Professional Development for Stories Moving Toward the Screen
Screenwriting & Film Development Services
ScreenwritePro provides professional screenplay writing and development services for authors, filmmakers, publishers, literary rights holders, and creators developing projects for film and television.
From an original idea to a finished screenplay, or from a published book to a screen adaptation, our work focuses on the writing, structure, development, and presentation required to move a project forward.
Our Services
Original Screenplay Writing
Have an original story that needs to become a screenplay?
We develop original concepts into professionally structured feature film and television screenplays. The process can begin with an idea, premise, story concept, treatment, or existing development material. Our screenplay writing process considers story structure, character development, pacing, dialogue, genre conventions, visual storytelling, and the requirements of the intended format.
Best suited for:
- Original feature film concepts
- Television and limited-series projects
- Producer-developed concepts
- Filmmakers with a story that needs professional screenplay execution
- Creators who need a professional writer to develop their concept into a script
Book-to-Screenplay Adaptation
A novel is not a screenplay.
Book-to-screen adaptation requires decisions about what belongs in the screen story, what needs to be condensed, what can be combined, and which elements of the source material are essential to preserving its identity. We adapt novels and other published works into screenplays while identifying the central dramatic story and translating prose, internal thought, description, and narrative structure into scenes, action, dialogue, and visual storytelling.
Best suited for:
- Novel adaptations
- Published fiction
- Literary properties
- Genre fiction
- Books being developed for feature film or television
- Publishers and rights holders exploring screen opportunities
Memoir-to-Screenplay Adaptation
A life story can contain decades of experiences, relationships, events, and memories. A screenplay cannot include all of them.
Our memoir adaptation service identifies the strongest cinematic story within the source material and develops it into a screenplay structure suitable for film or television. Depending on the material, adaptation may involve condensing events, selecting a particular period of the subject's life, combining characters, restructuring chronology, and translating internal experiences into dramatic scenes.
Explore Memoir AdaptationScript Doctoring & Screenplay Rewriting
Script doctoring focuses on identifying the underlying problems in an existing screenplay and making the changes required to address them.
Depending on the condition of the draft, this may involve targeted revisions or a more substantial rewrite. The objective is to determine what is preventing the script from working and address those problems at the appropriate level.
Areas of development can include:
- Story structure
- Character motivation
- Character arcs
- Pacing
- Dialogue
- Scene construction
- Stakes and conflict
- Plot logic
- Genre execution
- Opening pages
- Second-act problems
- Third-act resolution
- Continuity and setup/payoff
Script Coverage
Before investing in another rewrite or submitting a screenplay to producers, writers often need an objective assessment of the material.
Our script coverage service evaluates a screenplay's strengths, weaknesses, structure, characters, pacing, dialogue, genre execution, commercial considerations, and development opportunities. Coverage can help identify problems that are difficult for a writer to recognize after working on the same material through multiple drafts.
Explore Script CoverageTreatments & Pitch Development
A screenplay is not always the first document a project needs.
Treatments and other development materials can help communicate a project's story, characters, structure, tone, and creative direction before or alongside screenplay development. The appropriate development material depends on the project's stage, format, source material, and intended use.
Depending on the project, development materials may include:
- Feature film treatments
- Television treatments
- Limited-series treatments
- Adaptation treatments
- Character documents
- Story outlines
- Pitch materials
- Other project-development documents
Documentary & Docuseries Development
Documentary projects often begin with more information than can ultimately appear on screen.
Research, interviews, archival material, footage, journalism, and real-world events all require narrative organization. We support documentary and docuseries projects with development materials appropriate to the project's stage, including treatments, narrative structures, scripting, and other written development documents. The process can help identify the central story, organize factual material, establish narrative progression, and determine how the project can sustain its intended format.
Explore Documentary DevelopmentPublisher Services
Publishers and literary rights holders may have hundreds or thousands of properties with potential screen-development value.
We help publishing companies assess and develop selected literary properties for film and television. The objective is to help rights holders identify which properties warrant further development and determine what those properties could become as screen projects.
Depending on the project, services may include:
- Literary property assessment
- Book coverage
- Adaptation assessment
- Book-to-screenplay adaptation
- Treatment development
- Screenplay development
- Development materials
- Catalogue screening and prioritization
Not One of the Services Above?
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Book time to discuss your project, idea, or screenplay with a professional before deciding what comes next. Consultations are billed at $50 per hour, with no obligation to purchase any ScreenwritePro service afterward.
What Does Your Project Need?
If you already know what you need, we can begin there. If you are unsure whether your project requires a screenplay, treatment, coverage, adaptation assessment, or another development service, we can evaluate the material and determine the appropriate starting point.