Professional Script Consultant
Jim has been a script consultant performing script coverage for managers, producers, and contests such as Scriptapalooza, Torque Entertainment, Roundtable Management, Graup Entertainment, American Accolades and Catchfire Films.
Though he has a unique knack for helping ANY SCRIPT, as a consultant and ghostwriter, Jim SPECIALIZES in:
"Since Jim began working with us, he has proven himself to be one of our best script consultants. He is educated, talented and insightful. He thinks like a manager, writer and producer all at the same time. I trust his opinions without reservation. Moreover, my clients have benefited from his solid feedback. You would be lucky to have your script read by Jim."
Peter Scott, Manager ~ Torque Entertainment
"Jim has magical script consultant and script reading powers. He has the instincts to perform emergency surgery on scripts that other readers don't even know needs to be done."
Emma Caywood, Director ~ American Accolades Competition
Submit the first 20 pages of your script and receive a phone evaluation.
Includes basic coverage, general thoughts and suggestions for improvement.
Thorough script analysis vis-à-vis structure, character development and plot points. Strengths and weaknesses analyzed. Notation of all elements which may be hampering the sale of your script. Specific, detailed and comprehensive page notes. Recommendations for remedies and how to pitch your project once it's ready.
An entire page 1 rewrite, guaranteed submissions to the industry.
For more of Jim's services (including adaptations), please take a look at www.pro-scriptservice.com
Turnaround: 5-7 days for standard script coverage (1-2 weeks for screenplays over 120 pages).
Contact Jim for a copy of the release form and your screenplay analysis will be underway. At that time, indicate if you would like a faxed copy of the release or one via email.
Jim's service as a copywriter with Young and Rubicam's Wunderman division in Irvine, Ca. gave him the opportunity to work for clients such as Lincoln-Mercury. He has also worked as a freelance copywriter, brochure designer and website content writer for companies like Xoom.com, Universal Copy and Microfilm, A Fine Line Services, Trouve Publishing, Creative Den and Plug Video.
For samples, contact him at Jim@WrittenByJim.com
More on Jim...
Jim began his career as a Script Consultant while working for Peter Scott and Torque Entertainment. His tenure as a script consultant consisted of reading scripts, writing coverage, and discussing the scripts at the various story meetings. He learned a lot about scripts while working as a consultant, most importantly that no script is too broken. No matter what the writer may think, or what the “industry" might tell them, each and every script has a unique thread which allows it to stand apart from other scripts. Jim learned this philosophy while acting as a script consultant for Torque, but also while consulting for Chad Feehan and Catchfire Films. There, Jim was able to take his experience as a script consultant and build on it. Chad only reinforced the idea that with the right consultant any script can find its way into the hands of the right person. Of course Jim has had several other experiences as a script consultant, but there is no need to bore you with all that. Just know that Jim will treat each and every script with a great degree of professionalism because he knows there are hundreds of script consultants out there you could have chosen other than him.
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As a ghostwriter, Jim has worked with several clients with more on the horizon. He understands hiring a ghostwriter can be difficult, but he also knows that having an objective, secondary source ghostwrite your original idea can be invaluable. Some of the greatest stories out there have become what they are because of ghostwriters and the skills that they are able to bring to the table. The best advice anyone gave Jim was that ghostwriters will never be considered the author of any one work; instead, they are just what the name implies: ghostwriters. They are there to assist the author in their quest for the perfect story, and when all is said and done, the ghostwriter will continue to ghostwrite other projects while the author will hopefully do the same.
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