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Anything more than 90 pages is not "short," so long as it's long enough to tell the story well. I'd do a one-page synopsis and a three-page synopsis. That's generally the range asked for. I'd hold off on doing a detailed treatment unless asked. In my experience (others may have a different...

If you're unproduced, that's a good deal. Take it, write the script. Having your name on IMDB as a produced screenwriter is worth far more than any back-end percentage points that, by the way, have a mysterious way of disappearing completely after the accountants do their thing.

I don't think so. He's a hot new director from Argentina, now in L.A. working on some projects in English. The script he's interested in is my Nicholl semifinalist biopic on the great Spanish poet, Federico Garcia Lorca, for who's work he has a passion.

True. Let's see what he says. If he doesn't love it enough to want to help push it forward, then I'll defer and thank him. The thing is, his talent, visual style and creative sensibility is perfect for the material.

Thanks, Sweetie and Sky I think your advice is right. After thinking about it some more and talking to some others in the industry, the consensus seems to be that, while it's good news that an established, successful director thinks highly enough of the project to want to be attached, he could...

I've used Lynne Pembroke at coverscript.com several times, and she does a thorough, succinct, and professional job (if you use her, mention my name -- maybe she'll give me a discount in the future :) ). Can I ask why three? Usually one or two will give you a pretty good idea how a reader at...

Agreed. My intention wasn't to be harsh, just to point out the questions a decent writer will ask before they'd consider any kind of collaboration. I understand not wanting to share his idea or concept in a public forum, but he's not going to get many serious responses to such a terse...

1. Will the monologue break the third wall? 2. Mantodea. Sexual cannibalism. The males, it is said, know the risks and yet go to their deaths because of the strength of the sexual instinct which overrides the instinct to avoid death. For humans, in private, instinct takes the lead and...

Never mind maz, Giovanni, he thinks movies happen without screenplays. :D What kind of story? Just a "pretty good" story? Not a knock-your-socks off, fresh, producers will be beating down the doors to buy it story? Why would I want to collaborate on just a "pretty good" story? Why do you...

JUST a screenwriter??? LOL

So my feature script LORCA has generated a lot of interest. I was just contacted by a director who loves the script and wants to be attached. He has an amazing resume, and his music videos and TV ads are world-class. Problem is, I'm not sure what's involved in having a director "attached." I...

Hey, Richy Thanks for taking a look. Cate Blanchett? Yes, please! It's one thing writing dialogue between a god or demi-god and a human being. Trying to do so between two such characters is a real challenge. I was shooting for a Shakespearean thing, but with an ironic, contemporary twist...

I look forward to it!

Everything will depend on the screenplay and the screenwriter. VO is helpful and done well in many films. It's also overused and annoying in others, especially if the VO is in the third person limited. Why keep it in third person? If you own the rights, you can do whatever the hell you want...

Showtime has announced the return of Twin Peaks as a limited series beginning in 2016! Even though it was a bit of a mess in some ways, it proved you didn't have to produce TV episodes so they could be watched in any order, and thus began the golden age of narrative series. Coffee and a...

Hey, Filman. Thanks for the read and your thoughts. I realize it's difficult to take something out of its natural context and try to give feedback. I was hoping for some dark humor, but it's not intended to be funny as such. If that's how it came across, then I do need to work on it. Yo...

This is a 4-page scene from my current WIP. Genre: Fantasy/Horror Brief Context: The archangel Uriel has manifest in the body of a young woman with amnesia. She's recovered parts of her memory and confronts her nemesis, the demon Dantalion, who has kidnapped the young man who found her, and...

Not necessarily. Conjunctions work nicely to make one sentence out of two. Ha!

1. Orwell is a plus. 2. "Based on a true story" is a plus. I'd include both. When deciding if they want to purchase it, the money boys will be balancing marketability against VERY HIGH production costs for this project. A war story AND one with a famous literary figure gives you the war...

Hmmmm... Well , it's a judgment call then. Is this a spec script, or are writing on a contract? If you're trying to sell it, I'd err on the side of using whatever I had to increase interest and marketability. Period war stories are notoriously expensive to make. Heh. If you'd like another set...