LAST CHANCE to Get Repped Now! Final Deadline June 4th
This is it, folks! Get Repped Now ends Sunday at midnight Pacific time. There will be no further extensions. So get those scripts and pilots in now! We look forward to reviewing your material.
GET REPPED NOW EXTENDED – Final Deadline June 4th 2023
Get Repped Now has been EXTENDED. FINAL DEADLINE is Midnight Pacific time, June 4th, 2023. THERE IS NO PRICE INCREASE. This is your last chance to get that killer screenplay or pilot you’ve been working so hard on to our manager panel. There will be no further extensions. You know what to do. Go get…
The Midpoint High
Let’s talk about your midpoint. Assuming your script clocks in at 100 – 110 pages, this will happen somewhere between pages 50 to 55. The first part of Act Two saw our protagonist struggle to get their bearings in this new environment, try to advance their goal, and make quite a few mistakes. (If you…
Meet Our Next Get Repped Now Consider: Philip Elliott
When a Los Angeles family man’s secret neo-Nazi past resurfaces, to avoid life behind bars he must become the man he swore he never again would be and infiltrate a white-supremacist terrorist organization before it seizes the White House. Let’s hear it for our second consider of 2023: Philip Elliott’s thriller pilot AMERICAN SWASTIKA, which…
The Strong Turn Into Act Two
We’re continuing our journey through screenplay structure by examining the turn into Act Two. In case you’ve missed our previous columns about setup, inciting incident, and the hero refusing the call, you can find them on our blog. Act Two is where your protagonist embraces the mission they were given. It usually happens somewhere between pages…
First Get Repped Now Consider for 2023: Joe Marino
We are psyched to introduce our first Get Repped Now 2023 consider: Joe Marino. Joe really brought it with his tense Southern Gothic horror-thriller FEALTY, and we can’t wait to introduce him to our industry panel. As it turns out, he’s also friends with former GRN considers Jason Gruich and David L. Williams whose careers…
Write a Setup that Wows Them!
Today, let’s talk about one of the most important aspects of screenwriting: the setup. As writers, we often want to jump into the action because we’re afraid of testing a reader’s or audience member’s patience. We don’t want anyone to stop reading or switch to another channel. And sometimes that leads us to skipping the…
Get Repped Now is LIVE! Watch These Pro Tips
Hi folks! It’s that time of year again – Get Repped Now time. As always, we’re looking for the best scripts and pilots out there – and ones that are maybe only a draft or two away. So the CI management team – Jim, Anna, and Tanya – have compiled a list of pet peeves,…
Meet the Get Repped Now Panel for 2023
Get Repped Now begins again for 2023 March 13, and we are super pumped to announce this year’s panel. Truly the best of the best, the elite, the movers and shakers whose clients regularly get on The Black List and whose tastes are regarded as the best in the biz. Without further ado: You’ll notice…
Editing
Here again is our weekly column of screenwriting tips, which is hopefully helping you get ready to kick butt. If you prefer your screenwriting advice in video form, you can now also find us on: Today, let’s talk about… EDITING Learning how to be critical of your own writing is paramount. Screenplays are not…