What I Offer
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My basic script evaluation price is covered under "Script Scrutiny" below. Hollywood likes script 115 pages and under, so each extra page is $3. Evaluating a short film script is $3 per page. To work with you on a book as an editor or ghostwriter, every single client is different, so let's just talk about possibilities. I do my best to keep my clients very happy. You can pay me via the Web at Paypal.com using the address skippress at yahoo dotcom. If you don't have a Paypal account or have trouble navigating the site, I can email you a Paypal invoice that walks you through it with links you just click on. I'll take a check or money order via postal mail, a bank transfer, or even money via Western Union (which works for people from countries like Russia who can't access Paypal). Any other questions, you'll find me easy to reach and quick to respond, despite how busy I stay. Your Screenwriting Career - Best Basic Screenwriting Course Online Today
I taught this course for eight years, with it eventually being available in 1,500 schools. Then I took a break but now I'm teaching it again via KSurf online university. We cover:
The History of Storytelling; The Outer Story of a Screenplay; The Life of Hollywood; More Hollywood History and Your Road Forward; The Evolution of Screenwriting; The Business of Screenwriting; Mining the World to Find Your Heart; The Magic of an Unforgettable Screenplay; Superstar Screenplay Structure, Format and Structure of a Screenplay; Inside the Hero's Heart; Kids, Heroes and Memorable Characters; Inside the Villain's Brain; A Touch of Nostalgia; Organizing Your World with 3x5 Cards; Outlining a Screenplay; Structure Outside the Lines; A Closer Look at Structure; Making the Perfect Screenplay Better; Rewriting and the Road to Improvement; Reading, Polishing and Reality; Getting Feedback and Making the Best of It; Getting It Out to People Who Matter; Making Connections How's that for only $48? Hope to see you there! Comments on "Your Screenwriting Career"
Comments from students
"The course content was fantastic. I learned a subject that I've been dying to know about for years. Mr. Press took all the mystery out of films. It is fun to watch a film and pick out the elements that make up a good screenplay." "I was surprised at how much help and inspiration I gleaned from an online course, my first of this type. I have a book picked out that I plan on adapting to a screenplay and am eager to begin." "I loved this course! I will never look at movies the same way again." "Skip's writing is immaculate...He speaks to you not as an authority but as equal; instead the resonance of his truths establishes Skip's authority. For example, Skip reiterates again and again that if you are diligent and keep doing what you like you will eventually succeed and principally every thing is possible. His information is full of wisdom about what it means to be a screenwriter, navigating yourself through the Hollywood movie business and how to get where you want to go." "Mr. Press improved my screenplay 100%. I gained greater insight into how Hollywood really works." Consultations Done Via Email, Phone, Or In PersonOne Free Question - Maybe you have one big pressing question about writing and don't know where to get it answered. Well, now you do. Send me an email using the address skippress at yahoo dotcom.
Know Before You Go - $49.95 - Most scripts have flaws that should have been ironed out before being written. Hitchcock worked out films completely before the cameras rolled. Let's talk for 30 minutes and enhance your chance for success. Script Scrutiny - $250 - Many script consultants are not sold writers. One dubious professor asks $5,000 for an evaluation. I deliver: (a) notes throughout the script (most need notes); and (b) a report on how to make it saleable. Please note: every screenplay I've ever sold was rewritten several times.
Double Scrutiny Plus - $500 - I know how to sell your work as well as anyone in Hollywood. I'll read your script, read the rewrite, offer advice on people to approach, and coach you on loglines, pitching and queries.
The Big Jump - $1,000 - If you have a book, novel, or script and need a marketing plan and sales help, including writing effective sales documents, or if you want to reach potential buyers/sellers that I can contact for you, personally, this is the one for you. Reading/evaluation fees are included.
Post-Screenplay Courses Taught Via EmailYour Hollywood Breakthrough: Rewrite and Marketing Mastery - $150
A self-paced course intended for anyone who's completed a screenplay. Lessons, questions and answers are delivered via email - ssk as many questions as you like. Find out why I get personal sales and why my clients and students win contests and get movies made. End Run to Hollywood: Novelize Your Screenplay - $100
This course walks you through converting your script into a more easily sold property--a novel that could easily become "source material" in Tinseltown. It's done by email and I personally review your work. Far more novels get published than screenplays made. Your overall writing ability will improve. You'll learn how to find a literary agent, and where you can personally promote your work to the publishing industry very inexpensively.
I try to answer all emails the same day I receive them. If you don't hear from me immediately, I'll get to you soon unless I am researching the mating habits of the bonobos.
My normal turnaround time on a screenplay evaluation is 10 working days. I'll do things on a rush basis for a higher fee. In this economy, there are more screenplay consultants than ever before. I don't seek out that work, but I do get perturbed when I hear horror stories about people who have been ripped off. I've heard too many complaints about people who charge $2,000 or $5,000 and lie about their responsibility for a script or writer's success, and basically blow hot air. I offer a much more than reasonable alternative, I've been told. Let me help you. I Get Questions... And More Questions... Click and type in a question or comment The kind of compliment that makes me blush I just wanted to say that I took Skip's basic screenwriting class through the Community Education Department at Cerritos College here in Southern California, and that it helped me unlock my writing ability that had laid dormant for 20 plus years and now I'm the author of Tormented Soul (Horror) and am also working on three other books all at the same time. One of my books is nearing 208,000 words and it's all because I decided to learn from the best. Thanks, Nathaniel Armstrong, Jr. You can do it all, really Hey Skip, I just finished reading "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Screenwriting" and it definitely gave me great perspective towards my writing career. I have a script that i'm putting a final polish on and discovered that not only would it make a great film, it would make a great sitcom too! My questions is, is it possible to sell 'em as a movie and sitcom (once i write a pilot of course)? If my movie script gets picked up, is a spin off to a sitcom a probable idea? Thanks - Ramon Malpica Ramon, this is one of those "let the network figure that out" type of things. A lot of independent and established filmmakers go into television because of the almost instant gratification they get. They write it one day, they're shooting it the next. I'd say, sell your movie and hope it's a hit. If so, the networks might be coming to you to make a sitcom spinoff, or to to see what other ideas you have. If I'd only had me when I was starting out... Good day Skip, I'm a teenager who hopes to become a well known writer. You definitely helped me learn a lot about screenwriting and I thank you. Though, I have a problem. I love writing, but I just can't find the right amount of ambition to write something without losing my mood that I have set into the story. So I ask, what can I do to help myself gather up enough courage to write what I love and keep at it? Dear Nameless... introduce yourself, don't be shy. You might try sitting in some great place like a park or some coffee shop or diner you like, and handwriting the scenes one by one on index cards. Or even with a pen and pad. What you're probably worrying about subconsciously is how your work will be received, once written. Get these things out of your head and into the real world, and then you'll start learning for real. It's OK to mess up! The script for the movie "Cast Away" was rewritten 35 times! |
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