How to Hire a Screenwriter: The ULTIMATE Guide (plus THE solution…)

Hiring a Screenwriter: An Overview

What do you do when you can’t push through writer’s block? You’ve been working on a screenplay for months or years and you can’t make progress on it. You know you have to improve it but you’re not sure how to. Well, many in this situation will turn to external help and hire a screenwriter to get them over this hump.

Collaboration is the key to a healthy and successful screenplay. Hiring a screenwriter or script doctor is, therefore, a way to fast track such collaboration. It puts you into contact with a professional specifically selected by a specialist screenwriting organisation (such as Industrial Scripts) who will know how to get the best out of your work. They’ll show you things that you can’t see yourself.

What is a Script Doctor?
“A script doctor is the theoretical love-child (!) of a) the screenwriter and b) the script consultant. This type of screenwriter is a disciplined creative, able to stick to an exact brief, with experience of both sides of the development fence, and the fusion of skills to match.”

It’s important to not be too precious over your work. You can’t let your ego get in the way of the script’s progress. Instead, you have to seek collaboration with a screenwriter who will share your skills whilst bringing new ones to the table.