WHAT DID WE LEARN FROM AFM?
Takeaways from the American Film Market ’24 Earlier this month, Las Vegas played host to the fabled American Film Market. This is the annual marketplace where distribution deals are made, …
FREE HALF-HOUR CONSULTATION
With Any Coverage for a Screenplay Centering Around a Holiday Yes, any holiday that takes place at any time during the year. From January to December. From Diwali …
The Assignment Game
There’s a whole hidden infrastructure in Hollywood devoted to tracking and scoring Open Assignments. Come get some. (Note: This article was originally published in 2019, and some of …
FORMATTING MADE EASY Pt. 4 – Parentheticals vs. Scene Description
Yes, we know, eyes are glazing over at the thought of yet another missive about formatting. Look, guys, you don’t want to give the gatekeepers a reason to pass on …
Slug Lines – Your Slimy Little Friends
SLUG LINES are one of the most useful tools in a writer’s arsenal. Get to know them and love them! They serve many functions. Of course, we all know they …
HALLOWEEN HORROR HOEDOWN!
FREE Half-Hour Consultation w/ Every Horror Submission thru October Are you working on a scary good horror/thriller script that you plan on unleashing on the world to wreak …
Here Are Our Get Repped Now 2024 Considers
We were overwhelmed with entries this year and a surprising amount of near misses that may only be a draft or two away. But in the end, eight scripts …
Shot Calls, Music Calls – Avoid Them, Please!
We’re still working our way through GET REPPED NOW! submissions and have noticed a tendency for Shot Calls and Music Calls. Yes, we understand you can visualize your writing so …
A Quick Formatting Guide
Put Your Best Foot Forward, Please! Yeah, so your eyes probably glazed over when you read that headline. Formatting… ugh… so boring! Right? Unfortunately, it’s also important. Because it’s the …
SCREENPLAY CONTESTS – Are They Worth It? A No-BS Guide
So many contests. So little money. by Jim Cirile, Coverage Ink There ya are, struggling along in year 7 or 27 of your noble pursuit of screenwriting, and dammit, the 12-foot-thick …