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We currently are looking to bring on a couple quality script readers to help with submissions and development.
If you are interested in reading screenplays and then writing coverage & development notes, please send us an email describing your experience (resume), qualifications, and writing background to DealMakerX@Aol.Com and put NEW READER in the subject line.
If you have little or no experience with coverage or development that's okay. We may be willing to teach you. But you must be an experienced writer who has written at least four complete screenplays and read a number of books on screenwriting.
Most of our readers have been MFA Graduates or in their final year at local universities like USC, UCLA, LMU, etc. We previously have used only readers who live in the Los Angeles area, but because we now get scripts via email in PDF format we can simply email you the script and you can email back your coverage from anywhere.
To our knowledge, the best book about writing coverage is READING FOR A LIVING by T. L. Katahn. ***It is required reading by all our readers. ***
We talk/email once a week to go over the last week's assignments and discuss development ideas and solutions. There is no salary, but we share 10% of our earnings on the initial sale of a script amongst all the readers who were involved in helping us find and develop that material, which can amount to quite a bit. Often a screenplay will go through multiple readers and drafts before it is ready, and this amount is shared amongst all readers who wrote notes on that particular script.
In order to read for us at Gallagher Literary, you must simply love reading and helping screenwriters improve their craft. By not paying readers upfront, we keep out the negative jaded "burned-out" studio reader types that most writers fear. Not paying upfront gives readers incentive to problem solve solutions to the screenplay's weaknesses rather than just passing on it. The reader only gets paid if the script SUCCEEDS, not just for reading and passing on it, so readers are more inclined to find ways to make the script work.
This allows readers to gain experience and continue reading as long as they enjoy it. 99% of all readers at studios and agencies are highly over worked, but they must continue to read in order to pay their rent. This is not the kind of reader that writers want looking at their scripts, and so we don't use them. Our readers LOVE to read and help writers.
There is also a chance for our script readers to be attached as an Associate Producer or higher if they are assigned to material as a Story Editor. In this case they would be working directly with the writer. Many of our readers have also been promoted to executive positions here at GLM and at other prestigeous companies, studios, prodcos, etc. When ever you interview for a development job at an entertainment company they always ask for samples of your coverage and development notes. Job candidates who can produce a stack of notes they wrote have a good chance of getting the job!
Our reader / development program helps us find great material, helps our screenwriters improve their scripts through the development process, and allows us to get opinions from a diverse group of minds. Finally, our program gives readers the opportunity to gain experience in development themselves, fueling the future of their own writing careers. The more scripts you read and work on, the better writer you will be.
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