Comes a time in every writer’s career when throwing in the towel seems like the move. But sometimes hanging in there just a little longer can make all the difference in the world. Just ask Jeff Maguire. By Jim Cirile We’ve all been there. You spend months, years maybe, on a piece of material, and…
2010’s first Pitch Summit, brought to us by our friends at InkTip.com, was tremendous mix of both opportunity and discombobulation. Now in their second year, have they ironed out all the bugs? By Tanya Klein I recently checked out InkTip’s Pitch Summit III. Having attended the very first one — which was riddled with logistical…
Think your rep is giving you the real skinny? Maybe not. There are certain secrets they will never divulge to the likes of you. Let’s pull back the curtains, shall we? by Jim Cirile Agents and managers by definition are wheeler-dealers. So don’t expect a lot of honesty from them, right? You’d be surprised. Our…
It is with enormous pride that we announce that our client Paul Moxham, hailing from lovely Monbulk, Victoria, Australia, has won the Gold Prize in the Action/Adventure category of the 2011 Page Awards! Almost two years ago, Paul came to us with this concept, and we loved it. We gave him notes over a…
Boy, when one door closes, another one (or three) really does open. As you all know by now, our beloved Creative Screenwriting magazine may not be with us any longer (at least in print format… we’ll see what happens), but you can be damn sure I will continue to bring you the inside skinny from…
Without further ado, we proudly present our Top 50 (semifinalists.) You guys are the elites, the best of the best. At least until we name our top ten, that is! Which will be right around Halloween. Nice work, all! If you’re not on this list, we sympathize, but just keep in mind there were many…
1) Intro Letter and Shorties2) Agent’s Hot Sheet – Back in Black3) Test Your Screenwriting IQ with Steve Kaire4) On Creative Screenwriting Hi folks, My screenwriting brethren, We’ve got a pretty jam-packed newsletter here full of good news — and one big piece of kind of sucky news. By now many of you have heard about…
The release of the Black List has become an annual event of importance for writers and their representatives. Agent’s Hot Sheet goes behind the curtain to find out what the list is and learn how someday you too might be in the ‘Black.’ Reprinted courtesy of Creative Screenwriting By Jim Cirile The Black List is…
(More) TEST YOUR SCREENWRITING IQ by Steve Kaire Here we go again with more Q’s to tickle your brain stem. A couple of these are gimmes, but a few of them may stump you. Good luck! True or False: 1. “Pay or play” is a term that means a writer has to be paid whether…
Fellow scribes, It is with a heavy heart that I write this. Today I heard unconfirmed reports that Creative Screenwriting magazine has filed for bankruptcy. To my understanding, that could mean one of three things — either CS plans to continue operations, and will use the Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in order to restructure; or…