Let MICHELE WALLERSTEIN'S Screenplay and Novel consulting services help you get your project ready to be seen by Industry professionals.  If your book or screenplay has the right stuff for the screen, Michele can get it to the right people at the movie studios, networks and agencies.  

Somewhere along the line someone will ask you to write something for free. The decision whether to do this, or not, is not as simple as it seems.

For members of the Writers Guild of America, it is not allowed, so there is no problem. For new writers it is a real temptation. After all, what’s the harm? Maybe it will sell and you’ll get paid then. It’s a great experience. This producer will “owe you”. There are so many thoughts running around in your head telling you that you should do this favor which might turn into a real bonanza for you.

It seems there are specialists in every field.  The entertainment business is no different.  We need people who really know the ins and outs of our particular business to help guide us through the quagmire of the practical side of writing.  We need to get our material read, deals negotiated, contracts reviewed, money handled, decisions made and choices determined.  These are some of the reasons that Agents, Personal Managers, Business Managers and Lawyers abound.

All writers know that they want an agent, but few writers know what to expect once they get one. Agents, generally, are responsible for what’s known as the (3) three S’s of representation.  They are:  SIGNING, SERVICING and SELLING.

Writers vary in terms of how many ideas are floating around in their heads at any one time.  Pen Densham, (ROBIN HOOD:PRINCE OF THIEVES) told me he has hundreds of ideas all the time. Lawrence Kasdan (BIG CHILL, GRAND CANYON, etc.) told me he usually only has one or two. Obviously there is no right number of story ideas that determines whether you’re a great writer, or not.

Since the early 1980’s in the U.S. and the late 1980’s and early 1990’s in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, there have been numerous seminars on Script Development. Why is it important? Who does it? How do they do it?