Here is our… Screenwriting Tip of the Week Last week, we talked about editing. This week, let’s talk about a related subject: FORWARD MOMENTUM Does every scene move the story forward? Does it advance the plot or give us new insight into a character? In a perfect world, it should do both at the same…
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…
Join us for a Halloween horror extravaganza! Jim Cirile, Tanya Klein and our team of CI horror experts will take you on a fast-paced, no-BS exploration of horror screenwriting for 2022 and beyond. Featuring special guests including working screenwriters and top-tier horror reps! We’ll be covering a lot in two hours, so hold on tight. Writing…
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…
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…
Announcing the Get Repped Now 2022 industry panel! 15 reps from 13 top companies, all searching for the next great screenwriting voice. Last time out we helped three of our considers land representation. So get those screenplays and pilots ready to rock. Get Repped Now launches April 4th.
Last year’s GET REPPED NOW saw us read over 600 pilot and feature scripts, and 13 were awarded the coveted “consider” for script (around top 4%.)Â While many of those scripts got the writers meetings with our reps, alas, it doesn’t always work out, for various reasons. The most common: the rep has recently seen,…
We couldn’t be more excited about this. Last time out, two of our considers got SIGNED, and a third is still in play. We’ll be making an official announcement about this as soon as we can. If your script didn’t score a consider last time out, don’t despair. Everyone’s gonna have another bite at the…