SCRIPT DOCTOR (skript dok-ter): A skilled screenwriter called in to assist a film project by rewriting parts of the screenplay to improve dialogue, pacing and other elements.
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In the old days, your script would be submitted to studios, networks and producers one at a time. You would get your feedback from the first person, rewrite it, then move on to the next. Those days are gone.
Development tracking changed everything. Now, one submission to a major agency or studio can determine your script's fate because executives use the web to let each other know what they've been reading. "Have you read so-and-so's script, titled such-and-such? You did? It's sitting on my desk - what did YOU think about it?" And your script might be passed on without even being read.
It is a jungle out there. Filled with carnivorous beasts in Armani suits. The way to keep your script alive is to make it your very best draft - first time out. And the best way to do that is with the help of a professional script consultant --
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INT. WRITING EMERGENCY ROOM - DAY
STEEL DOORS SLAM OPEN -
A GURNEY smashes through - the trauma team SWARMS into frame. DOCTOR #1 leans in, obscuring a clear view of the patient. Expert hands move fast. Every moment counts ...
DOCTOR #1
How bad?
DOCTOR #2
Formatting is a mess, characters' goals are missing,
conflict is getting weaker - the narrative is running
all over the place --
EMERGENCY SCRIPT TECHNICIAN
(staring at a blank page)
-- The dialog is flat-lined!
DOCTOR #2
-- Get me a semi-colon - STAT! --
EMERGENCY SCRIPT TECHNICIAN
-- He's gonna lose that monolog! --
DOCTOR #1
(pulls a red pen from his pocket)
-- Not if we can help it! We'll trim here - cut that
verbiage - clarify motivations --
EMERGENCY SCRIPT TECHNICIAN
-- But he's got no structure - there's no way - he
needs a miracle --
DOCTOR #2
-- No. Not a miracle. All this needs is experienced
script doctors who communicate clearly and work
fast.
DOCTOR #1
Good thing you brought this to Writers911. We
can fix anything.
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