Ext. Hollywood Day Screenplay Consulting

06/24/2023

So fun to meet Vella Lovell of Crazy Ex Girlfriend and Mr Mayor out at today’s Disney picket.

05/24/2023

Superhero theme picket day at the WB. Greg Berlanti and his DC cinematic tv universe well represented. Hero costumes in attendance: multiple Flash and Wonder Woman outfits, a Hollywood Boulevard type Superman, Dr Doom, Dr. Strange and Sister Knight from the recent Watchmen miniseries.

07/19/2018

Old Skool. A surprisingly low key character intro for Die Hard's John McClane. Though it does establish a good 'hates heights' thing to heighten his discomfort during later chaos. (Not that I think you need a special license to be scared if you're going to jump off a building tied to a fire hose.)

11/30/2017

So you wrote a screenplay and you want script coverage / story notes / a neutral opinion from someone who's read a ton of screenplays.

Fair enough:

My story notes consist of page-by-page notes taken as I'm reading, followed by an overall analysis formed once I know the intended outcome of the script. Average 4x as long as standard studio script coverage for 140 US$.

Qualifications? I am a WGA screenwriter. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1096914/

Before my first studio deal I did coverage for the film companies for five years. During that time I read scripts for Jerry Bruckheimer, New Line, Orion, Richard Donner, Wendy Finerman, Cinergi, Dreamworks, MPCA (Dumb & Dumber), Team Todd (Austin Powers), New Regency and more.

I made good calls as a filmco reader. I've had film company execs with half a billion dollars in Box Office to their name call me at home to talk them into or out of buying spec screenplays.

Absorbing the lessons of thousands of spec script readings helped my own writing immensely- to the point where I landed a feature spec sale with Universal. I've written for Dreamworks and Lionsgate since.

I focus on the kind of attention that really makes your writing better and helps you over whatever your own screenwriting hurdles are. Some clients are new screenwriters, first time screenwriters and vets.

I believe my service remains a high quality service because I don't overdo it on volume. A high quality, low volume service.

Writers with questions or who might be curious about notes samples in any given genre can E me here or at the reading service email addy ExtHollywoodDay @ aol.com , which is the Pay Pal addy. Most people use that and email a PDF.

Bart Gold, Writer: OMG!. Bart Gold is a screenwriter who has written for Dreamworks TV, Universal Pictures and Lionsgate. He has worked as a joke writer for ABC Rock Radio's Jack FM stations. Gold has also worked on reality TV fare including The Bachelor, The Bachelorette, Building Wild (on National...