Script Your Success™ Podcast
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.
Episodes
25 episodes
Save Your Writing Career from Hollywood Chaos
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:...
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Season 3
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Episode 303
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26:42
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 mistak...
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Season 3
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Episode 302
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0:03
S3E1: The ONLY real way to Protect Your Ideas
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....
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Season 3
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Episode 301
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15:16
A Major Reason Hollywood Rejects Black Screenwriters
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...
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Season 2
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Episode 210
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58:34
10 Questions To Improve Your Writing IMMEDIATELY
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 y...
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Season 2
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Episode 209
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18:00
These 3 Things Are KILLING Your Scene; But You Can Fix It FAST
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 S...
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Season 2
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Episode 208
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17:11
Get Distribution with Dan Mirvish, King of Indie Film Distribution
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 additio...
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1:07:17
You need these THREE things to write a successful screenplay
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!
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Season 2
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Episode 208
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20:58
STOP Waiting For Permission: Get On Set!
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 witho...
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Season 2
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Episode 207
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50:34
Potential Ain't Enough! 3 Ways to Maximize Your Performance EVERY Day
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...
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Season 2
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Episode 206
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22:04
Writer's Block Part II: The OTHER BS That Stops You From Writing
Eunice gets real about the other B.S. that can stop your story in it's tracks and it's not bull$#it.If you ever find yourself struggling to get your ideas out of your head and onto the page, tune into this informative episode where Euni...
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Season 2
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Episode 205
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27:28
This BS is the REAL Cause of Your Writer's Block!
In this episode, Eunice talks about one of the two REAL reasons you experience the infamous Writer's Block and what you can do TODAY to get rid of it.There are two things that trip up writers every now and again. The first one we discus...
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Season 2
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Episode 204
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16:00
Fix Your Logline in Less Than 10 Minutes
Tired of struggling to write a logline as good as the screenplay you wrote? In less than 10 minutes, Eunice breaks down the ultimate Logline formula that EVERY screenwriter MUST follow to bring their entire screenplay project to life in 30 word...
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Season 2
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Episode 203
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9:02
Rejection Doesn't Define You: Staying The Course When It Feels Like You Are Losing
If you're fed up with script rejections and submitting to festivals only to find your project wasn't selected, you're not alone. Rejection can be hard, especially as an aspiring filmmaker with limited education, opportunity and resources ...
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Season 2
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Episode 202
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46:17
WARNING: Being Optioned Can Mean NEVER Getting Your Script Produced!
All that glitters ain't gold! Writer, producer, director and actor James Moorer aka "Uncle James" gives it to us straight as he reveals the cut-throat truth about having your script optioned.Then... he shares just how critical it ...
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Season 2
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Episode 201
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56:20
Get Distribution WITHOUT an Agent: How writer/producer Briana Cole got her film on FoxSoul
Writing a film is one thing, but producing and distributing a feature film is a whole different ball game. In this information packed episode, Eunice chats it up with writer, actor and executive producer Briana Cole as she goes deep into ...
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Season 1
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Episode 110
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49:41
Going For Broke with Screenwriting Coach John Alexander
Coach John Alexander is sick and tired of US throwing darts at each other and he did NOT hold back in this episode where he shares how ghostwriting, homelessness and having ideas stolen led him to be a more effective screenwriter and script coa...
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Season 1
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Episode 109
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46:24
Is An Accountability Partner The Answer?
Why Isn't Anyone Talking About the REAL value of Accountability Partners?In this episode, script consultant and former Fortune 500 Leader Eunice Smith gives a detailed breakdown on what an accountability partner is, how they work (in re...
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Season 1
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Episode 108
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14:43
I Made A Total A.S.S. Out Of Myself - Here's How I Recovered
Eunice Smith aka The Savvy Screenwriter shares in a moment of serious transparency as she reveals a major, embarrassing PUBLIC FAIL and the secret she had to learn in order to dig deep, heal her wounded pride and achieve her goal.If you...
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Season 1
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Episode 107
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31:15
The TRUTH About Becoming a Professional Screenwriter
In this laugh out loud episode, award-winning playwright turned screenwriter, Christopher Raishun Marshall shares his inspiring journey filled with things to look out for, how to find your niche as a writer, how he handles culturally biased not...
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Season 1
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Episode 106
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1:09:13
Keep Your Script Out the Scrap Pile: How Story Outlines Can Take Your Script To The Next Level
The #1 way to combat writer's block is to never let it happen in the first place. Learn how to plan your script so you can write better and faster with no frustration or writer's block that leads you to another unfinished screenplay.A l...
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Season 5
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Episode 105
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10:36
When Script Readers Get it Wrong - How to Handle Script Notes
The Savvy Screenwriter, Eunice Smith talks about the notes you ABSOLUTELY cannot ignore if you want to improve your script and the likely reason screenplay feedback keeps pissing you off!Find out:What to do about the n...
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Season 1
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Episode 104
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10:06
If You Don't Have THIS... You Won't Make It
The Savvy Screenwriter talks about that one thing emerging filmmakers need that has nothing to do with technical skills but everything to do with lasting success.Eunice Smith is the host of the Script Your Success Podcast, creator of th...
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Season 1
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Episode 103
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13:22
Production Grants 101 w/Colette Ghunim co-founder of Mezcla Media Collective
Ever wondered how to find FREE money for your film projects? In this information packed episode, you get all that and more from Colette Ghunim, award-winning documentary filmmaker and co-founder of Mezcla Media Collective, a Chicago bas...
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Season 1
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Episode 102
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38:38
Avoid Production Shut Downs: Kwame Amoaku, Director of The Chicago Film Office
Avoid costly, embarrassing production shut downs! Kwame Amoaku, Director of The Chicago Film office, outlines the requirements for getting production permits and the general rule of thumb for filming across the city so your product...
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Season 1
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Episode 101
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1:02:34