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Friday, September 6, 2013
Discount On Writer's Market 2014
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Thursday, September 5, 2013
A Screenwriter’s Tragedy
This is a very sad story. I want to share it with you. This past spring a client, a new writer, had contracted an agent for one of his many screenplays. Before the agent could begin marketing the script, he reviewed it and made a list of things for the writer to work on.The writer contacted me for help. I agreed. I read what the agent wrote. To my surprise it was a list of the very things I had written in the critique for the writer’s very some script. I read the script and found that the writer had not made the changes I had suggested in my critique. If he had, he would not have had to do the work on the script required by the agent.
I contacted the writer and told him to do everything the agent said to do. I even wrote out the scene ideas and stated where to put them in the script. Well, a week ago I got a crying email from the writer stating that the agent decided not to represent the script. The writer wants me to read the new version he had written, “I can’t understand why he rejected it.”I read the script. I see why the agent decided to turn it down. The writer did not do everything the agent and I said.
Let this be a lesson to a writer of screenplays and books. The agent knows best. The agent knows the market and what readers and produces want. So when they tell you, the writer, what to do, do it. Don’t be proud. A virtue of a writer is to listen to criticism, take criticism, and have the ability to write exactly what agents and producers want, not just what you want.
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Do You Have What It Takes To Be A Screenwriter?
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| Screenwriting Careers: The Biggest Tragedy of All by Corey Mandell Why are some writers able to achieve careers while most aren’t After three decades of research into what separates those who are able to achieve creative success from those who aren’t, Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck believes the answer is rooted in a person’s mindset. According to Dweck, those who believe they were born with all the talent they’re ever going to have approach life with a “fixed-mind set.” Those who believe their abilities can expand over time have a “growth-mind set.” And it’s the people with a growth-mind set who go on to success. | ||
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| Do You Really Want To Become A Screenwriter by Michael Hauge Almost every writer and every serious film fan at one time or another has at least considered writing a screenplay. Lured by the power of the big (or small) screen, and by stories of all the fame, success, awards and big, big money that other screenwriters have achieved, they get seduced by the fantasy of Hollywood. Now no doubt some of you reading these words have already achieved a career in the industry. But my guess is that most of you are still at the 'breaking in' stage and are wondering if writing for movies or television is a silly pipe dream -- or is truly worth considering. I'd like to help you answer that question by discussing some of the realities of the movie and television business and offering both the right and the wrong motives for pursuing Hollywood. Do You Have What It Takes To Be A Screenwriter? | ||
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Building Your Screenwriting Career
Read Moreby Lee Jessup Making it as a screenwriter is possible – but it’s not going to be easy. People ask me why I remain optimistic about a writer’s ability to break into the industry, and it boils down to this: I see people, friends, clients and colleagues, break in every day. But those who break in had to work at it, to stick to it in good and bad times, and keep working towards their goals. The more prolific you are, the better your chances. While you may have every faith that your first script is as good as it’s going to get, the one consistent common thread that I found between all the writers I know who broke in is this: All of them wrote all the time, produced new content on an ongoing basis, be those feature scripts, TV pilots, short stories or graphic novels. The more you write, the more opportunities you will have to hook fans and make a case for your future career. Approach your career professionally. |
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I will be happy to work with you.
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Critique - cover the follow:
-Introduction
- Development
-Climax
-Conclusion
-Character development
-Mid point development
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Edits and Critiques will continue to be offered separately if a writer just wants one or the other.
Edits: $48.00 flat fee
- covers proper formatting, grammar, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure.
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Critique: $58.00 flat fee
-Introduction
- Development
-Climax
-Conclusion
-Character development
-Mid point development
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Edit - covers proper formatting, grammar, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure.
Critique - cover the follow:
-Introduction
- Development
-Climax
-Conclusion
-Character development
-Mid point development
Turnaround time is 3 weeks
Edits and Critiques will continue to be offered separately if a writer just wants one or the other.
Edits: $48.00 flat fee
- covers proper formatting, grammar, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure.
