The CI Magic Query Letter Formula Introduction: Why Query Letters Matter (and Why They Often Fail) The CI Magic Query Letter Formula Query letters! Your key to the castle of the entertainment industry… maybe… or maybe not. Often writers are surprised that they can send out dozens of queries and the response is still crickets….
The protagonist plans a difficult, daring heist… and everything goes smoothly. The protagonist wants nothing more than to land the coveted promotion they have worked for… and they do. The protagonist is terrified of screwing up this all-important date… but it’s all rainbows and unicorns. Hmmm… what’s wrong with this picture? You guessed it: a…
Two massive IPs dropped new content (er, movies) recently – “Jurassic World: Rebirth” and James Gunn’s reboot of “Superman.” Now I haven’t seen either of these films… and I probably won’t. I suffer from a terrible malady – bad movies and TV shows make my BLOOD BOIL and leave me angry for days. My cardiologist makes enough money….
Seven considers so far, with around 250 more submissions still to evaluate. Reading will continue throughout the summer! How about a hand for these seven amazing writers? Ari Donnelly – POWER COUPLE (half-hour comedy pilot) – a hilarious, over-the-top, will-they-or-won’t-they love story between a snarky female superhero and her arch nemesis. A ridiculously fun, fresh voice driving…
Hey, I’m Writing a Film Script for the First Time. Can You Help Me? We got this message the other day, and it kind of made our head spin a bit. We decided to answer it in the most no-BS way possible. That is such a broad question we could spend many hours answering it….
Introduction: A Sudden Surge in Considers We figured this might happen. After almost three months of reading Get Repped Now submissions (and finding only three “considers” in that time,) boom – three more just this week. That has to do with many of you polishing and resubmitting at deadline (nice!) And of course other folks…
Our third consider for 2025 comes from writer Michelle Farhang, whose quirky YA coming-of-age dramedy JOON tickled our reader’s fancy and impressed the CI management team. Michelle is an aspiring screenwriter drawn to exploring the human experience — and all the existential questions that come with it — through comedic, character-driven stories. Her eclectic experiences include…
This year has been especially tough for emerging as well as established screenwriters. TV in particular has taken a massive hit as the bottom has finally fallen out of streaming, with 40% fewer writers working in TV than at this time last year. Yikes. Theatrical features have suffered as well, with many “sure thing” movies…
Well, first of all, it sucks! Really, it does. We know. We’ve been there. Many times. We’re all writers, too. The reason we wanted to bring up this not-very-fun subject is because we got quite a few disappointed and/or angry emails after our 5/31 deadline from writers who had hoped for, and/or felt they deserved,…
Students of the biz know that superhero-anything right now is in a bad place. Unless the project is based on well-known source material, they’re super tough to get read right now. They’re right down there with WWII movies and period dramas in terms of not-so-much marketability. The Power of a Great Script And so it was…
