SCRIPT CONSULTING

I’ve been critiquing scripts for clients for twenty plus years. In all that time, one script arrived close to agent-ready. Screenwriting is that difficult.

Because finding someone “real” (agent, producer, etc.) who will read your work is as rare as getting struck by lighting while being eaten by a shark, if you get that opportunity, don’t waste it. If your friends aren’t at a higher skill level than you, I don’t know what else to suggest but pay someone for notes.

I’m not in the “string ’em along to squeeze more money out of ’em” business. I give masses of notes to launch you into a helpful rewrite.

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Professional Script Notes

Feature script – $1,750
One-hour TV pilot – $1,500
Half-hour TV pilot – $1,250

You provide…

  • Writer’s Statement – Why I Burn to Tell This Story
  • Logline
  • Brief story synopsis
  • Character Relationship Chart
  • Script with scene numbers and Inciting Incident, End of Act I, Midpoint, End of Act II marked

We deliver…

  • 2 reads of your script
  • Page notes in red ink on entire script
  • 1+ hour of audio notes on entire script
  • Exhaustive line notes on first 5 pages
  • Written summary of where you are and where you should go
  • The Key to Story Workbook to propel you to your next draft
  • Curated writing handouts
  • 30 minute phone consultation

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Second Draft Professional Script Notes

Available after Professional Script Notes

Feature script – $1,500
One-hour TV pilot – $1,250
Half-hour TV pilot – $1,000

You provide…

  • Logline
  • Updated synopsis
  • Rewritten script (following the Key to Story Workbook) with scene numbers and Inciting Incident, End of Act I, Midpoint, End of Act II marked

We deliver…

  • 2 reads of your second draft
  • Page notes in red ink on entire script
  • 1+ hour of audio notes on entire script
  • Exhaustive line notes on 5 pages of your choice
  • Written summary of where you are and where you should go
  • Curated writing handouts
  • 30 minute phone consultation

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Polish Professional Script Notes

Available after Second Draft Professional Script Notes

Feature script, One-hour TV pilot, Half-hour TV pilot – $1,250

You provide…

  • Logline
  • Updated synopsis
  • Rewritten script with scene numbers and Inciting Incident, End of Act I, Midpoint, End of Act II marked

We deliver…

  • 2 reads of your third draft
  • Page notes in red ink on entire script
  • 1+ hour of audio notes on entire script
  • Exhaustive line notes on 5 pages of your choice
  • Written summary of where you are and where you should go
  • Curated writing handouts
  • 30 minute phone consultation

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Consulting

Consulting Packages

  • Idea Workshop – 1 hour phone call – $200
  • Outline Review – 2 hour minimum (1 hour to read, 1 hour phone call) – $400
  • Full Story Development – Following the Key to Story Method (writing exercises, feedback, handouts, and script notes through first draft) – $4,000 (same for TV)
  • Ongoing Consulting – $150 / hour

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I look forward to helping you with your writing.

wma@yourscreenplaysucks.com