The Chicago Screenwriters Network has dinner and a meeting with speakers the first Sunday of every month (unless a holiday or huge sporting event is taking place). The networking is terrific! And now, for the fourth year in a row, they hold the Chicago Screenwriters Contest, with cash prizes and meetings with agents. See their website www.chicagoscreenwriters.org for detailed information.
These links are great!!!!!
A new way to write! Follow Chris Soth’s journey as he shows you how to write a million-dollar screenplay in 6 easy segments! Go to www.milliondollarscreenplay.com and sign up now for his free newsletter too!
Danny Manus will tell you the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. And will do it at a very reasonable price. He’s a development exec who will read your script and give you professional professional feedback from the executive perspective. Go to his website, www.nobullscript.net, and choose from his different note services. Worth every penny!
Interested in hearing a great writer talk about writing, groups, publishers and methods? Go to www.libbyhellmann.com and see where Libby Hellmann’s appearing and what she’s talking about!
Linda Frothingham keeps you in touch with happenings around Chicago and around the USA. Check her website at www.chicagohollywood.com for events, seminars and discounts.
Sherwood Oaks College in Los Angeles, CA, has been in the business of helping writers for decades. Gary Shusett and Christine Owens run Sherwood Oaks to help writers from all over the world meet agents, managers, producers, directors, and studio executives who would otherwise never stop and say ‘hi!’ to the likes of us. Check out the classes and seminars and sign up for emails at www.sherwoodoakscollege.com. The seminars are well-organized and there are hotels with room discounts available for students. Your dollars are well spent on this Hollywood school which offers unprecedented access that can change your career.
Julie Gray, Founder of the Script Department with coverage extraordinaire, and head of the Silver Screen screenplay contest, has a totally terrific website at www.justeffing.com. The blogs alone are worth your time! And when you’re ready for coverage, development and mentoring, Julie is the one to call.
Want a heads-up on (reputable) contest deadlines, winners and great interviews? Go to www.moviebytes.com and sign up for one of the best (and free!) newsletters around!
Average developmental editing costs domestic and foreign:
January 2018: Australian editor Nicola O’Shea $75 AU/hour or $56.29/hour. https://www.nicolaoshea.com/editing-services/
January 2018 rates at The Editorial Freelancers Association, USA: 1-5 pages per hour at $45-55/hour. https://www.the-efa.org/rates/
My average rate for developmental edits: $.0245/word or $30.63/hour.
You may also want to have a blurb done for your book. I do not have to edit your book to do the blurb! I’ll read it and provide 200-300 words, plus several key words targeted to your readers for amazon.com and other e-sellers. The cost starts at $150 for 50-60K book, already edited.
There’s a discount if I edit your manuscript.