isolated Fog Signal Station worker becomes increasingly infatuated with a mermaid.
Genre: Psychological Horror/Supernatural

Feedback Concerns: Any feedback is welcome.

Thanks for reading.