Hey guys, I was wondering if any of you know a good script consultant that's cheap and helpful. Also, anyone know of a site where I can post or upload my script for others to read? Thanks
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Take a peek at the two threads at the top of Script Services, Software, & Supplies forum.
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hotscripts is great -- they only charge eighty bucks and give great recomendations/story notes."Take the thing you love, and make it your life"--Californication. [email protected]
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Tom Lazarus, the writer of STIGMATA, does consultations for $500.
He gives you a detailed analysis of your whole script and then allows either a phone conversation or in person consultation. You can also email him back and forth during the rewrite. I think he'll help with your query letter too.
I've taken a class with Tom and like him a lot. He's brutally direct sometimes, but that's good if you like it rough! . He's very fun, too. Love Tom.
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Gee - the prices for this service really jump around.
From $60 through $500.
Maybe I should set up shop: $50! For Done Dealers only.
Advice from writer, Kelly Sue DeConnick. "Try this: if you can replace your female character with a sexy lamp and the story still basically works, maybe you need another draft.-
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Well, I've heard studios pay script readers like $50-$60 per script.
I've received studio coverage - the synopsis is the big chunk - and it's intended for producers (who have yet to read the script).
A writer doesn't need to see a synopsis of their own script - they know what the story is about.
Notes on mine boiled down to maybe a paragraph or two - and these are usually the critiques rationalizing for the pass, consider or recommend. And these notes are very general, not "line-item" specific.
And most of those readers are also aspiring screenwriters. Once they sell their own scripts, I doubt they'll continue as freelance readers.
No offense to anyone - but I don't see how being a studio reader qualifies someone as a script or story analyst charging upwards of $100+.
Because a reader's experience doesn't focus on script or story analysis.
So I'm thinking that the only thing that separates us from other readers is - a gig.
I'm seriously considering doing this myself.
Advice from writer, Kelly Sue DeConnick. "Try this: if you can replace your female character with a sexy lamp and the story still basically works, maybe you need another draft.-
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Well, I'm not a script reader or analyst, but Femme Joyeuse--my writing partner--does what is essentially script analysis in her coverage. She charges a lot less than $500, and gives comprehensive written and phone analysis. Her sense of scriptwriting strategy--of knowing what works and what doesn't, and what development executives look for, has not only stood her in good stead as a reader but us as a writing team.
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500$ is a lot of money.
It has to be one heck of an analysis to be worth that price.A talent for drama is not a talent for writing, but is an ability to articulate human relationships.
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We discuss here what execs are looking for all the time - a commercial concept. Which is something one can analyze from the logline.
I mean, should someone pay for script analysis if the concept doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell?
It would be easier to save aspiring writers cash if there was one price for analyzing the logline and one-sheet that the writer has provided. Based on that, if the story sounds commercial, then provide a second tier price for a full read.
Maybe that's how I'll structure the service I'm contemplating. Hmmm.Advice from writer, Kelly Sue DeConnick. "Try this: if you can replace your female character with a sexy lamp and the story still basically works, maybe you need another draft.-
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Could work, sc111.
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