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Q: Should I hire a consultant?
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Consultants Defined
Basically anyone who accepts money to read your work and give you feedback (and perhaps other services) is a screenwriting consultant. They typically charge hundreds of dollars—a price range that is a stretch for most new writers.
Should I Use a Consultant?
As hard as it is to break into screenwriting for money, and as lonely as it can be writing and having no one with experience in screenwriting to read your work and give you feedback, it's no wonder screenwriting consultants thrive. Sadly though, many working in screenplay consulting haven't the experience to give you worthwhile feedback. Some firms use other aspiring screenwriters—who know nothing of significance more than any other new writer. In other words, beware!
What a Consultant Gives You
Services vary, but all consultants give you feedback on your screenplay to help you decide if it is “ready” for the eyes of people who reply positively to your excellent query letters. Is this valuable? The feedback may be quite helpful (or quite useless), but telling you that your screenplay is ready is an outcome in direct conflict with the consultant earning additional income from you by telling you to make changes and come back for another review (at your cost).
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