Page Turner Awards Screenplay Optional Extras offers screenwriters two ways to get feedback on their scripts. We have LA Film Scout, Stephen Hodges, doing Screenplay Feedback, and Hollywood Screenwriter and Film Producer, Glenn Benest, doing Screenplay Critiques.
Screenplay Feedback
With this Optional Extra, you will receive feedback from LA Film Scout, Stephen Hodges. It will include:
- Feedback on your plot
- An overview of how your script is written
- A brief synopsis of the good and bad points of the writing style
- A quick analysis of why someone reading the script for production would be interested in reading the rest of the script
- This must be presented as a Screenplay in the standard script format.
IMPORTANT: This optional extra must match your submission, i.e. it must be the same as your Screenplay Award submission, which is the first ten pages of your screenplay (no more than 3000 words).
Screenplay Critique
With this Optional Extra, you will receive a critique from an award-winning writing screenwriter and film producer. Glenn will critique your screenplay for these critical elements:
- Character
- Plot
- Pace
- Voice
- Story
- This must be presented as a Screenplay in the standard script format.
Benest's Screenplay First 10 Pages Must Haves
From many years as a Hollywood screenwriter and producer, Glenn Benest understands what truly makes screenplays work. The most critical is that the first 10 pages of a script MUST really pop.
- Your reader MUST instantly get caught up in the story, so, you as the writer should use rooting techniques to make your protagonist as dynamic as possible.
- You MUST write visually.
- Your dialogue and narrative MUST surprise and delight the judges.
If you command a judge's attention in the first 10 pages, they will sit back and enjoy the rest of the journey.
About Glenn M. Benest
Glenn Benest is an award-winning writing screenwriter with seven produced screenplay credits, including two films that were made by acclaimed horror director, Wes Craven. His independent film, HUNGRY HEARTS, was nominated for numerous awards at film festivals throughout the country and is being distributed internationally by Shoreline Entertainment. Glenn is a celebrated lecturer and instructor and his professional screenwriting workshops have launched six feature films, including SCREAM and EVENT HORIZON.
His screenwriting workshops in Los Angeles have launched six films, including Scream and Event Horizon. He now teaches private consultations with writers from around the world.
You can read more about Glenn and his scriptwriting courses at http://www.glennbenest.com/. His private workshops have launched numerous feature films including: Scream, Event Horizon, Andre, Teaching Mrs. Tingle, The Howling Reborn, Niloofar. Other former students have gone on to work on such series as: Jennifer Jones, Dexter, The Following, Vampire Diaries, Providence.
