If you’ve landed an agent or manager, congratulations! You’re well on your way. But don’t think you can rest on your laurels and the jobs will just be rolling in. Sorry, we all wish it worked that way, but it doesn’t. Here is what you need to do to keep your career moving forward and…
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…
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…
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%.) 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…
Trying to figure out what to buy for that difficult, picky screenwriter in your life — even if that person is you? Fear not! Coverage Ink is here with our annual gift guide to help you look like a champ without emptying the wallet. 1) INDEX CARD 4 for iPad ($4.99) One key piece of…
Almost 750 submissions. Thirty-three readers. Five months of reading. And it all comes down to this. The Coverage, Ink Get Repped Now! “considers” for 2021. The best of the best. CONGRATULATIONS to our considers! David L. Williams – INTERGALACTIC D. Anthony – TRICKING GRAVITY Jordan M. Horowitz – FEVER DREAM Johnny Pickavance –…
by Jim Cirile Alright, enough time has passed. We need to talk about EL CAMINO. It wasn’t very good. SPOILERS TO FOLLOW… And we’re not even talking about Jesse Plemons’ inexplicably obese return as Todd Alquist. Heck, if he was female, they would have made it contractual that he was a certain weight….