Hi,
Thanks for the opportunity to bid on your project.
APPROACH:
1. 1st read: read your script once straight through without making a single note—this gives me an overall sense of your story.
2. 2nd read: mark up areas where I see both opportunities and problems and then forward you a copy of the original script with those notes which would cover both strengths and weaknesses in all aspects of the script: characters, plot, pacing, reveals, heroes and villains, dialogue, and so on.
3. After the two of us go over the notes together and decide on a course of action, and only then, would I begin the rewrite.
4. At each 20-page mark, I would forward the rewrite of those 20 pages to you for your review—each of these would be a milestone.
5. If, after the first 20-page section, you are not satisfied for any reason, you can abandon the project.
QUALIFICATIONS:
My profile has excerpts, for your review, from two of my own feature-length scripts as well as a novel which will give you an idea of the range of my voice.
Additionally, I have read at least 100 produced scripts over the years, almost all of them award-winners, so I have developed a good sense of what works in a script.
I base my own work and any for-hire work on two sources: John Truby’s “The Anatomy of Story” and Robert McKee’s “Story” so I know what to do when a script isn’t working.
Please let me know if I can provide more details or answer any questions.
Best of luck in your search.
Kent