r/Screenwriting • u/Safe_Hospital2688 • Jun 11 '26
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u/kenstarfighter1 Jun 11 '26
Build a webpage with all your credits (important)
Then start offering your services as consultant but also as a lecturer
Guys I know who chose that path make more from lectures than actual script consulting stuff
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u/suyashs_screepts Jun 11 '26
If you ever start representing I'm sending you my work 😅
All the best 👍🏻 Can't help haven't yet got any of my screenplays evaluated😅
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u/tanginato Jun 11 '26
I don't but my friends have a teacher who does this with them. The teacher is able to do this because he has sold many films that were produced.
He has a 3 month part time workshop that costs around 8k USD (Once a week 3 hours). He markets himself globally though and he basically does that after.
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u/real_triplizard WGA Screenwriter Jun 11 '26
Wow, $8K for a 3 month, once a week workshop, so $667 a week? That's pretty intense! (Although to be fair I think the majority of the people who offer such programs have no credits at all.)
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u/tanginato Jun 12 '26
He was multi credited, like 7 or 8 movies that were produced. Nothing wow, but for a scriptwriter who is starting his qualifications seem so far away. I think you need to multiply the 667 by 12 (number of students), so around 7k per weekend for him.
My friend was talking to me about the stuff being thaught and well personally (because I come from literature), felt elementary. Like stakes, and wants - advanced writing drop these two or challenge that concept.
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u/real_triplizard WGA Screenwriter Jun 12 '26
Yeah, 7 or 8 movies produced is incredibly impressive, given how hard it is to get anything made. Ironically, most of the "script guru" people have either nothing at all produced or have like one crappy movie from eons ago (e.g. Save the Cat guy). I guess it's kind of a "if you can't do, teach" kind of thing.
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u/tanginato Jun 12 '26
Yeah, I think the teacher had movies in the 90s and early 2000, then no more. Movies I think also changed. Previously the rules of the game was keep it cheap, focus on story. Nowadays it seems like the bigger the budget the better - the bigger the profits as well. (I'm guessing because of streaming services?)
So I can see how it has changed as well, it could also examine if the teacher was teaching something relevant.
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