Screenplay writing combines story architecture with literate expression. A screenwriter crafts an artistic guideline for the finished creation. A good script consultant will point out the strengths and weaknesses of your script and thus give you a direction for a rewrite. As a reader who is not emotionally invested in your story, a script consultant is in a unique position to show you when the elements you really care about require restructuring in order to improve your script. So, when are you ready for a script consultant?

1) When you are a beginning writer, you have read as many screenwriting books as you can get your hands on, or even taken some classes, and you've finished your first script and don't know what to do next.

2) When all your friends and relatives have told you how much they love your script, but you'd like to put your work to the professional test of an objective opinion.

3) When you have written a script based on your life or an historical event you feel passionate about, but have lost the essence of the story in the haystack of facts.

4) When you feel that something in your script doesn't quite work but can't figure out what.

5) When you are ready to do whatever it takes to learn the craft and make sure your script is as good as it can be.

6) When you’ve sent your script out to numerous agents, production companies, and contests, and it never gets past the reader.

A number of consultants offer high quality services that will help you improve your craft. If you are ready to work with a consultant, peruse our website and see if our In-Depth Analysis would suit your needs.