Recommended Screenwriters

Why would an intelligent screenwriter mislead their audience? One simple and very important reason — to increase the drama the audience experiences. Some of the most dramatic moments in movies occur when the audience is misled, then the truth is revealed. In a mystery script, for example, what looks like the most supportive person in

Screenwriter Kevin Lee Miller (ProSeries 17) has been signed by manager Peter Meyer. Meyer’s client list includes both new and veteran screenwriters in film and TV, including “Sideways” author Rex Pickett and scribe Eric Bergen, who wrote “The Elephant Man” and “Frances”.   This news came on the heels of Kevin’s deal with Sony producer Harry

Screenwriter Germaine de Pibrac James (ProSeries 10) has been hired by a Los Angeles production company to adapt a popular book into a screenplay.  The budget is currently set at $10 million.  Details on this one are confidential while the production company brings in other elements (actors and a director).  But Germaine was on a

Screenwriter Dave McGlone (ProSeries 23) has completed a paid screenwriting assignment for Director Pedro Brenner and Producer Suresh Menon for the screenplay titled “REDRESS.” The feature script was born in a meeting in May, 2010 at the Swansea bay film festival in the UK during a brainstorm session. And now the work of a screenwriter

Screenwriter / producer Simon Adams (ProSeries OZ) is airing the pilot for his TV Series, Scariacs, on Nickelodeon Australia this Halloween. The show will play Oct. 31st, at 7:00pm, as part of a Halloween Special. Together with writer/director Shane Elsmore, Simon won the Nickelodeon Australia 2008 ‘Land A Pilot’ competition.  They formed their production, Roboto

Writers are always asking for feedback.  The assumption is that it is always helpful.  In many cases, it is.  But there are those cases you should watch out for. Want to hear a horror story? Frances, a writer in one of my classes, told me about an experience in her first screenwriting class. "It was

Screenwriter Rick Holmes (ProSeries 21) has secured representation with Leslie Kallen Management, who is currently promoting his script, a female “Taken” movie. Rick found his manager through his screenwriter network.   A friend of Rick’s handed one of his scripts to an ex-producer (“Starsky and Hutch”, “Family Man”) who liked it so much he recommended Rick

Screenwriter Kevin Lee Miller (ProSeries 17) had his action/comedy screenplay, “Happy Mother’s Day,” optioned by Producer Harry Gittes.    The script is the story of an honest Chicago cop who battles to protect three mob witnesses from competing hit men only to discover the most ruthless assassin on his trail is…his own mother. Gittes is

One of the reasons I love working with screenwriters is because you are pursuing your dream. You are taking steps every day to make an amazing goal happen. That means you have far more life than most people. It also means you must keep your vision alive and make decisions based upon that vision. There

Every once in a while, you'll see a scene that has you totally captivated — even though it is a 100% talking heads scene. That's right, not one bit of action, but the level of drama is so high that you are engrossed. How can that be? What is it that is so special about