Before we get into the nitty-gritty, a quick reminder that Get Repped Now! is almost upon us. It starts on 3/17. So polish those scripts! With that in mind, let’s talk about character. Does your character arc? Or are they the same person at the end that they were at the beginning? Now look, if…
Our Valentine’s Day Sale runs from 2/14 through 2/19. Use code: Valentine Get Repped Now! returns next month. Here is your chance to polish those scripts! From now through Sunday, save 15% on any screenplay or pilot analysis at coverageink.com. Get those scripts ready to rock and hit the ground running for Get…
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…
This is where you earn your money. When people read a script, they are predominantly looking at your dialogue. Oftentimes scene descriptions get glossed over or even ignored, but your dialogue will always get read. And it’s also the key element that attracts “talent” — the performers whose involvement can get your project greenlit. Fun…
Writer, producer, CI story analyst, and former manager/development executive Mike Kuciak talks about the importance of the first 10 pages to grab a reader’s attention. By Mike Kuciak The first ten are the most important in the screenplay, because in the bare-knuckle real world of the film industry those pages often determine if…
David L. Williams’ script thoughtful sci-fi drama INTERGALACTIC was one of our Get Repped Now considers for 2021. He wound up getting signed by managers Gramercy Park and lit agents Verve, and now big things are happening for him. CI founder Jim Cirile caught up with David to see how it all came together for…
Our September 2022 Zoominar, BEHIND THE CURTAIN: SECRETS OF THE SCREENPLAY READER is now available on Vimeo for $14.95. Learn all about how the coverage biz works from one of the most senior readers in town. In this fast-paced 3-hour Zoominar, USC screenwriting instructor, development exec and CI senior story analyst Beverly Neufeld explains it…
Click HERE to register for the Zoominar! If you’ve ever sent a script in anywhere, you’ve likely gotten coverage. Coverage is simply a reader report, a summary of the material, so that execs don’t have to read everything that comes in. Coverage is essential to how Hollywood works. Oftentimes (but alas, not always,) these readers…
Many thanks to everyone who submitted to Coverage Ink’s GET REPPED NOW this year. In the eight years we’ve done this (well, nine, but we took one year off) we’ve never had so many near misses as we had this year. Out of 425 submissions, we had 44 “consider with reservations” for script. In other…
By Jim Cirile In the 20 years I’ve been running CI, not to mention over a decade writing about the biz, interviewing producers, agents and managers for The Wrap as well as the late, great Script and Creative Screenwriting magazines, well, you pick up a few things. And so as we dive in to…