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Script Coverage That's Over the Rainbow
You write-and-revise A Script for weeks and months. Years? At last, you deem It ripe for harvest,,,but you'd be wise to get fresh eyes for a vital service: Concise Honest Expert Constructive Kudos, acronym CHECK. Perhaps one of these:
- Needs A More Distinctive or A More Clearly Stated Premise
- For Stronger Execution, Get Out of Your Own Way.
- Move over, rover, let a producer take over.
- Something more fundamental or less obvious, or more, or less.
- Or: It's terrific. For your home run trot, may I suggest ...?
This Doctor is a screenwriter, production veteran, cinephile, aspiring producer. The best medicine is tough love diligence from one who has Been There, Done That. A bright script can lure the stars in the Second Act of your Script Journey: art-and-business producers, cast, investors and other players.
5 Rules of Compelling Screenplays (Add yours!)
1. A Passion for (the) Story: a profound movie, like a love affair, can set your heart and soul ablaze. Do that for others.
2. Characters and Dialogue: what they say, what they don't, and how. Natural fit and true spirit vs. flat, unrevealing or similar.
3. Structure/Timeline: Acts Are Not Created Equal--All Are Vital.
4. Genre Essentials and / or / vs. Audience Expectation.
5. Craftwork: Clarity. Impact. Flow. Less is more. The Reader Should See and Feel.
Set a date for no b.s. diagnosis: Sizzle of Premise, Characters, Structure, Genre, Dialogue, Timeliness, and more. Also, if pertinent, a few words on production or budget concerns. All is offered to motivate, reinforce... At FADE IN you can see what'll be provided at THE END.
As a starter, send one or more of these.
Log Line - 1 sentence, 2 lines, 30ish words. The pulse.
Elevator Pitch - 1 sentence, 3 lines, 50ish words. The x-ray.
Premise Line - 1 long sentence, 2 short ones, 4 - 6 lines, 70ish words. The DNA.
To hook the interest of agents, producers and others, these slices of writing--tasty bait in limited bites--should be vivid and precise. Premise, people, places, genre, stakes. Story.
I focus on features, 80-120 pages. I’ll read TV, shorts and documentary too. Coverage for them may vary. I sign NDAs. Your I.P. Is Your Baby. I Zip My Lips. I read, analyze, advise; note subtext and themes; ask questions or suggest xyz -- but It's YOUR script.
Rates are low, but they rise for a quicker turnaround, and the extent of the check-up, therapy, or surgery. Anyway at all, it's script coverage made easy!
We’ll walk happy trails of screenwriting, over the rainbow to YES!
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