You Have One Chance To Get A Producer To Love Your Script
And It Has To Be The First Time They Read It
Make Sure It's Ready
Script Analysis and Critique Services for Screenwriters
Having your script critiqued by a professional Hollywood reader is a structured, non threatening way to get inexpensive and constructive feedback on your script and writing skills. You want to be sure that you make the most of the ONE chance your script has to make a good first impression.
Dr. Melody Jackson, who does all of Smart Girls critiques, is "Highly Recommended" and rated one of the "Top 5 Script Analysts in the country by Creative Screenwriting magazine.
Call Smart Girls for valuable, honest, and useful feedback on your screenplay. Melody Jackson will assess your script's strengths and weaknesses and then present you with ideas on how to more powerfully tell YOUR story. Areas covered include:
- Fundamental Cornerstones & Story Blueprint Assessment
- Weaving plot, character, and theme into a cohesive story
- Distinguishing characters and developing meaningful arcs
- Building your plot authentically through cause and effect
- Writing from your gut and deepening the impact of your story
- Making your script more commercial
Our Most Popular Critiques
All critiques are by Dr. Melody Jackson, unless noted as "Reader."
Pricing |
Pages |
Consulting |
Style |
|
Development Critique
|
$650 |
7-8 pp |
30 min. |
Hits all major elements |
Oral Critique
|
$325 |
-- |
60 min. |
Focuses where needed. (Add 1-pg summary bullets for $75) |
Development Notes
|
$395 |
3pp quick notes |
20-min discussion |
Focuses where needed. |
Master Critique
|
$1495 |
20pp |
2 hours |
In depth on all areas. Includes Line Editing |
Market Ready Review (Oral)
|
$200 |
-- |
15 min. |
Verbal feedback regarding whether ready to market |
Market Ready Review (Written)
|
$250 |
1-2pp |
-- |
Written feedback regarding whether ready to market |
1-Hour Consult on Treatment or Outline of 1-5 pages |
$175 | -- |
60-min |
Good to get a headstart on your script. |
1-Hour Consult on Treatment or Outline of 5-10 pages |
$225 | -- |
60-min |
Good to get a headstart on your script. |
1-Hour Consulting Time |
$150 | -- |
60-min |
Used as needed. |
Reader Coverage
Basic Reader Coverage (3 pages of notes) |
$175 |
Basic Reader Coverage (1 hour feedback only) |
$175 |
Full Reader Coverage (3 pages of notes & 1-hr feedback) |
$225 |
Optional Add-Ons
| Add a Script Editing Read (for marking up script pages)The Script Editing Read provides for reading the script a second time through to mark notes on the pages. |
$195 |
| Add-On Script Consultation Hours | $125/hr |
| Script Consultation Hours (separate from full critique) | $150/hr |
| Add-On Recording of Oral Consultation (downloadable) | $25 |
| Add-On 1-2 page Written Highlights from Oral Consult | $75 |
Although we have a lot of options, it can be pretty simple to choose which critique is right for you.
First, decide if you prefer written or oral feedback, or if you want some of both.
Second, consider if you would like a smaller amount of feedback so you don't get overwhelmed, or if you would rather get the WHOLE picture with in-depth feedback.
Third, determine what your budget is so you know your options out of all of the critiques.
Finally, using these three criteria, choose the critique that most closely matches your answers to these decisions. Then call us and discuss how you will get your script to us.
Time frame for turnaround: No more than 30 days on any of them. Typically oral critiques are done within 10 business days and the written ones in three to four weeks. If you need it sooner, let us know and we may be able to turn it around quicker.