LINDA STUART, a top motion picture story analyst and the author of a successful book on story analysis and screenwriting, "GETTING YOUR SCRIPT THROUGH THE HOLLYWOOD MAZE," is offering private story analysis consultation to screenwriters, novelists, playwrights, and nonfiction writers.
LINDA STUART is a top Hollywood screenplay consultant and story analyst with top-company credits including PARAMOUNT PICTURES, IMAGINE ENTERTAINMENT, NEW REGENCY, DISNEY, WALDEN MEDIA, PHOENIX PICTURES, CAA, ICM, and the production companies of actresses Meg Ryan and Sally Field. I lectured for 7 years at the prestigious American Film Institute on screenwriting and story analysis.
As a screenwriter, I wrote a romantic comedy that has been optioned twice by producers.
RATES & SERVICES:
BASIC SCREENPLAY COVERAGE: $250
General coverage of a screenplay used by Hollywood story analysts at motion picture studios and production companies. A synopsis plus 3 to 4 pages of commentary which points out the main strengths and weaknesses of the concept, story, structure, character, and dialogue.
Includes a final assessment:
PASS: (rejection)
NOT RECOMMENDED:
QUALIFIED CONSIDER: (advises a company to potentially consider the material with some reservations)
CONSIDER: (advises a company to consider developing or buying the material)
RECOMMENDED:
*Additional read with polish notes after rewrite: $200
TYPED DEVELOPMENT NOTES: $600
Extensive typed development notes that include an in-depth analysis of concept, structure, story, character, and dialogue. Itemization of specific scenes, structural flaws, character actions, and pieces of dialogue that could be improved with an eye toward development.
*Additional read with typed polish notes after rewrite: $350
TYPED DEVELOPMENT PLUS HANDWRITTEN NOTES: $1,250
Extensive typed development notes plus page-by-page, line-by-line, word-by-word handwritten notations throughout the project. The handwritten notes pinpoint everything down to the tiniest elements in punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
*Additional read with typed polish notes after rewrite: $625
TELEPHONE CONSULTATION
$125 per hour or $62.25 per 30 minutes
SCREENWRITING REWRITES
LINDA STUART can do rewrites on screenplays. Rates based on the Writers Guild of America “Schedule of Minimums” listed on www.wga.org.
BOOK AND MANUSCRIPT CONSULTING
$325 for the first $250 pages; $20 for every 50 pages thereafter.
Commentary and story editing fees are calculated by the length of the manuscript. In general, my manuscript editing fees range from $1,000 for typed development notes up to $2,500 (depending on page count) for typed notes PLUS page-by-page handwritten notes throughout the manuscript.
SCRIPT TYPING & FORMATTING
I am also offering script typing and formatting services at $1.50 per page if the material you submit to me is clearly typed, and $2.50 per page if your original material is handwritten.
METHODS OF SCRIPT SUBMISSION & PAYMENT
You can either email me a .pdf file of your script with a payment via PayPal to beckettmaupin@
PLEASE CONTACT LINDA STUART at (310) 487-2422, beckettmaupin@
Thank you!
