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…
GET REPPED NOW! is on the horizon once again (3/17 through 5/31) and we really want you guys to do well. Here again is our weekly column of screenwriting tips. Today, let’s talk about… Writing Slick Scene Descriptions This is a great place to show off your voice, but never forget that…
Screenwriter Becky Fink blew us all away here at Coverage Ink with her clever little holiday rom/com “Stuck on Christmas,” which she submitted to Get Repped Now in 2022. Logline: After a one-night stand during a Christmas Eve blizzard on the way to her mother’s house, a hot mess of a woman who’s been…
GET REPPED NOW! is on the horizon once again (3/17 through 5/31,) and we really want you guys to do well. Hence, we’ve decided to post screenwriting tips right here every week. Today, let’s talk about… Writing Snazzy Character Intros Screenplay writing is all about efficiency of prose. Nobody wants to read endless chunks of…
Every now and again you hear something that for lifts one’s beleaguered, stomped-into-the-dirt screenwriter spirits and acts as a candle in the dark. This is one of those stories. Meet screenwriter Brian Ruberry. Ruberry is one of the panelists of our upcoming It’s a Wonderful Script Zoominar this Saturday. He’d been writing for most of…
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…
Our Halloween horror-themed Zoominar SCARY GOOD: The Business of Horror Screenwriting, is now available on demand on our Vimeo channel. Featuring a panel of horror experts – writers, producers, and a manager – talking about what works and what doesn’t, how to get your script noticed, and how to get it out there. PANEL Ian…
Susan Azim Boyer’s “Jasmine Zumideh Needs a Win” was just published by St. Martin’s Press. She talks about her journey and what it took to get it out there. By Susan Azim Boyer If writing is a marathon, I’ve made it through the ticker tape at mile 46 and am proud to be making my…