Storytelling script review and advising sessions

Have an idea you want to bring to life?  A story you want to tell?  A work in progress? A draft script or story that you want to make as good as it can be?

We are now booking storytelling script review and advising sessions

Apply for a script advising session by filling out this form.

Spots are limited!

A script advising session can help you:

➢   Get unstuck

➢   Dramatize scenes

➢   Build suspense

➢   Convey emotion

➢   Improve story structure

➢   Tell your story well!

➢   And, finally get your great ideas out there!

They are suitable for any kind of script or story:

●      Treatments, Plots

●      Screenplays, Teleplays

●      Theatrical works

●      Documentaries, Docudramas

●      Comics, Graphic novels

●      Novels, Children’s books

●      Advertising Scripts

●      Or just ideas in development

It’s all storytelling.

Here’s how a script advising session works:

We are offering a limited amount of 45-minute script advising sessions. You send your script or story in advance for him to review, then bring your ideas and questions to the call. You can discuss your idea and pick our brains. We’ll send you away with some guidance and a fresh perspective.

If you want or need more help, we offer several options, so be sure to ask.

What is a Story?  Consider this:

A story is a complete journey.

It doesn’t have to be a physical journey.  Could be mental, developmental, emotional, whatever.

A character or characters start somewhere—a place, a condition, a state of mind, all of the above, whatever.

They are motivated by something—an event, new information, an occasion, a problem, an opportunity, whatever…

…which compels their ‘journey’…

…during which they face challenges and conflicts…

…which eventually build to a climax—a crisis point, where the challenges and conflicts must be settled some way or another…

…bringing about a resolution, an end to the journey, which means that the character or characters are now in a different place, condition, state of mind, or whatever, than they were at the beginning.  Something is different.  Could be they made a friend.  Or lost one.  Or learned something.  Or lived happily ever after.  Or died.  Whatever.

That’s a story.

If those things are not in it, it’s not a story.  It might be a vignette, it might be a scene, it might be a basket of Lego blocks that could, theoretically, be used to build something, but it’s not a story.

That’s just the foundation.  Of course, there are many more elements:

Ø  Supporting cast

Ø  Sub-plots

Ø  Twists and reverses

Ø  Drama, humor, romance,

Ø  Visual interest and much more.

Many things to consider:

Ø  Point of view

Ø  Pacing

Ø  Dialogue

Ø  Characterization

Ø  Story mechanics, Literary devices

Ø  Continued stories, and much more

Then, there are the things nobody ever talks about:

Ø  Creating.  How to form an idea.  That’s seldom discussed, as though ideas just happen.

Ø  “Suspension of disbelief,” but that’s a misleading term.  “Buy-in” is closer.  Nobody actually believes in Roger Rabbit or Toon Town, but if what is going on makes sense in its context, is apprehensible, and is engaging, you can do anything.  Lewis Carroll proved that.

Ø  No rules, no formulas, no limits.  You can do anything if you know how and make it work.

Whatever phase your script or idea is in, let us help you get it done and done well.

Apply for a script advising session by filling out this form.