Screenwriting Help
Why
script consulting can help you sell your screenplay:
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FADE
IN:
INT.
A TYPICAL FILM PRODUCTION OFFICE – DAY
Overworked
and underpaid READERS toil at their respective desks that
are piled with stacks of scripts (maybe yours) as they
GRUMBLE while tearing through scripts, searching for the
first mistake so they can toss them into nearby
wastebaskets, which are filled with rejected screenplays.
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I know this isn’t a pretty picture, which is exaggerated, but
that’s because I want to get my point across:
It’s not always easy to sell a script – even if
it’s basically a good one. Unfortunately,
even though you hear about studios and producers looking for
scripts, they don’t give screenwriters much leeway for
errors. Script
readers are actually told that only a few scripts should be
recommended and that most should receive a “pass.”
Development execs are trained to say “no.”
Truth is you usually get one chance with producers –
and, with this chance, you want to give them every possible
reason to seriously consider purchasing your screenplay.
A
professional script consultant and story analyst can assist you
in enhancing your screenplay so that it has the very best
opportunity to be selected as being a viably commercial
property that can readily be translated to the screen (big
and/or small). That’s
where I come in, using my experience as a screenwriter, script
consultant, and story analyst to help you improve your script
so that...
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FADE
IN:
INT.
A TYPICAL FILM PRODUCTION OFFICE – DAY
One
of the READERS turns the last page of a script (yours),
his face aglow. He
raises your script above him as if in a victory salute.
READER #1
Found one!
All
the other readers turn from their scripts towards reader
#1 and break into APPLAUSE and CHEERS.
TRIUMPHANT MUSIC plays as the sun suddenly cascades
through the windows.
An ANGELIC CHOIR can be heard as...
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A
little over-the-top, but you get the picture.
I do have a tendency to wax dramatic, but, what the
hey?!-- I’m a screenwriter.
Like you. You
who likes to tell stories in a visual and auditory way, the way
of filmmaking. I
want to help you put your unique story on paper so that it
translates smoothly into the film medium.
And in a manner that will support you in enjoying every
step of the journey towards your screenwriting goals.
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