CI Reader Derek Stuckert Selected for Imagine Impact

CI Reader Derek Stuckert Selected for Imagine Impact

Congrats to CI reader DEREK STUCKERT for being selected for the Imagine Impact 2 program! Spearheaded by Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, the program received 4,000 submissions from 57 countries. Imagine Impact works like a fellowship in that it pays creators to come aboard and develop television series ideas, all under the tutelage…

Get Repped Now 2019

Get Repped Now Returns!

We’re back! After a lovely 2-year hiatus (during which time we made a movie,) we’re bringing back our “nontest” Get Repped Now for a limited time: Sept. 3 to Oct 20. During that time, all scripts we receive which score a “consider” or better for script are advanced to our manager panel along with our…

Sweet 17!

Sweet 17!

Happy birthday to us! Feb. 18 is our 17th birthday! Over 60,000 screenplays and pilots evaluated, tens of thousands of clients, and through it all, we still do everything by hand. No cheaptastic, cookie-cutter “Uber” coverage like some of the other services out there. With CI, it’s always hands-on customer service and communication with us,…

Biggest Mistakes Screenwriters Make – Free Webinar 10 AM Feb. 02

Biggest Mistakes Screenwriters Make – Free Webinar 10 AM Feb. 02

Back in the ’90s, I was working with a producer of some note on a go movie project, and that producer wanted things a certain way. Now I did not agree with that producer’s take; in fact, I thought his approach was so appallingly wrongheaded and destructive to the project that I literally gave myself…

22 Industry Pros Shave Their Advice on What They DON’T Want

22 Industry Pros Shave Their Advice on What They DON’T Want

Our friend across the pond Lucy B. Hay, a terrific screenwriting guru in her own right, has assembled a wonderful article with feedback from 22 story analysts and development types (including yours truly.) If you want to find out what the industry is tired of and what not to write next, click here to read…