Academy Writers
Clinic


The Bad News

If you have finished a screenplay or want to embark on the  screenwriting journey, pat yourself on the back for being a brave soul and prepare yourself to find:

You may have trouble getting someone in Hollywood to READ your masterpiece.   And if you do, it will likely be read by several readers (all of whom must enjoy it), before finding its way to the production executive who controls the purse strings.

Well written screenplays often do not get considered for purchase.  There are many combinations of reasons that may result in your material being "passed on" (i.e., "failed").   Usually it is the concept that kills you.  They may tell you it is "uninvolving," "too familiar," "not marketable," "not castable," or that there is a project like it already in development or production.  They'll critique your writing and story telling as a whole.  They'll focus on your dialogue or your characters.  They will pick you apart.  

Looking at the number of screenplays registered each year at the Writers Guild versus the number of yearly screenplay sales will tell you that your chances of success are poor.  And here's the kicker...

Even exceptional screenplays may die on the vine if they fail to fall into the ever-changing conceptual "niches" that Hollywood execs are looking to fill.  Sometimes it has nothing to do with you...the studio may simply tell you that they  "are not buying right now" (read, restructuring their business plan or changing management) .

Discouraged?  If so, good.  Your options are simple:  Fight or Flight.  If you chose to run away now, we may have saved you years of agony.  But if, like most writers, you want to roll up your sleeves and wrestle those demons you've woven into 120 pages...it is time to go to work.  

On to the the good news...

 

List Of Services:

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Studio-style coverage with synopsis

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1-Page comments/critique without synopsis

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2-Page comments/critique without synopsis

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Follow-up Coverage w/Synopsis

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In-depth Screenplay Analysis

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Phone Consultation (1/2 hr)

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Phone Consultation (1 hr)

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Proof read screenplay with line by line page 
notes hand written in screenplay and returned

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Query letter/pitch letter writing 
(up to five drafts will be critiqued)

 

Contact Information

Postal address
2118 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 160A, Santa Monica, CA  90403
E-mail address
info@AcademyWriters.com