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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!