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ScriptDoctor911.com offers screenwriters a page-by-page red-ink edit.
This is a comprehensive script doctoring, and it includes a dialogue polish
and story notes.
The average cost is under $400.
Your screenplay will be edited by Aubrey M. Horton (an award-winning screenwriter
who's doctored four writers who've won national screenwriting competitions).
Horton received his MFA in screenwriting from UCLA film school, a.k.a.,
"the Harvard of screenwriting." He's had two development deals
and has consulted on projects for Warner Bros., Paramount, and HBO. He's
also worked as a freelance story analyst for the Dick Clark Film Group.
When you check out Horton's long list of "success stories" on
ScriptDoctor911.com -- you'll discover that he's doctored scripts for screenwriters:
-- Who've had their scripts go to camera;
-- Who've signed with agents/managers;
-- Who've made the semifinals in Nicholl (3 writers), Chesterfield (averages
3 writers a year), Austin Heart of Film , CineStory, Final Draft, and the
finals/SFs/QFs in many other national screenwriting competitions. In 1999,
a screenwriter (who has had several scripts doctored by Horton) wrote a
project which won a Golden Globe nomination.
Horton has also edited five books for the Directors Guild; he's worked as
a judge for two screenwriting competitions; he's given lectures at Barnes
& Noble, Book People, Borders Books, and St. Edward's University; and
he's taught numerous screenwriting workshops.
* Consultations
Aubrey M. Horton offers in-depth feedback on screenplays. His MFA Method
(tm) is based upon the techniques used at UCLA film school.
Your script will be notated with suggestions. Typos and formatting mistakes
will be highlighted.
The dialogue will be polished as needed. Extraneous scenes will be cut.
Suggestions for improvement (e.g., new scene ideas, enhanced characterizations,
plot clarifications, etc.) will be given as needed.
Your script will be notated per a red-ink edit.
An overall evaluation of the quality of the work will be offered in written
form.
Companion notes will be returned with the screenplay (as required) - when
the script is mailed back to the writer.
* Doc Fees
Evaluation Fee -- $38
Doctoring Fee -- $260 to $520 (varies per writer's level and story density)
Average Doctoring Fee -- $352
Note: Your screenplay's format density and story complexity are the parameters
used in the calculation of the doctoring quote.
When you send in your screenplay for an evaluation, you must also include
a $38 evaluation fee in order for a doctoring fee to be quoted. The doctoring
fee will vary from $260 to $520, but the average doctoring fee is $352.
(Your doctoring-fee quote will be dependent upon the editing needs of your
individual script.)
Your $38 evaluation fee is non-refundable and only covers the cost to evaluate
your screenplay for the editing process. No screenplay will be reviewed
without the advanced payment of the $38 evaluation fee.
Once your screenplay is evaluated - you'll be e-mailed (or snail-mailed)
a letter which quotes the required doctoring fee . . . which must be paid
before the work will begin. If you decide not to pay the doctoring fee,
you are under no obligation to do so.
Normally, you'll receive a doctoring quote within 1 to 2 weeks.
This doctoring quote will include a time estimate as to how long the editing
work will take.
In most cases the turnaround time will be from 2 to 3 weeks upon receipt
of the doctoring fee.
* Submittals
You can submit a full-length theatrical feature-film screenplay or a 2-hour
MOW. 90 to 120 pages. (No TV-show specs.)
You must include a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) with your screenplay.
No material will be returned without an SASE.
Note: In order for your screenplay to be considered for an edit, you must
first go to the ScriptDoctor911.com Website and print a copy of the required
evaluation agreement (which is a standard release form) and include this
form with your submittal when you mail in your screenplay. ScriptDoctor911.com
does not require a percentage of the sale or a producer-credit attachment.
For more info, click on -> http://www.ScriptDoctor911.com.
* Screenwriting Workshops, Books, etc.
For writers who live in L.A. - Horton recommends taking a course at UCLA
Extension.
For writers who live in Texas - Horton offers a private series of screenwriting
workshops at St. Edward's University in Austin. You do not have to be enrolled
in St. Edward's to take his workshops. To check out his course descriptions,
click on -> http://www.ScriptDoctor911.com.
For reading material - Aristole's "Poetics" (insight into dramatic
craft) . . . Richard Walter's "Screenwriting: The Art, Craft, and Business
of Film and Television Writing" (Richard was Horton's mentor at UCLA
film school) . . . and David Trottier's "The Screenwriter's Bible"
(which is great for format).
For inspiration - you should look inside your soul and write that gut-wrenching/magical
story which you have a compelling passion for . . . and you should try to
make the process as much fun as possible.
Aubrey M. Horton's e-mail address is: info@ScriptDoctor911.com
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