To become a client, you must be able to communicate easily through email and phone calls for the client/writer conference calls. All fees are based on these two common forms of communication. I do not work with any clients in person and only work with clients over the phone and through emails.
Also, please make sure you have read my FEES before contacting me, and that you are aware of them. Thanks!
FICTION STORIES: Please send a brief summary of your story idea if you do not have a one or two-page synopsis already written. Answer as many of the questions BELOW as you can and send it to me for review along with your email address and phone number. Once it is reviewed, I will contact you by phone to discuss the project with you further.
SEND ME YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS (sgillis771@gmail.com) AND I WILL FORWARD THE DOCUMENT BELOW TO FILL OUT AND SEND BACK.
SUBJECT MATTER: I do not work on projects about abuse, neglect, horror, graphic sex, or graphic violence (gang movies). I also do not do true stories, some sci-fiction, exploitation films or horror. The story must have a coherent plot to be flowed, with one outcome in the end! THANKS!
STORY QUESTIONS: Try and answer as many of these questions as you can before sending me your story idea.
NOTE: IF YOU DO NOT KNOW the answer, then just say 'I don't know' or 'I will need help with that' during the story development stage.
Many of these story details can be worked out later on as long as the conflict in the main story line is strong enough.
1) Is this a project for TV Series or for a Feature Film to be seen in theaters?
2) What is the time period and location of the project (city, country, state)?
3) What is the genre? (Is it drama, comedy, historical or a combination of genres?)
4) What is the main conflict in the story? (This is called 'the hook' and it should be conveyed in one or two sentences at most.)
5) Who is the protagonist of the story and what is their main goal?
6) Who is the antagonist of the story and what is their main goal?
7) Who is initiating the main conflict and why? (NOTE: The conflict should be focused on a specific character and not an entire agency, company, corporation, law office or government which is too large of an enemy.)
8) Did the conflict start by a certain event or incident?
9) How long has the conflict been going on and what makes it so relevant or urgent to be dealt with right now?
10) How many years do you see this story playing out? (For most fiction story projects this should not be longer than a ten-year period.)
11) Is the main conflict resolved by the end of the story (a must for most genres)?
12) How is the main conflict finally resolved and who is the hero is?
13) How many main characters are there (the fewer the better) and what are their ages, NAMES, sexes and backgrounds?
14) Who is the main target audience for the story? Ages/backgrounds?
15) What other movies or TV Series have been made that are similar to your project?
Use the Non-Disclosure Form BELOW to project your story idea and your project if you are concerned about sharing your IDEA with someone you do not already know. Note, the form is signed and kept by you for your records to show you shared your the project with me and does not need to be sent to me for my records. It is for YOUR records only.
Each writing project is accompanied by a writing contract which states that the client is the sole owner of the project and not the writer. The writer has no claims to the project or it's ideas or content in exchange for a writing fee. It doesn't matter how much I help with the project, or how many story ideas offer, the final project is the sole property of the client and not the writer.
NON-DISCLOSURE FORM (TO PROTECT YOUR STORY & IDEA)
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