Or, How Joey Ernand Dominated the Spring 2015 Get Repped Now! By Jim Cirilewww.coverageink.com We knew screenwriter Joey Ernand had the goods when his TV pilot RIFT JUMPERS scored a ‘consider/consider’ (consider for both writer and for script) in Coverage Ink’s spring 2015 Get Repped Now. That meant his script would automatically be elevated to…
Klatzker We are pleased to announce that Industry Entertainment literary manager Micah Klatzker has come aboard Coverage Ink’s Get Repped Now! manager panel. He has agreed to read all of the ‘considers’ we receive between 10/12/15 and 11/15/15. He joins managers Jake Wagner from Benderspink, Jeff Belkin from Zero Gravity and Chris Mills from Magnet…
Interview with TrackingB.com’s Founder by Jim Cirile There are two main reasons Coverage Ink has been referring writers to TrackingB.com for almost a decade now. Number one: TrackingB is a real, honest-to-goodness tracking board used by the industry. It contains a wealth of info useful to savvy writers keen to become students of the biz…
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, are not only…
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 big…
Get Repped 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…