DO YOU NEED A SCRIPT CONSULTANT OR WRITING COACH?

     “How long does it take to learn poker, dad?

     “All your life, son.”         

                     David Spanier, "Total Poker"

     That's how long it takes a screenwriter to learn about screenwriting. It never gets easier. Some scripts aren't as challenging as others, but even the upper echelon screenwriters of past and present generations wrote some turkeys.

     If you're going to be a screenwriter don't do it in a half-assed way. You've got to be all in. You've got to commit and stay with it. Try to write 3 or 4 screenplays a year. Or even 5.         The important thing is to write. Start the next one a couple of days after you finish one. When you finish that one, start another. You're only going to get good by writing.  If you're lucky maybe by screenplay #5 you'll get a deal. If not, maybe screenplay #10. You have to keep writing and learning and writing and learning. Then write some more.

     You may need a little help on the way.

     That's where I come in.
     I invite you to check out some of the articles I've written over the years. You'll find links to them on the right side of this page.

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WHAT DO I CONSULT ON?

* SCREENPLAYS
* TELEVISION SCRIPTS, BOTH 
   COMEDY AND DRAMA
* PLAYS
* NOVELS

WHAT ARE MY QUALIFICATIONS?

I've been a professor in the Undergraduate Film & Television Department at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts for many years.

I've written in all of the above genres.

And I'm the author of several books on writing, most notably The Portable Film School.

WHAT ARE MY RATES?

My fees are based on the length of a project. 

HOW TO CONTACT ME

By email - dbgillescript@gmail.com
By phone - 646-339-0608