SCREENPLAY CONSULTING

This is studio type coverage, without a synopsis but with  emphasis on the critique. It includes:

• a minimum of 3 to 5 pages of critique
• notations in script
• a 1 hour phone or face-to-face meeting
• formatting corrections in the script

Basic coverage identifies the strengths and weaknesses of the script,  examined in terms of story, characterization, plotting, theme, scenes, as well, concept and marketability.

A writer can choose this and receive enough feedback to get to work and feel satisfied.

If a screenplay is over 130 pages, the cost increases by $15 for every 10 pages.

PAYMENT FOR BASIC COVERAGE: Full payment must be received in cash or by cashier's check with submission.

Turnaround Time: 2 weeks

Development notes are more detailed. Linda re-reads the script and evaluates its strengths, weaknesses and marketability. She analyses structure, conflict, characters, plot development, momentum, etc., and identifies the important relationships providing the story with its dramatic unity.

She offers recommendations to solve these problems, always keeping in mind the author's intent.

• The overview
• Discussion of the themes, conflict, characters and their relationships 
• The structure 
• Plot development 
• Scene evaluations
• Dialogue evaluation 
• Style and formatting issues 
• Page notes 
• Suggestions 
• 2 phone or face-to-face meetings on the work

Turnaround Time: 2 - 3 weeks

Linda suggests writers start with basic coverage,  then move according to the demands of the script. For many, the basic package works to get them started on a rewrite.

The cost increases by $25 for every 10 pages.

PAYMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT NOTES: Half of the fee is owed with the submission of the script, the balance due on completion.

Turnaround Time: 2 to 3 weeks

Linda will read rewrites for $225.

Shorts are not feature films shrunk to smaller size. They have importan considerations the writer must take into account to be successful. Linda understands these well.

A Short Screenplay Analysis includes:

• The overview
• A breakdown of the story 
• Structural evaluation 
• Analysis of the characters and the conflict 
• Discussion of the themes 
• Scene and dialogue evaluations 
• Notes in the screenplay 
• Formatting issues 
• An examination of the written style of the screenplay

• Under 15 pages: $55
• Between 15 and 30 pages:  $110
• Over 30 pages: Cost increases by $5 for every 5 pages
• Over 50 pages: $150
• Under 5 pages: Free -- but turnaround time is at my convenience

Payment for short script analysis: Full payment must be received in cash or by cashier's check with submission.

To reserve your spot, contact Linda at CONTACT and get any other information you need.

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Whether your script is a feature or a short, it must be typed in the correct format. This means:

• The type font is set at Courier 12 (this includes courier new 12 or Final Draft Courier New 12)

Margins 

• Top - 1"
• Bottom - 0.5" - 0.75"
• Left Side - 1.25" - 1.5"
• Right Side - 1"

No center justified Characters' Names or Dialogue margins.  

Please don't cheat these measurements with your screenwriting software. It is obvious to the trained eye and your script will be sent back.