Screenwriting Coaching from The Story Specialists

Want expert guidance from concept to completed rough draft? Check out our Write a Screenplay in 90 Days packages!

How many times have you told yourself that this is the year you’ll finally write that screenplay? Maybe you even jotted down the first ten pages or more, only to give up in frustration when the words stopped flowing.

You have the ideas. You have a passion for writing. So what’s the missing element that keeps you from completing a saleable screenplay?

Without a clearly defined writing plan and a skilled expert to steer you through the process, getting from FADE IN to FADE OUT can be an arduous task. Enter The Story Specialists, The Writers Store’s professionally-trained screenwriting coaches. Story Specialists provide customized guidance based on your own screenwriting goals, and can take you from first glimmer of an idea to a final draft, all the while addressing your specific writing needs.

Unlike classes and workshops, there are no one-size-fits-all theories or pre-set lessons, only one-on-one meetings where your Story Specialist coach will develop and implement a powerful strategy to help you reach your writing objectives.

The Story Specialists program includes:

• A Personalized Assessment
  You and your coach will meet to discuss your writing experience and review
  your screenplay, idea and/or outline.
• A Project Path
  Based on your script idea and personal goals, your coach will provide a specific
  Project Path to keep you motivated and on-track with your writing.
• In-Person or Remote Sessions
  Choose 45-minute weekly or bi-weekly in-person or remote meetings, where you’ll work
  privately with your coach on the elements of your screenplay.
• Quality Feedback
  Your coach will motivate and inspire you, and provide both verbal and written
  feedback on your work.

Having a regular appointment with a writing coach will make you accountable for your script, and gives you the unprecedented attention and input you need to get your blockbuster completed.

The Story Specialists are a team of veteran writers with degrees in an array of disciplines, from screenwriting to filmmaking. They possess solid backgrounds in the Industry, and have pitched, optioned and sold their own work. To select a Story Specialist, review their qualifications below to decide which one will be a match for your project.

Mario Moreno
Education: Bachelor's degree in Film from Miami International University, where he won an Outstanding Filmmaker Award for his thesis "The Sellout."
Background: Written over a dozen feature film scripts with one optioned, one recently sold and has pitched executives at Paramount, Warner Brothers, Fox, Disney, Universal and Sony. Co-Writer of the best-selling book The Pocket Screenwriting Guide.
Specialties: Adaptations, Action-Adventures, Thrillers, Historical Epics, Biopics and Sci-Fi. Also fluent in Spanish.

Anthony Grieco
Education: Bachelor's degree in Film and English from the University of Toronto
Background: Completed nine feature film scripts, with two optioned and one recently sold. Co-Writer of the best-selling book The Pocket Screenwriting Guide.
Specialties: Thrillers, Romantic Comedy, Comedy, Horror, Action, Dramedies, Dark Comedies

Kay Tuxford
Education: Graduate of Chapman University's Screenwriting MFA program
Background: Reader for Dark Horse Entertainment and Gary Paulson Productions. Past judge for ScriptSavvy.net. At Chapman, a Knott Scholar working under screenwriter Larry Gross, a Best Screenplay nomination for her feature "Coffeespoons," and Best Film award for the short "54 Meets #47." Kay also won 1st place in the 1-Hour Category of Scriptapalooza’s TV Writing Competition for her "Dexter" spec script. A feature script of her short film "Whore" was a Semifinalist in the Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowships and placed 2nd at the Cynosure Screenwriting Awards.  Her scripts "First in Flight" and "Coffeespoons" placed in Nicholl's top 10% and 15% respectively.  She currently has a TV pilot optioned.
Specialties: TV, Comedy, Drama, Dramedies, Adaptation, Sci-Fi

Did Langrock
Education: Bachelor's Degree in Creative Writing with a minor in Film from Miami University
Background: Nationally syndicated Humor Columnist with Creators Syndicate, Langrock has also worked as a professional writer for PBS and as a joke writer for Kalan LP. Langrock is a two-time semi-finalist in the Scriptapalooza writing contest. Her pilot scripts have garnered her representation and meetings with the top execs in town, including The Donner Company, Krasnoff-Foster, Tapestry Films, Dare to Pass, HBO, ABC Family, MTV and Disney.
Specialities: Television pilots, television specs, features, children, dark drama, irreverent comedy and strong female characters.

Ready to start working smarter, not harder? Call us today at 800.272.8927 or come in to The Writers Store to schedule a private in-person or remote session for only $49.

If you are not in Los Angeles you can still take advantage of this incredible service. Our Story Specialists are available Monday through Saturday from 10am until 6pm Pacific Time via phone, Skype and instant messenger.