(And Good Riddance, 2016) By Jim Cirile From the American Screenwriters Association blog Ahoy, fellow scribes! We’re finally done with 2016, that blizzard of putrescence – and not a minute too soon. Some of the lowlights: Trump, DNC chicanery, and Wikileaks revealing that Citicorp had selected Obama’s entire cabinet. And we lost so many…
Hey, friends! Want some money? Then check out FilmDaily.TV’s huge list of FILM GRANTS and see if you might be able to get a piece. There are a few really awesome and well-known ones here, including Sundance Institute, Nickelodeon Writing Fellowship, Slamdance, Nicholl Fellowship and the BBC. But there are also some lesser-known ones which…
…According to Agents and Managers By Jim Cirile www.CoverageInk.com Seven leading industry reps tell you what not to do and what drives them nuts. Stay on the rails and save your career. Excerpted from “Agent’s Hot Sheet: Ten Years of Screenwriting Wisdom from Hollywood’s Top Reps.” I have made every single mistake listed here. How…
What a Manager? Final Deadline Midnight Dec. 4 This is it. At 12:01AM Monday morning it’s all over. Your last chance in 2016 to participate in Get Repped Now. Send us your script for in-depth script analysis. If it garners a “consider” rating, it will be read by our oanel of five top motion picture…
Save $100 Now + Free Shipping + Free Gift! Sale Ends Dec. 4 Well, it was only a matter of time before someone did it — crammed an entire screenwriting master’s class into a DVD set. Hollywood script guru and consultant Jim Mercurio has stepped up with COMPLETE SCREENWRITING. And what a set it is….
Howdy, fellow escribadors! Well, this is somewhat concerning. Normally by this point in our twice-yearly GET REPPED NOW event we have at least 6-8 “considers.” by that, I mean scripts that have come in for coverage which we have rated a “consider” or better for script, which generally equates to about the top 5%. By…
Big news, guys! Get Repped Now! has its first “consider.” We’d like to congratulate Joseph Balczo for bringing it with his TV pilot BLOODLANDS. The script concerns an Indiana conservation officer who uncovers a web of crime and conspiracy when he goes looking for two missing fellow officers. Joseph definitely has the goods…
Hi all, my latest article is now up at American Screenwriting Association. Check it out! Okay, that snarky title is going to require some ‘splainin’, to quote the great Ricky Ricardo. Truth is, pretty much anyone who knows a few people in the biz can probably help get you signed — a working writer, an…
Screenwriter Heather Upton Makes Her Own Opportunities and Scores Writers’ Assistant Gig on Netflix’s IRON FIST By Jim Cirile www.coverageink.com Heather Upton knows how to work it. After going to a liberal arts college in Philly, she kicked around various jobs in various cities until The Grub Street screenwriting class in Boston changed her…
Howdy, fellow scribes, I’m pleased to announce that I’ve joined the American Screenwriters Association editorial board. This means I’ll be writing new original content for the ASA blog every month (which we will link to here as well.) As many of you know, I was the agents/managers expert for Script magazine as well as wrote…