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Critique: $58.00 flat fee
-Introduction
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-Conclusion
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-Mid point development
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Friday, August 23, 2013
2014 Hollywood Screenwriting Directory
Hello, readers.
I got this email today. I want to share it with you. I strongly recommend you buy the Hollywood Screenwriting Directory. Screen writers I have worked with have gotten their scripts sold using this directory. The Writer Store offers feedback on screenplays and query letter as well.
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Monday, August 19, 2013
Directory Of Producers and Agents Buying Scripts & Screenplays
Dear readers,
I strongly suggest buying this directory. Writers I worked with have used and got responses.
I only provide Critique service for fiction novels. Why fiction only? Because fiction is my strong point.
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Hello everyone,
If you plan to enter your script in a screenplay contest and would like to have your script proofread or critique by a fresh pair of eyes, I am offering a discount on my service:
Edits: $43.00 Contest discount
Critiques: $53.00 Contest discount
Edit and Critique Combo: $ 65.00 Contest discount
Edits: $43.00 Contest discount
Critiques: $53.00 Contest discount
Edit and Critique Combo: $ 65.00 Contest discount
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Not entering a contest but need help with your writing? Try my services at regular prices.
Screenplay Service
Film Scripts ServiceEdit and Critique combos: $75.00 discount flat fee.
Edit - covers proper formatting, grammar, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure.
Critique - cover the follow:
-Introduction
- Development
-Climax
-Conclusion
-Character development
-Mid point development
Turnaround time is 3 weeks
Edits and Critiques will continue to be offered separately if a writer just wants one or the other.
Edits: $48.00 flat fee
- covers proper formatting, grammar, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure.
Turnaround time 2 weeks
Critique: $58.00 flat fee
-Introduction
- Development
-Climax
-Conclusion
-Character development
-Mid point development
Turnaround time 2 weeks
I provide query letter writing service for scripts and books.
Query Letter: $28.00 flat fee
Turnaround time 2 weeks
Not entering a contest but need help with your writing? Try my services at regular prices.
Screenplay Service
Film Scripts ServiceEdit and Critique combos: $75.00 discount flat fee.
Edit - covers proper formatting, grammar, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure.
Critique - cover the follow:
-Introduction
- Development
-Climax
-Conclusion
-Character development
-Mid point development
Turnaround time is 3 weeks
Edits and Critiques will continue to be offered separately if a writer just wants one or the other.
Edits: $48.00 flat fee
- covers proper formatting, grammar, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure.
Turnaround time 2 weeks
Critique: $58.00 flat fee
-Introduction
- Development
-Climax
-Conclusion
-Character development
-Mid point development
Query letter Service
I provide query letter writing service for scripts and books.
Query Letter: $28.00 flat fee
Turnaround time 2 weeks
Book Consulting Service
Critique: $87.00 flat fee
Turnaround time 3.5 weeks
I do not edit books. I only critique them. Editing books requires a lot of time consuming detail.
If you are interested in my services, feel free to contact me at
ahicks4298@q.com or call at (360) 696 - 4298
I will be happy to work with you.
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Tuesday, August 13, 2013
James Scott Bell: Fiction Writing Mistakes
Hello.
Please read this article if you are writing a novel or screenplay. This was sent to me in a newsletter From Writer Digest.
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By James Scott Bell
First drafting should be a wild and wonderful ride, full of discovery, dreams and promises. But at some point you have to settle down and make the book really work. You need to approach your manuscript with sober objectivity and knowledge of the craft.
Having reviewed hundreds of manuscripts over the years, I've identified the five mistakes that most regularly turn up. Start your revision by addressing these, and you'll immediately change your story for the better.
1. Happy People in Happy Land
Chief among the most common problems, in first chapters especially, are scenes presenting characters who are perfectly happy in their ordinary worlds. The writer thinks that by showing nice people doing nice things, readers will care about these pleasant folk when the characters are finally hit with a problem.
