Hey, y’all! My latest article for the Wrap is now live. We’re talking about how the assignment game works in Hollywood — who gets to play, who does not. How can emerging writers get in on what’s been called “the bread and butter of Hollywood?” Check out the article and find out. –Jim Cirile
Howdy, fellow screenwriters, TV writers, and creators of screenplays extraordinaire. In case you missed our Do You Have What It Takes? webinar last weekend, we’ve posted the whole kit and kaboodle on the YouTubes for your viewing pleasure. So get comfy, ’cause it’s gonna be saucy. Another 90 minutes of sage advice, anecdotes and cautionary…
Howdy, fellow scribes! There’s a reason why so many writers give up after five years and move back home to Butthurt, Utah. This biz is HARD. Rejection is the norm. How can you steel yourself to survive the slings and arrows while you spend the years necessary to break in? Join us for another fun…
Hey everybody, Our latest webinar The Importance of the First Ten, discussing those crucial first ten pages of your screenplay or pilot and how to make sure they rock – is now up. Click below to watch/listen! Remember to sign up for our mailing list to be notified every time we do a new webinar….
Hi everyone, It was another killer webinar this weekend. Thanks to everyone who participated and asked questions. And if you missed it, just click below to watch the whole thing (85 minutes. Boy, we cannot seem to keep these things to an hour no matter how hard we try.) Special thanks to our guest TIM…
Howdy, fellow scribes! It is with sublime joy that we bring you our next CI Pro free webinar: SECRETS OF GREAT DIALOGUE. CI’s own Jim Cirile and Tanya Klein will host as always, and this time out we’re stoked that writer/producer and screenwriting instructor par excellence Tim Albaugh will be along to share his…
Howdy, fellow scribes, It was a super fun and informative webinar this past weekend, and we painstakingly laid out many common (and a few not-so-common) gaffes we all tend to make — both while we’re up and coming as well as after we get repped. In case you missed it, here’s the video! https://youtu.be/rcWre_Jv9D8 Questions…
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…
Great question today from client Gary T., who asked: “Once I have your views on my script, what do I do to get a studio working on making a movie out of it? I don’t need my ego stroked, I want to see my work on the big screen.” Yeah, that is the…
by Jim Cirile Season’s greetings, fellow scribes (as well as anyone kind enough to consider buying a screenwriter a gift.) If you’ve been agonizing over gift ideas for that screenwriter in your life, look no further! We’ve assembled our top ten picks that the writer in your life is sure to love. We have…