Script Your Success™ Podcast

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Get Ready to Script Your Success™The Script Your Success™ Podcast is a bi-weekly dose of film school that gives you indie-filmmaking tips, success principles and insight you can’t Google. Learn from producers, directors and other professionals who share their experiences with every aspect of filmmaking from screenplay development and production to festivals, representation, and distribution. And because it takes more than a screenplay to script your success, we help you navigate tools, notes, protecting your intellectual property and the mindset it takes to build your successful career as a filmmaker.

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Save Your Writing Career from Hollywood Chaos

Sep 04 2023 26 mins

A tough but honest look at the current state of hollywood and what it REALLY means for writers looking to build a career in the film industry. In this episode we explore the prospects for an industry screenwriting career given:The WGA strike which is already beyond 100 DaysThe reality that AI is everywhere and GROWINGThe strike which is taking food off of the plates of hardworking

Short Film Production Blue Print

Eunice has successfully produced several award-winning short films that have jumpstarted screenwriter and filmmaker's careers. In this short but informative episode, she shares the blueprint with you as well as some critical mistakes you can avoid on your path to success as a filmmaker.Powered by The WordSmith Writer's Lab and the PWR Writer App, the world's first end-to-end screen

S3E1: The ONLY real way to Protect Your Ideas

Jul 05 2022 15 mins

Scared to tell people your story ideas? Ever been attacked by idea vultures? If you have then you definitely want to tune into this episode where Eunice shares the REAL and ONLY way you can truly protect your ideas from being stolen.Episode Resources:Big Magic Book - Elizabeth GilbertPowered by The WordSmith Writer's Lab and the PWR Writer App, the world's first end-to-end screenwr

A Major Reason Hollywood Rejects Black Screenwriters

Jun 21 2022 58 mins

Listen as a writer, director and producer, Brandon Miree talks with Eunice about some of the fatal mistakes he made early in his filmmaking career and the real reason so many black screenwriters are rejected by Hollywood (its not what you think).From football and loss to creating a powerful award-winning animated short, The Magical Root, a story about the untold life of Fredrick Do

10 Questions To Improve Your Writing IMMEDIATELY

Jun 14 2022 18 mins

The age old advice screenwriters get is to read scripts other people wrote but, what exactly are you supposed to look for?In this episode, Eunice Smith shares 10 of the top 20 questions in her Script Reading Checklist that helps you identify the good, bad, and ugly in other people's screenplays so you can avoid the same mistakes when you sit down to write.Episode ResourcesScript Re

These 3 Things Are KILLING Your Scene; But You Can Fix It FAST

Jun 07 2022 17 mins

In this short but powerful episode, Eunice talks about the three things that ruin most scenes for screenwriters and it's not that lame "show don't tell" BS people like to give writers. It's these:The KnowingPlaying It SafeMeasuring Too Early or Too LateThen Eunice takes you beyond the problem to three easy to implement SOLUTIONS you can use fix these problems in your screenplay FOR

Get Distribution with Dan Mirvish, King of Indie Film Distribution

May 31 2022 67 mins

Wondering how to get national AND international distribution for your film? Listen as Dan Mirvish, award-winning writer, producer and director shares how he got more than 60 theathers for the premier of his film 18 1/2. In addition to his vast knowledge of film distribution and the business side of filmmaking, Dan is the co-founder of Slam Dance, the film festival that showed up on

You need these THREE things to write a successful screenplay

May 24 2022 20 mins

Writing screenplays can feel so complicated but in this episode, Eunice breaks down the three Cs of writing a successful screenplay regardless of the project length, genre type OR even if you've never written a screenplay in your life!Powered by The WordSmith Writer's Lab and the PWR Writer App, the world's first end-to-end screenwriting process that fits in your pocket.

STOP Waiting For Permission: Get On Set!

May 17 2022 50 mins

It's not easy to become a successful filmmaker, especially as a black woman in a male-dominated industry but SO WHAT!!!Yeah, people will try to hold you back but THIS brilliant Black Woman, Omeiga Keeys (yes, two Es) found success without seeking permission and shares how you can do the same (even if you ARE a man) Atlanta based writer, producer, director and actress Omeiga Keeys s

Potential Ain't Enough! 3 Ways to Maximize Your Performance EVERY Day

May 10 2022 22 mins

Isn't it time you finally start CRUSHING goals instead of watching everyone else be great? Eunice shares three tips for getting your rear in gear TODAY!Get ready to CONSISTENTLY match your performance to your potential so you can script the success you deserve!Episode ResourcesThe Four Agreements BookThe Domino Effect BookIntegrity: Without It, Nothing Works (article)Happy Pocket F