I am a full-time, working screenwriter.
My approach to every project is both creative and professional, balancing the practical realities of production and markets with the impetus to surprise and delight audiences with fresh, engaging and memorable stories.
Similarly, as a professional script consultant, I approach script analysis and revision with the audience in mind - seeking to find the magic inherent in every story and to delicately balance craft and structure with fine art and cinematic enchantment.
The Secret of Screenwriting Success:
From Get Shorty, by Scott Frank (novel by Elmore Leonard)
CHILI FLIPS THROUGH THE SCRIPT A MOMENT ...
CHILI: You know how to write one of these?
BO CATLETT: There's nothin' to know. You have an idea, you write down what you wanna say. Then you get somebody to add in the commas and shit where they belong, if you aren't positive yourself. Maybe fix up the spelling where you have some tricky words ... although I've seen scripts where I know words weren't spelled right and there was hardly any commas in it at all. So I don't think it's too important. Anyway, you come to the last page, you write in 'Fade Out' and that's the end. You're done.
CHILI: That's all there is to it, huh?
BO CATLETT: That's all.