I know the subject of turning your Story, Novel, or Concept into a major motion picture script sounds more like a topic suited for the most established authors or only the Hollywood A-List of the script writing elite but this article is about a Hollywood production company that works with both independent authors, and Hollywood to generate, cultivate, and create new motion picture and television entertainment. The truth is a good story usually leads to a good script, and whether you’re an independent publisher/author, or a Hollywood-insider, good scripts are just what Hollywood is looking for.

So let’s say you feel you have a good story, maybe even an already published novel, but have no idea how or where to start when it comes  to turning your good story into an award winning block buster movie script. That is where the Hollywood Writer’s Studio comes in. I’ll tell you more about them in a moment; let me just say that I started out writing television, and motion picture scripts before I got into writing book manuscripts so the screenplay writing process is a process I am familiar and comfortable with.

There is somewhat of a science to the process of screenplay writing vs manuscript-writing but if you are interested, and a little persistent, you can make it happen once you know the basics. There are several good script writing software programs on the market even a built in screenplay writing feature that comes automatically with the Windows 7 operating system, if you happen to have the Windows 7 O/S on your computer. The screenplay writing feature may have even made it into the Windows 08 O/S but upon the writing of this article I don’t have that knowledge. The motion picture scripts I grew up on folded three acts in to 120 pages to create roughly two hours of onscreen entertainment.

Even that rule can be broken and often has been if the story is epic enough. I heard that with George Lucas’ first version of the Star Wars the script was over 300 pages long. With a little help from people like Joseph Campbell working with Lucas on his story idea Lucas was eventually able to release the last epode of his epic film first, and I suppose the film’s success allowed George Lucas to go back and do episodes one and two; granted I was a little confused by the order of the episodes I enjoyed them all.

If at this point you’re still thinking gee Hank, thanks for the info, but I’d rather have some help transforming my novel or story ideas into a screenplay, this is where Hollywood Writer’s Studio might be worth checking into. Some of the services they offer are ghostwriting ; and even if you have already started a screenplay Hollywood Writer’s Studio offers script doctoring, and rewrites to fine tune, or tweak your script presentation.

Your participation in the writing process during the development and creation of your screenplay is welcomed so I see that as a plus. Hollywood Writer’s Studio claims to have nine screenplays currently in production in Hollywood and that all screenplays developed by the Hollywood Writer’s Studio are marketed to film studios and producers. Sending them an e-mail with details about what you want to adapt to a screenplay and they will send you a rate quote that depends on how long your adaptation might take, standard turnaround time was listed as 120 days, with payments made in installments.  I did read some pretty glowing unsolicited testimonials while I was on their site but only your can tell by contacting them if Hollywood Writer’s Studio is a good fit for you and your novel, story, or concept adaptation needs.