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Congrats to CI story analyst par excellence Sal Cardoni and his writing partner Brian Rawlins. They just set up an untitled Vatican-based exorcism thriller at Paramount. Molly’s Game producer Matt Jackson is attached. Check out the full article right here at The Hollywood Reporter. SC is one our our most in-demand story analysts (now you…

by Jim Cirile Now that we’ve done Get Repped Now a few times, we’ve gotten to know the managers’ tastes pretty well. They tend to be pretty direct about what they’re looking for. If you haven’t read our article 5 Ways to Rock Our Manager Panel, you should check it out. Here are a few…

Hey, y’all! My latest article for the Wrap is now live. We’re talking about how the assignment game works in Hollywood — who gets to play, who does not. How can emerging writers get in on what’s been called “the bread and butter of Hollywood?” Check out the article and find out.   –Jim Cirile

Howdy, fellow screenwriters, TV writers, and creators of screenplays extraordinaire. In case you missed our Do You Have What It Takes? webinar last weekend, we’ve posted the whole kit and kaboodle on the YouTubes for your viewing pleasure. So get comfy, ’cause it’s gonna be saucy. Another 90 minutes of sage advice, anecdotes and cautionary…

Howdy, fellow scribes! There’s a reason why so many writers give up after five years and move back home to Butthurt, Utah. This biz is HARD. Rejection is the norm. How can you steel yourself to survive the slings and arrows while you spend the years necessary to break in? Join us for another fun…

Hey everybody, Our latest webinar The Importance of the First Ten, discussing those crucial first ten pages of your screenplay or pilot and how to make sure they rock – is now up. Click below to watch/listen! Remember to sign up for our mailing list to be notified every time we do a new webinar….

Howdy, fellow scribes, It was a super fun and informative webinar this past weekend, and we painstakingly laid out many common (and a few not-so-common) gaffes we all tend to make — both while we’re up and coming as well as after we get repped. In case you missed it, here’s the video! https://youtu.be/rcWre_Jv9D8 Questions…

Back in the ’90s, I was working with a producer of some note on a go movie project, and that producer wanted things a certain way. Now I did not agree with that producer’s take; in fact, I thought his approach was so appallingly wrongheaded and destructive to the project that I literally gave myself…