Client views – Using script consultants and feedback by Adele Smaill
This is the first in a series of post by clients who have used my script coverage service. This is a useful post written by screenwriter Adele Smaill… Take it away Adele…
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New Service from a script consultant UK – Margin NOTES – the pro script edit
MARGIN NOTES / SCRIPT EDIT is now available and it costs £199 (and is only currently available to writers who have already taken up my services via a script report.
Scriptwriters – do you need an industry recommendation letter? Or a written introduction to an agent? – I can do it if your work is up to standard
Recently, a number of UK literary agents have started asking new scriptwriters for an industry introduction letter or a written introduction from someone in the industry. This is something that I have done in the past for clients who have used my UK script reading service
Who are the best script consultants?
My script reports include a detailed page-by–page read of your script (with notes and suggestions on how to improve your work) as well as detailed ‘business aspects’ advice, including: Where to send scripts in the UK – Advice on agents and how to approach them-
Actual war stories about the reality of being a working scriptwriter in the UK
Writing Alfie and Kat for EastEnders – my experience as a scriptwriter for hire and UK script consultant
I wrote the episode where ‘Alfie’ told ‘Kat’ he loved her, for the first time in EastEnders (all the way back in June 2003).
What’s the difference between a shooting script and a regular spec / sample script? – Script Consultant UK explains
Now, one of my major bugbears and a very common error by scriptwriters learning their craft is not understanding the difference between a shooting script and a regular sample (or spec) script.
I’d like to sell my series or story or script to Netflix
Hey, as a UK script consultant and BAFTA shortlisted script writer for hire I get a surprising amount of emails from people with no industry experience who have decide that their idea, script or life story would make a great series on Netflix and that all they need to do is find a way of getting that idea, script or life story in front of the bigwigs at Netflix (or Amazon or the BBC). So, that they can agree what a fab story it is, while they hand over bundles of cash to get it made.
How do I copyright a script and will my script idea get stolen? How do I protect my movie idea? Do production companies steal ideas?
Hey, as a script writer for hire and UK script consultant I do get asked a lot about whether you need to copyright your script? A lot […]
Script consultant UK – advice on approaching scriptwriting agents
As a UK script consultant I give a lot of new writers advice and help, mainly through my hugely popular Script Coverage Service. I was […]
Script consultant UK – Matthew Cooper a Judge in the Page Turner Awards 2022
I’m so very pleased to be lending my talents as a UK script consultant to the Page Turner Awards by being a judge in the […]