One of
the most important questions aspiring screenwriters should ask
themselves is this: How do I make my sample script as professional as
possible?
Writing
a screenplay is the first step to becoming a screenwriter; but it's
the rewriting that separates the pros from the amateurs. There
is no shortcut. Do what the pros do. Present a story that involves us
and connects us to a hero that captivates us and with whom we can identify.
Then rewrite, rewrite and rewrite some more with the benefit of reliable,
experienced feedback. GENERATING
QUALITY FEEDBACK All writers
need feedback, even experienced writers. Working screenwriters
get professional feedback all the time from agents, managers, producers
and
writer friends. How
do unproduced screenwriters generate professional feedback? ~ Cultivate
a network of writing pros.
~ Rely on film school professors or friends with experience in the business.
~ Join a craft workshop or workign writers group.
~ Enter contests that feature feedback.
~ Or hire an experienced script coach. HOW
SCRIPT COACHES WORK Script
coaches take workshop techniques to the next level - the marketplace.
Services vary among the individual coaches, but most include extensive
script
notes, phone conferences, and sometimes personal industry referrals.
Is it
worthwhile? Script coaches can be expensive, but if your coach has
legitimate industry credentials, they can become the professional referral
all aspiring screenwriters need. POPULAR
SCRIPT COACHES TO CHECK OUT -->
MICHAEL HAUGE Michael
is the author of one of the best-selling books on screenwriting:
WRITING SCREENPLAYS THAT SELL. In addition, Michael has two decades
of
experience as a successful writer and script consultant. He offers two-day
intensive screenwriting seminars throughout the US, Canada and England.
For script
consultation and seminar details---> mhauge@juno.com For a
preview of Michael's coaching technique -->
www.breakingin.net/hauge2.htm Check
out Michael's NEW SITE --> www.screenplaymastery.com --->
KATE WRIGHT
Since
1995, Kate Wright has been a screenwriting professor at UCLA. Hundreds
of successful writers have taken her popular course - Writing the Million
Dollar Script. Kate has a decade of experience as a film and television
executive at Interscope Communications where she worked with some of
the finest writers in the industry. She had the extraordinary good fortune
to work with the legendary Tennessee Williams; and she collaborated (as
producer) with Pulitzer Prize winning actor-writer Jason Miller to win
Interscope's first Emmy! For script
consultation information ---> mailto:katywrite@aol.com Interview
with Kate ---> www.breakingin.net/kwright.htm --->
WRITE MOVIES: www.writemovies.com The consultants
for this site are well-known industry insiders: manager Alex
Ross, screenwriter David Newman, and film exec/producer Peter Saphier.
Writers choose the staff member they want to read their script - there
is a
sliding pay scale. Scripts which receive a high recommendation are then
managed and marketed by Alex Ross, who discovered screenwriter Andrew
Niccol ("The Truman Show"). --->
THE SCREENWRITERS ROOM: www.screenwritersroom.com Experienced
film executives, Kathleen Hannon and Ann Zalid, help
screenwriters break into the business. They offer script notes, phone
conferences, face-to-face meetings and industry referrals if they recommend
your script. --->
THE WRITER'S GUILD MENTORS PROGRAM: www.wga.org/mentors
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Lenore Wright has 15 years experience writing and selling screenplays in Los
Angeles and New York.
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