
Director Ron Howard...
I found MAKING A GOOD SCRIPT GREAT so helpful, specifically your section on the Central Question and on creating scene sequences. I've used those concepts on all my films starting with APOLLO 13.
Writer Ray Bradbury...
Linda's technique is a light to see by.
Director Mark Travis...
Linda is one of the most generous and insightful story and script consultants I have ever met. It takes a special talent to be able to address, critique and analize another person's writing without damaging the spirit and passion of the writers. Linda has that very special talent. Linda and I have consulted together on projects here in the States as well as overseas. And again I am impressed with her unique talents, insights and patience. (Mark Travis is a director and directing teacher and has given directing seminars and classes around the world.)
Writer Sharon Cobb...
If you want to take the bullet train to Hollywood, hire Linda Seger as a script consultant. I'd written five scripts using Linda's books as guides and then when I moved to LA Linda became my "go-to" analyst. I never sent a script to my agent or producers without Linda's detailed critiques first. Many times screenwriters are too close to their work to be objective, especially during the first few drafts. With Linda's help, I was able to elevate my work and began selling scripts. Now with several movies produced, I can highly recommend Linda Seger to anyone who is serious about selling their scripts to production companies or studios.
SHARON Y. COBB's credits include Lighthouse Hill, On Hostile Ground and Just Write. Visit http://www.FunnyFixx.com/M to see her web show THURAPY (also showing on YouTube and Will Ferrell's comedy website FunnyOrDie.
Writer David Gleeson...
I have worked with Linda on 4 screenplays now. I am always amazed and delighted at the new possibilities she opens up for me with her notes. I'm not exaggerating when I say she inspires me and drives me to produce the very best I am capable of. I'm dreading the day she hangs up her hat and retires from the biz. (David Gleeson, writer-director, WideEye Films, Dublin, Ireland. Credits include: Cowboys and Angels, The Front Line, etc.)
Writers George Scheurer & Paul Mintze...
Paul and I want to first thank you for your personal warmth and hospitality that you gave to us and all of the participants in your seminar in your Making A Good Script Great Writing Clinic in October. We laughed and learned in a supportive environment.
You possess a unique talent to help screenwriters at every level of competence and experience. You helped us to write the screen play that we desire but with the necessary changes that solved our screen play's problems...and this was all done with a warm fire in a log cabin nestled in the Rockies. Wow.
Writer Jennifer Hilldebrand...
Your Making a Good Script Great Writing Clinic was an amazing weekend for me. I felt that it was, indeed, a turning point. Thank you for inspiring me in so many ways. I have a personal collection in my mind of powerful women who have inspired me along my journey, and I have found another one in you!
Writer Brooke Malouf...
I highly recommend the clinic Making a Good Script Great. Linda's personal attention to my writing and the insight into where I needed to go with the plot simply amazed me. Her style is warm, thoughtful and appropriately direct, and I felt hope when I left Colorado... it was like Linda had a crystal ball focused directly on my script's future... The other writers in my group would agree... there is something magical about this experience.
Writer SRZ...
Six years and a multitude of notes and my screenplay was still going nowhere - until someone told me about Linda. As a last resort, I decided to work with Linda at her home in Colorado. What an experience. She is the Rolls Royce of screenplay consultants. She had a solution for every problem my script had.
Writer John Connell...
Your notes are wonderful, copious, detailed, to the point, sensible, logical, instructive, and intimidating!!! :) In the sense of how much of a re-write they imply.
Finally, the words needed to appropriately express appreciation and thanks will forever fail this inadequate scribbler; so, thank you and may God bless you abundantly.
Writer C.J., Canada...
Your notes are so thoughtful and helpful. You presented many helpful suggestions to both strengthen what's there and add new ideas which will make a revision all the easier. And most importantly, I'm so happy you "got" it. You really are well suited to what you do. What a great service you provide and it was worth every penny! Thank you again for your care with my script and insights.
Writer Angela VanZandt...
I cannot express how professional Linda Seger is as a script consultant. She has a very unique gift of zoning in on what the script needs in order to be successful - and what it does not need! I hired Linda for 2 scripts ... both are now in pre-production as feature films. She is just the best - smart, sweet, with boatloads of integrity.
Writer Elvis Jerez...
I absolutely loved your feedback. I took it to heart, analyzed it, applied it and studied some movies along those lines. The result is a stronger story line that even out the script so it's not so back-loaded. I couldn't be happier! I realized I got lost along the way and your advice pointed me in the right directions and allowed me to think of things I hadn't before considered. I have no doubt I hired the right consultant!
Writer Elizabeth English...
Dr. Linda Seger has been the heart of Moondance since the very first film festival in 2000. Her popular workshops are always sold out, attendees come from around the world to learn from her, and many enthusiastic screenwriters make appointments with her in Moondance's Consultations With the Pros opportunities during the event. Linda is talented, reliable, encouraging and spiritual. We all love the red cowboy boots she wears to present workshops, too! Thanks for being there, and helping to make Moondance such a well-respected international success, Linda!
Writer Christopher Spaleta...
I just wanted to let you know again how much I enjoyed your talk at the summit. You are the kindest, most open and inspiring screenwriting lecturer I've ever seen (and I went to school for it).
You were a breath of fresh air in an industry that is all too often discouraging, so thank you.
Writer Sergio Umansky, Mexico City...
Five days proved to be the perfect time for new ideas, new paths and new discoveries. Linda is a pleasure to work with. Her talent and vision will help you find the problems in your story and solve them in a magical, creative and intense way.
Writer Jana Lyn Rutledge, Canada...
Over the last 15 years, I have worked with Linda on 7 scripts. We have worked for 1 day, 3 days and five days. She is a writer's dream and it is amazing what she is able to accomplish with a writer. The work is intense and the environment is creative, effective and fascinating and the back and forth simply flows, day after day. The amount of work accomplished is miraculous. In five days we actually finished a draft of a script that was quite incomplete when I came.
I am an experienced writer, yet Linda is a deep well that continually provides a richness that guides and embellishes the process.
Writer John Hackwell, Australia...
Once again, I appreciate your penetrating observations. You have given me exceptional value for money. I've used other script consultants through the years, but I think they obviously didn't see the problems. You nailed them on your first read.
Writer Carole Whang Schutter...
Boy I can see why you're considered one of the best or the best in the business. You honed right in to problems I was blind to. Thanks so much.
Writer Steve Daron...
I read your notes and you were spot on for me. Suggestions are sparking writing what I sense will finally be a viable structured story, so much different from the beginning. With this draft, it's now a story that needs fine tuning and some clarity but not a natural disaster like when I first sent it. Thank you. (August, 2011)
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