by Jim Cirile Fellow scribes, The Aug 31 2015 Scoggins Report just streeted, and to no one’s surprise, things pretty much suck out there. So far, 2015 is the worst year for spec sales in the past seven years — a full 30% lower than average. Now that’s pretty ghastly, but when I say to…
“Good in a Room” — as screenwriters, we’ve all heard this expression, which simply means “be engaging when you meet people.” Seems intuitive, right? Just be cool and tell a story well. Yeah, that’s not as easy as it seems for many of us. Enter Stephanie Palmer. A former MGM studio executive, Palmer founded Good…
In late 2014, we launched our very first Get Repped Now! It was a new kind of promotion — unlike a contest, there are no winners, no prizes, and you don’t compete against other writers. The concept was simple: send in your script for coverage, and if it scores a ‘consider’ (or higher for script…
Thanks, Paul Zeidman, for allowing me to mouth off in this interview. Paul’s blog Maximum Z has a regular feature where he interviews story analysts: “Ask a Straight-Talkin’ Script Consultant”. He was silly enough to inquire of me, so I left the filters off and let fly. A Nicholl top 15% writer himself, Paul provides…
Yep, it’s hard as heck to break into Hollywood. But it’s even harder for someone with indie sensibilities. Come with us as we investigate how an indie-minded writer can make a living in the film business nowadays. By Jim Cirile Wither indies? The answer, sadly, is yes. Indies, as we’ve always understood them,…
Or, Why Getting Coverage on Your Script May Be Just the Ticket By Jim Cirile www.coverageink.com We’ve all been there. We write “Fade Out” — our new, fantastic, awesome spec is done. Then we hand it to our respective boyfriends, girlfriends, and “it’s complicated” others; they love it. Mom adores it. We’re ready for the…
Coverage Ink’s Get ReppedNow!Returns! 4/6/15-5/3/15 Last year we got writer Brandon Barker into Benderspinkand UTA, and his script “Nottingham and Hood” sold to Disney for six figures. Are you next? ALL SCRIPTS THAT RECEIVE A “CONSIDER,” SUBMITTED BETWEEN 4/6/15 and 5/3/15, WILL BE READ BY OUR PANEL OF TOP LIT MANAGERS –…
O’Hare Coverage Ink senior story analyst Kevin O’Hare, an accomplished writer/producer with numerous TV sales under his belt, put another notch in his gunbelt with the sale of ASCENSION to ABC, The Hollywood reporter recently announced. O’Hare, who has been a consultant to Coverage Ink since 2005, describes the pilot as an FBI procedural with…
Brandon Barker is on a roll. As a result of his scoring a “consider” for his feature script “Nottingham + Hood” in our Get Repped Now! promotion in fall 2014, we hooked him up with Benderspink’s Jake Wagner, who signed him and launched his career with a bang. Incredible things happened for Barker very quickly. We…
For some bizarre reason, Paul Zeidman thought it would be wise to interview ME for his Maximum Z blog as part of his series of grilling screenplay consultants… Ask a Straight-Talkin’ Script Consultant! The latest in a series of interviews with script readers and consultants who would be worth your while to work with if you want…
