Now that we’re through the holiday season and all of the presents have been opened and all of the eggnog has been drunk, it’s time to focus like a laser on the new year and what you want to accomplish in 2014. I’m not talking about New Years Resolutions, which have a success rate similar to the Academy Award for Best Picture actually going to the best picture.
I’m talking about goals.
What are your goals for 2014 as they pertain to your writing? Are you trying to finish a script? I am. I have a goal of getting my first draft finished by the end of January and having a script that is ready to shop by the summer?
Do you have a completed script? If so, is your goal to create and implement a marketing plan?
Have you been kicking an idea around in your head for a long time and you’ve been meaning to get it down on paper? If so, is your goal to take that ever intimidating first step and actually start writing a screenplay?
I’m sure that many people have goals for the new year that pertain to their scripts that are different from the examples that I mentioned, but you should be serious about accomplishing whatever goals you set for your writing for the upcoming year.
The nice thing about goals as compared to resolutions is that goals are flexible. You can have goals that are long term and goals that are short term. Not only should you be considering what your writing goals are for 2014, but for 2015, 2019, and 2024.
But in order to get to those future years, you have to focus on the now. How is your script coming along? What are you going to do to complete your script? What are you going to do in the new year to take your script to the next level?
Finding a good professional reader to evaluate your work is a goal to think about for the upcoming year. Professional readers offer unbiased and industry standard notes on what is working with your script, and more importantly, what needs to be improved. A professional reader can be an invaluable resource in helping you improve your script’s quality and chances of being picked up. Most readers, like myself, have read for studios, so we know what studio readers are looking for to pass on a script and can help you avoid those issues. We also know what studios like to see in screenplays and can help you tailor your script to suit the needs of the studios, because that’s what you have to do if you want to get your script sold.
If your goal for 2014 is to take your script to the next level, then Monument Script Services can help you. We offer a range of coverage services, and we have studio experience. That means we can provide you with studio-level coverage that will give you an opportunity to potentially see what a studio would think of your script. Check out the link below to see the services that we offer.
And get back to work!