Services provided are: story analysis, treatment analysis, ghostwriting, rewriting and adaptation of novel to screenplay form. Please visit www.coverscript.com for details.

Lynne Pembroke has been a screenplay/TV script analyst for the past eighteen years, getting her start in 1986 as an Assistant to the Director of Creative Affairs at Stephen Cannell Productions. Included in her experience is work as an analyst/editor for an Emmy Award winning Children's Animation TV Producer/Writer. In 1990, she branched out and started her own screenplay/script analysis company, Coverscript. Her industry clients include studios, among them, The Walt Disney Studios and ABC TV Entertainment along with various independent producers and agents. As well as being a judge for several prestigious screenplay competitions and writer's fellowship programs. Lynne has also written TV game show material and has several poems and a humor/fantasy novel among her published credits.

After using Lynne's service her individual screenwriting clients have had many successes. Among the most recent is the second place winner in the 2002 Scriptapalooza Screenwriting Contest, who since has had many producers knocking at his door. And another writer who received an offer for a 30 day exclusive option from a producer the first week of marketing his screenplay.

Many screenplays are written. Of those, few are sold and even less are produced. Therefore it behooves the writer to create his/her best effort before leaving the starting gate. It is very important to have the basics of screenwriting under one's belt -- formatting, characters, dialogue, structure, story line, plotting - before submitting a screenplay for industry consideration. Coverscript is here to help in all those areas, and more, thereby increasing the writer's chances of receiving a Consider or Recommend rating from an agent, producer, screenplay contest or studio reader - the first hurdle the screenwriter will face.

Lynne's Script Analysis Service covers the above elements, letting the writer know what is good about their screenplay as well as what areas need improvement and suggestions on how to improve them. The rates for this service are very reasonable. The reason for this is twofold: Lynne loves what she does and her motivation is to nurture the writer's talent to see him/her succeed.

TV Script up to 30 pages --$ 65
TV Script up to 60 pages --$ 85
Screenplay up to 125 pages --$167 (as of October 15, 2003)

ENDORSEMENTS

"I knew I needed help from a professional script analyst, but I didn't want "just anybody" to play such an important part in the development of my work. I had five screenplays that needed coverage and notes. Establishing the relationship was as simple as clicking onto Lynne's URL.
"Lynne's comments were so cogent and pertinent that they could not be ignored and I can honestly say that being introduced to her is the best thing that's ever happened to my writing. Without her help, my scripts would never have attracted the kind of response they did; one optioned, another exclusively represented by a WGA Agent, and one being developed by a manager/producer.
"Her complete honesty is tempered by the gentle care she communicates while targeting specific problems and offering specific solutions. I highly recommend Lynne to anyone serious about moving to the next step in this business."
-- G.F., Valencia, California.

"Lynne Pembroke was worth every dime. Her comments were direct, insightful and most importantly, useful. My latest script just took second place in the 2002 Scriptapalooza screenwriting competition. That wouldn't have happened without Lynne."
-- M.P., Westlake Village, CA.

"I would absolutely rate her analytical ability and judgment as 5 out of 5."
-- L. J., Director, Venice Arts Screenwriting Competition.

"As Director of the program before my recent retirement, I can vouch for Lynne's excellent coverage. As a reader with the Program since its inception in 1990…Lynne lived up to her reputation. Lynne's enthusiasm and obvious love of the work, coupled with her efficient ability to handle volumes of scripts without sacrificing insight and critical analysis, made her a very valuable asset to our Program." -- S. L., Former Director, The Walt Disney and ABC Entertainment Writing Fellowship Program And Former Vice President, ABC Current Comedy Series.

"We use Lynne as one of our readers and have found her coverage to be fast yet thorough, concise, offers excellent suggestions regarding possible rewrites, and she has a keen eye for catching anomalies most other readers never recognize. We recommend Lynne Pembroke with no reservations and anyone using her services will not be disappointed." -- C. B., President, C D B Literary Company.

"First of all, your feedback made all the difference to our screenplay. We went through and completely revised it and sent it along to an agent in NYC who had read the earlier version. He said…Somewhere between that first version and this one you learned how to write a screenplay…I gave credit where credit was due. He's now representing it, with great enthusiasm, thanks to you." --B.F., Santa Cruz, CA.

Lynne looks forward to working with you. Please view Lynne's web site at www.coverscript.com and/or contact Lynne by email at lynnepem@aol.com

Suggestions to the screenwriter:

Read: THE SCREENWRITER'S BIBLE by David Trottier
THE ART OF SCREENWRITING by William Packard
CREATING UNFORGETTABLE CHARACTERS by Linda Seger
ON WRITING WELL by William Zinsser
STORY SENSE: WRITING STORY AND SCRIPT FOR FEATURE FILM
AND TELEVISION by Paul Lucey
THE SCREENPLAYS OF MOVIES THAT HAVE BEEN PRODUCED

Watch: A LOT OF MOVIES, GOOD AND BAD AS WELL AS THE UGLY, OF ALL GENRES

Do: JOIN WRITERS' GROUPS
TAKE SCREENWRITING CLASSES
WRITE, WRITE, WRITE and when that's complete, WRITE some more.

For your protection, prior to sending your script to anyone, you should register your work with the United States Copyright office at www.loc.gov/copyright/ and/or the Writers Guild of America at www.wga.org