18 Scripts Wannabe Screenwriters Should Read Right Now

4. Seven (1995)

The Script: "Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi." - IMDb What You'll Learn: A screenplay should be, fundamentally, a joy to read on paper - so much so that the person handling it feels morally obliged to make it into a movie, out of fear that somebody else will snap up the opportunity. It's a screenwriter's mission to grip a reader from the first page to the very last, then, and Andrew Kevin Walker's speculative script for his thriller Seven is written with such brilliantly addictive prose that it guarantees immersion. Reading it is akin to reading a Thomas Harris thriller, but it's also Walker's inventive plotting, willingness to take narrative risks, and a central relationship that feels familiar yet unique that marks Seven as a truly classic script. You can read Andrew Kevin Walker's script for Seven here.