Do you have a great idea that’s just begging to be turned into a movie Treatment?  Does everyone tell you that your life story would make a great movie?  Are you the author of a manuscript or book that you also want to adapt into a screenplay? 

The experienced and skilled screenwriters at AWSF, will ghostwrite your Treatment, Script, TV Pilot or Episode, Webisode, etc., with a combination of great listening skills, professional screenwriting abilities, and industry-grade execution and formatting; all for extremely competitive rates.  Contact Erin Chapman for an estimate on your project, call 310-508-0297 or email: erin@awardwinningscreenwriters.com

Ghostwriting Services

• Treatment
• Life story to Screenplay (with individual’s permission)
• Book to Screenplay (with author’s permission)
• Manuscript to Screenplay
• Logline/Synopsis
• TV Pilot or Episode
• Webisodes
• Rewrites or Script Doctoring

Experienced Screenwriters who Listen Carefully to Your Ideas

AWSF screenplay ghostwriters are highly educated in writing feature film and television scripts, and are professional writers in the entertainment industry. Many of our screenwriters have experience working for major studios and agencies, including: Sony, Disney, Warner Bros., Nickelodeon, Miramax, Fox, ABC, Icon Productions, Spyglass Entertainment, and New Line Cinema; have M.F.A. degrees, and have had their own scripts optioned/sold/produced.   Your ghostwritten Treatment or Script will be formatted in a professional manner, according to industry standards. We listen carefully to your ideas, confer with you by phone several times and take your email comments - all to ensure that your final ghostwritten Treatment or Script, will meet or exceed your expectations.

Writing Credit is Signed Over to You

AWSF screenwriters sign a Ghostwriting Agreement with you, to ensure that all writing credits and rights are signed over to you at the outset.  AWSF screenwriters sign non-disclosure agreements with AWSF as well.

No Marketing or Promotion Provided
AWSF ghostwriting services offers no marketing or promotion of the material, and makes no guarantee that the ghostwritten Treatment or Screenplay will be read, optioned or bought.  Once your ghostwritten material is completed, it is the client's responsibility to register the Screenplay or Treatment with the WGA and/or to copyright the material with the Library of Congress.

Payment

Payment is made in advance, through Paypal only  (Paypal also accepts credit cards as well). To avoid additional fees charged by Paypal, please choose the “Personal Payment” option. You will sign a Payment & Scope of Work Agreement for your particular project.  The price for a Treatment or Script varies according to the time involved, whether we are writing from an idea, manuscript, or life-story; and whether or not the screenwriter will have to do in-depth research on location, time period, and industry-specific jargon, or other technical issues. 
             Treatment:  $600. - $1,200.
             Screenplay:  $5,000. - $10,000.
Since 2005, our fees are some of the lowest in the business. To get an estimate for your project, contact Erin Chapman at 310-508-0297 or email Erin Chapman at erin@awardwinningscreenwriters.com 

Time Frame

The time frame for completion depends on if we are writing a Treatment or full Script.  For a Treatment, it could require 3 weeks to 6 weeks to complete the process. This includes reviewing your ideas, two phone calls, and a final review of the finished product. For a full Script, time frame of completion varies according to the material, it could be 2 - 4 months. A RUSH order is possible, depending on availability of our ghostwriters, for an additional fee.

AWSF Ghostwriters

Ian Weinreich – Ian holds an M.F.A. degree in dramatic writing from New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, and a B.A. degree in Cinema Studies from U.C.S.B. He has years of experience working as a screenplay reader and analyst for Miramax Films (No Country for Old Men, Gone Baby Gone, There Will Be Blood); as well as Spyglass Entertainment (Star Trek, Wanted, Invictus, G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra).

Lawrence Ross - Lawrence is an active screenwriter/ghostwriter for private clients referred by AWSF, William Morris Endeavor and UCLA.  He is currently writing a script for Director Julie Dash (The Rosa Parks Story); and is a respected author of five books, including the Los Angeles Times bestseller The Divine Nine: The History of the African American Fraternities and Sororities.  (Kesington Books: 2001). He also writes freelance articles for The Root.com (Washington Post's African American site) and CNN.  Lawrence holds an M.F.A. degree in Screenwriting from UCLA School of Theatre, Film and Television.

Chris Canaan – Chris Canaan has written movies and mini-series for CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox, USA, Showtime, Hallmark, Starz, Encore and many more networks. His feature films include, “Robinson Crusoe,” starring Pierce Brosnan, and Dasheill Hammett’s “The House on Turk Street,” starring Samuel L. Jackson. Chris won an Emmy with Michael Mann for the mini-series, “Camerena: Drug Wars.” He wrote “Cries Unheard,” with Hillary Swank, Additionally, he has scribed “Gabriel’s Fire,” staring James Earl Jones, and was co-creator of the CBS series, “Walker Texas Ranger.” His screen adaptations include the works of works of Elmore Leonard, Ann Rice and Robert Ludlum. In summer 2008 The Lifetime Network aired his current film, “Little Girl Lost.” For the last several years, Canaan has taught screenwriting for the Writers Program at UCLA Extension and lectured at various universities, including University of California, Berkeley and California Lutheran University. Canaan is a member of the faculty at the Academy of Cinema in Athens, Greece where he taught the Michael Chekhov Technique and creative writing. He currently teaches screenwriting for National University. Chris holds an M.F.A. degree in Theater from University of California San Diego. (listed on internet movie database:  http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0133459/ )

David Sakmyster – David is a screenwriter/novelist and is represented by AWSF Management. David's first screenplay, The Red Envelope, made it to the finals in several screenwriting contests.  His next effort, Isolation, was a quarterfinalist at the Nicholl’s contest and won a Silver Remi award at WorldFest.  The script Roadside Assistance, a horror/psychological thriller, won a Genre Award at 2009’s Expo Screenwriting Competition, and also won an honorable mention in The Horror Screenplay Contest, and was a top-5 finalist at Slamdance.  In 1998, David published his first novel Twilight of the Fifth Sun (Dragon Moon Press) – a historical ghost story.  His short story, The Red Envelope, was published in the L Ron Hubbard annual anthology (sales of approx 50,000 copies each year) in 2005, and Dragon Moon Press published his gold-rush era adventure novel, Silver and Gold in 2009.  And in 2010 Variance Press will publish book one in a trilogy entitled The Morpheus Initiative about a team of remote-viewers trying to discover lost artifacts of mystical power. Book two in this series is finished, and he is currently writing book three.  David has also published over twenty stories in various small press magazines and a few larger ones.  

Testimonials:

"I contracted AWSF for ghostwriting services, to help me develop a screenplay Treatment from my book, with the goal of it becoming a feature film. I must say it was all I asked for and more. My ghostwriter really put in the time and interest into my project, to get the job done right, and professionally. Now I feel confident enough to go out into the world of Hollywood with something that is solid and right there with other Hollywood professionals. Thank you for your great work, and I can't wait to use your services again." - Jamelle Dolphin, Dolphins of Hollywood Project

"It went great with the phone call to my ghostwriter, once our call ended, I remembered things I forgot to tell him about the Treatment, lol. I can't wait to see it!" - Jaron Zennaiter, Project Human