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About Two Adverbs

Two Adverbs is proud to be the online host of Story Conference and home of the Logline Lottery -- two creations of our excellent creative exec in residence Christopher Lockhart.

Founded by writer/director Jacinthe Dessureault, Two Adverbs is a screenwriting co-op which raison d'être is to provide its members feedback on work in progress, first drafts and polished material, and throw ideas around in a secure environment.

Our industry chat series
kicked off with first guest
Bob Sobhani, director of literary acquisitions at Zide/Perry
Read the transcript

Followed by guest David Linde, co-president of Focus Features
Read the transcript

Guest Keith Lesser, story editor at Reiner/Greisman
Read the transcript

New Line and ICM story analyst Josh Kravitz
Read the transcript
 

Our latest guest was COLLATERAL producer Julie Richardson
Read the transcript

Our latest guest was
ICM senior story analyst
Jason Patti
Read the transcript

 

Industry Q&As

Producer/writer David Zabel

Film producer Chris Moore
 

 


About the original live Story Conference series

 

Jeph's Review

Taxi to the Dark Side

When fanatically impassioned critics of the Bush administration start yelling about indicting George W. and Donald Rumsfeld for "crimes against humanity" it's hard not to roll your eyes. Then you see a film like Alex Gibney's disturbing and meticulously researched Taxi To The Darkside and the idea doesn't seem all that far-fetched.

(read review)

Read Jeph's interview with Cronenberg
 

 

Featured features

The Inside Pitch Blog

Christopher Lockhart answers your questions.

Featured Interview

Interview with screenwriter Jim Vines

by Dylan Bruce

Dylan Bruce: Your new book, Q & A: The Working Screenwriter – An In-the-Trenches Perspective of Writing Movies in Today’s Film Industry has been out for a few months now. Who are some of the screenwriters you interviewed for the book?

Jim Vines:
I interviewed sixteen working writers, including Allison Burnett, who wrote Autumn in New York; Katherine Fugate, who wrote Carolina and The Prince and Me; Brent Maddock, who wrote Tremors and The Wild Wild West; John Rogers, who wrote The Core and also contributed the story to the recent hit movie The Transformers; David J. Schow, who wrote The Crow; Neil M. Stevens, who wrote Thirteen Ghosts; and Stephen Susco, who wrote The Grudge and The Grudge 2. I also interviewed Rolfe Kanefsky, a very talented writer and director who’s carved out a nice niche with fun, quirky, lower budget movies. He sure had some interesting stories to tell.
Read the interview

Vintage Articles

The Construction of a Logline
*new & improved version*

The Construction of a Pitch


 

The Inside Pitch

Watch the teaser

Now available on DVD!


Titled THE INSIDE PITCH, ICM execs Christopher Lockhart and Jack d’Annibale offer their inimitable feedback to pitching writers.  The audience chooses
the best pitch at the end of the show, and the winner is awarded a story conference with Chris and Jack over dinner at Ago.  Executive producer is veteran Emmy winner Stanley Kallis.  The show is produced by Matt Kallis, directed by Tom Mitchell and sponsored by the Al and Trudy Kallis
Foundation in cooperation with LA36 and TWOADVERBS.

 

 

Latest News

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

HIDE AWAY, written by Peter Vanderwall, will open in select theaters on May 25. This independent drama stars Josh Lucas, Ayelet Zurer, James Cromwell and was directed by Chris Eyre. The movie was well-received at numerous film festivals under its original title, A YEAR IN MOORING.

Congratulations, Peter!

Saturday, December 24th, 2011

Here are the 3 winners of this year's Xmas logline competition:

1st place
GOOGLED by Jeff Hower

2nd place
BUDDY, A DOG OF NEW ORLEANS by Lynn Esta Goldman

3rd place
EXTERNAL RISK by Leonard Johnson

Congratulations!

Saturday, October 1st, 2011

Congratulations to screenwriter Chris Lopata! His movie Puncture is now playing in theaters. Check out the trailer and official site.

Thursday, July 21th, 2011

Christopher Lockhart's doc Most Valuable Players will premiere on OWN on Thursday, September 8th, 2011 at 9PM EST. Mark the date!

Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

Congratulations to Chuck Hustmyre, whose feature House
of the Rising Sun
has just been released on DVD! 

Monday, December 27th, 2010

Congratulations to the 3 winners of this year's logline competition!

1st place
MY GIRLFRIEND'S BACK (AND OTHER DISASTERS THAT MIGHT BRING AN END TO LIFE ON EARTH) by Scott Keiner

2nd place
KILLER ROLE by Gary Dragan Milin

3rd place
MY FIRST LADY by Mary Kaiser

Also a big thank you to Robert Chomiak for running the contest this year.

Saturday, November 20th, 2010

Chris Lockhart's documentary Most Valuable Players gets picked up by Oprah Winfrey's OWN network. Major congrats, Chris! Read the press release 

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010

Check out the trailer and website for Most Valuable Players, Chris Lockhart's new documentary. Chris wrote and produced the doc, which will soon hit the festival circuit. Congrats & good luck!

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

Scott Keiner's logline for his feature screenplay Lord of the Jungle wins our 2nd annual Night Before Christmas logline competition. Congratulations, Scott!

Friday, December 11th, 2009

Congratulations to the 3 finalists of our logline competition:

Lord of the Jungle - Scott Keiner
Horror Comic - Stephen Hoover
Invasive Species - Daniel Cova


The winning logline will be chosen by a panel of industry professionals and announced on Christmas Eve.

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

The details for our 2nd annual Night Before Christmas logline competition have been announced in the forum. Entries must be received by Friday, November 13th at midnight PST. Good luck to all!

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

Congratulations to TwoAdverbs scribe James Sommers and writing partner Grace Church for selling their comedy script Tapped Out! to Chockstone Entertainment!

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Jeff Morris’ screenplay The True Memoirs of an International Assassin sells to The Film Department. Julie Bloom of Art/Work Entertainment repped the project. Congratulations, Jeff!

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

The trailer and web page for James V. Simpson's thriller Armored is up - check it out! http://armoredmovie.com/ 

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

Congratulations to Scott Hawthorne! His logline Guilty is the winner of our logline competition.

More News and Updates
 

 

In theaters

Hide Away
Written by Peter Vanderwall

Puncture
Written by Chris Lopata


 

On television

Most Valuable Players
Written and produced by Christopher Lockhart

Premieres on OWN on September 8th, 2011

Click poster or here for interactive details
 

Now on DVD

House of the Rising Sun
Written by Chuck Hustmyre

The Book of Eli
Written by Gary Whitta

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The Collector
Co-produced by Christopher Lockhart


Armored
Written by James V. Simpson

Other Releases

Writer Peter Vanderwall's western Shadowheart came out on DVD on August 4th, 2009.

His MOW Reverse Angle aired on Lifetime and on The Movie Network in 2009.
 

Online Workshop

Next online session:
TBD
 


 

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