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The Top 5 Most Common Script Formatting Errors

B. O'MalleyLast updated: 05/09/2011Screenwriting

Script format tips

Your script is finished! And I’m pleased to announce that you are the most talented screenwriter in the world! Huzzah! Yes, it’s true. The word just came over the wire this morning. Your certificate is on the way, so you … Read More

The 5 Quick Questions That Will Make Any Script Tighter

B. O'MalleyLast updated: 04/28/2011Screenwriting

If you’ve written a script, open up your script right now and turn to any page in the script.  Read the scene.  Then answer these questions below. This is the Scene-By-Scene Litmus Test you should run EVERY SCENE of your … Read More

How screenwriting at Starbucks can completely ruin your life

B. O'MalleyLast updated: 04/22/2011Screenwriting

Screenwriting at Starbucks

Recently Starbucks Coffee started offering free wi-fi to all its customers, with no strings attached.  You don’t have to sign up, register a credit card, or anything silly like that anymore. And also recently, I started drinking coffee.  (Yeah, I … Read More

Script Page Count – Why the 120 page limit is a good thing

B. O'MalleyLast updated: 04/20/2011Screenwriting

Use the 120 page script limit to your advantage

We’ve all heard it time and again about script page count, whether in film school, or just as an anecdotal whisper on the screenwriter wind: “A screenplay should be no more than 120 pages.” 120 pages? Maximum? Isn’t that just a bit … Read More

Screenwriting Critique – How to Handle Script Notes Like a Pro

B. O'MalleyLast updated: 04/16/2011Script Coverage 101

Triumph the Insult dog saying "This script was great... for me to poop on."

A screenwriting critique – It can be fun to do one, but it’s not always fun when it’s your script that’s being critiqued. If you’ve ever received script notes on one of your screenplays, you know how frustrating it can be if the reader … Read More

6 ways to get paid for your screenwriting, even on a small film

B. O'MalleyLast updated: 04/05/2011Screenwriting

How to get paid for writing, even on a small film

I’ve written 5 features that have gotten made into films, and have been compensated as a screenwriter on all of them, even if it was just a small amount of cash, or even just a net points deal (a percentage of … Read More

The 7 Script Readers to Avoid When Getting Script Coverage

B. O'MalleyLast updated: 03/29/2011Script Coverage 101

angry guy with typewriter

My company Screenplay Readers has been reading scripts and providing script coverage since 1999, and we’ve run across all types of script readers who have been a part of our team, or who have applied to be part of our … Read More

Agency Script Coverage – Do agents even read it?

B. O'MalleyLast updated: 03/25/2011Script Coverage 101

Agents and script coverage

So you’ve gone to all the trouble of writing a script, which you happen to think is the greatest little romantic comedy since they invented Romantic Comedies in 2010.  And you’ve gone to all the trouble of getting feedback on … Read More

Paid Script Coverage – How to Get the Most Out of It

B. O'MalleyLast updated: 03/23/2011Script Coverage 101

squeezing an orange

“Paid script coverage is another tool in a screenwriter’s toolbox,” as I explain in detail on the Unknown Screenwriter’s blog here,  I’ve been reading scripts and providing coverage for over a decade now, and I’ve seen a few screenwriters come and … Read More

Screenplay Feedback – When too much can be unhelpful

B. O'MalleyLast updated: 03/22/2011Script Coverage 101

4 cooks - "the results are in: you've got too many results"

Screenplay feedback is nice. But at what point does a screenwriter stop writing her script and start pitching it?   That is, how is the screenwriter supposed to know when the script is finally, truly ready? When is that script, at … Read More

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