Script Analysis and Critique Services for Screenwriters
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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:
- 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
All critiques are by Melody Jackson, unless otherwise noted.
Our Most Popular Critiques
| Basic Oral Script Critique (60-min Consultation) | $325 |
| Development Critique (6-7 pages of Analysis with 30-Min Consult) | $650 |
| Advanced Oral Script Critique (1 page of Bullet Points with 90-Minute Consult) | $495 |
| Summary Script Critique (6-7 pages of Analysis) | $595 |
| Master Script Breakdown (20 pages, Editing Read, 2-Hour Consult) | $1495 |
Add-Ons & Upgrades
| Add a Script Editing Read (for marking up script pages) |
$195 |
| The Script Editing Read provides for reading the script a second time through to mark notes on the pages. | |
| Add-On Script Consultation Hours | $100/hr |
| Script Consultation Hours (separate from full critique) | $125 per hour |
| Your oral critique can be done in person or by phone!A follow-up critique of the same script within 60 days receives a $25 discount. | |
| Add-On Tape Recording of Oral Consultation | $45 |
| Add-On 30-Minute Tape Recorded Summary | $125 |
| Add-On 1-2 page Written Summary with Oral Consults | $125 |
Specialized Script Evaluations
| 1-Hour Taped Script Development Analysis | $495 |
| Multi Form Critique: 30-Minute Taped, 1-2 Pages Written, 30-Minute Oral Follow-up. | $550 |
Treatment & Outline Reviews
| 1-Hour Consult on Treatment or Outline of 1-5 pages | $150 |
| 1-Hour Consult on Treatment or Outline of 5-10 pages | $225 |
Market Ready Reviews
| Written Market Ready Review (one full-page market ready review) | $250 |
| Oral Market Ready Review (15-minutes feedback) | $200 |
Reader Coverage (by Smart Girls staff)
| 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 |