But readers actually engage with plot via trouble, threat, change or challenge. I call the first hint of this the opening disturbance. It can be stunning, as in Jodi Picoult's Lone Wolf, which begins:
Seconds before our truck slams into the tree, I remember the first time I tried to save a life.
Or it can be something quieter, a single item that is off kilter, as in the opening of Sarah Pekkanen's The
Opposite of Me:
As I pulled open the heavy glass door of Richards, Dunne & Krantz and walked down the long hallway toward the executive offices, I noticed a light was on up ahead.
Lights were never on this early.
Although Happy People most commonly appear in Chapter 1, that doesn't mean you can let your guard down once you've opened with a bang. As your novel progresses, look out for stops in Happy Land.
While revising my novel Don't Leave Me, I noticed a scene in which my protagonist, Chuck Samson, a teacher recovering from his wife's death, goes with his autistic brother to a colleague's apartment for dinner. The host, knowing that Chuck used to do magic when his wife was alive, asks him to do a trick. Chuck resists but is cajoled into it. In the original version he performed a disappearing knife trick successfully, and everyone was pleased until the cops arrived at the door at the end of the scene.
I decided this was too happy. In my published version, Chuck blows it:
... the knife slid off his lap and hit the floor with a clank.
"Oops," Stan said.
Chuck had not blown that trick in twenty years. He looked at his hands like they were foreign objects that had betrayed him.
Wendy laughed good naturedly. But when Chuck looked at her, she stopped laughing.
Trouble is your business. Make more of it.
2. A World Without Fear
The best novels, the ones that stay with you all the way to the end-and beyond-have the threat of death hanging over every scene ...
To continue with the 5 Biggest Fiction Writing Mistakes (& How to Fix Them),click here.
Hello everyone,
If you plan to enter your script in a screenplay contest and would like to have your script proofread or critique by a fresh pair of eyes, I am offering a discount on my service:
Edits: $43.00 Contest discount
Critiques: $53.00 Contest discount
Edit and Critique Combo: $ 65.00 Contest discount
Edits: $43.00 Contest discount
Critiques: $53.00 Contest discount
Edit and Critique Combo: $ 65.00 Contest discount
****************************************************
Not entering a contest but need help with your writing? Try my services at regular prices.
Screenplay Service
Film Scripts ServiceEdit and Critique combos: $75.00 discount flat fee.
Edit - covers proper formatting, grammar, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure.
Critique - cover the follow:
-Introduction
- Development
-Climax
-Conclusion
-Character development
-Mid point development
Turnaround time is 3 weeks
Edits and Critiques will continue to be offered separately if a writer just wants one or the other.
Edits: $48.00 flat fee
- covers proper formatting, grammar, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure.
Turnaround time 2 weeks
Critique: $58.00 flat fee
-Introduction
- Development
-Climax
-Conclusion
-Character development
-Mid point development
Turnaround time 2 weeks
I provide query letter writing service for scripts and books.
Query Letter: $28.00 flat fee
Turnaround time 2 weeks
Not entering a contest but need help with your writing? Try my services at regular prices.
Screenplay Service
Film Scripts ServiceEdit and Critique combos: $75.00 discount flat fee.
Edit - covers proper formatting, grammar, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure.
Critique - cover the follow:
-Introduction
- Development
-Climax
-Conclusion
-Character development
-Mid point development
Turnaround time is 3 weeks
Edits and Critiques will continue to be offered separately if a writer just wants one or the other.
Edits: $48.00 flat fee
- covers proper formatting, grammar, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure.
Turnaround time 2 weeks
Critique: $58.00 flat fee
-Introduction
- Development
-Climax
-Conclusion
-Character development
-Mid point development
Query letter Service
I provide query letter writing service for scripts and books.
Query Letter: $28.00 flat fee
Turnaround time 2 weeks
Book Consulting Service
Critique: $87.00 flat fee
Turnaround time 3.5 weeks
I do not edit books. I only critique them. Editing books requires a lot of time consuming detail.
If you are interested in my services, feel free to contact me at
ahicks4298@q.com or call at (360) 696 - 4298
I will be happy to work with you.
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