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08 December 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Did you get your Filmmaker Cheat Sheet?

Many film­mak­ers over­look the things that will make or break their film’s suc­cess because they are so focused on the big pic­ture.  This Film­maker Cheat Sheet  is a laun­dry list of duties that you, as the film­maker & CEO of your film project, are respon­si­ble for.  It’s a 12-page check­list that lays out, in chronological […]

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04 December 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Making 2011 Your Year

A new year will be here soon.  Are you ready?  What did you accom­plish in 2010?  Did you reach your goals?  If not, what’s hold­ing you back?  Check out this new coach­ing pro­gram which launches Tues­day, Decem­ber 7th.  It  will help you make 2011 your best year ever.  http://www.tanyakersey.com/coaching/make-2011-your-best-year-ever-group-coaching-program

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24 November 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Does this Sound Like You?

Hi every­one, I’ve been work­ing with a new film­maker client who is pro­duc­ing his sec­ond feature. He came to me for help after his first film bombed.  He didn’t get dis­tri­b­u­tion, wasted thou­sands of dol­lars on a screen­ing that was not well attended, and spent hun­dreds more on film fes­ti­val entry fees that didn’t gar­ner a […]

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21 September 2010 ~ 0 Comments

The Rewrite Mentor Talks Screenwriting

  Peo­ple are often delu­sional about how seri­ous the com­pe­ti­tion is out in Hol­ly­wood, espe­cially writ­ers. If it took Frank Darabont, an estab­lished screen­writer in his own right, 25 draft­sto cre­ate the Acad­emy Award nom­i­nated script to The Shaw­shank Redemp­tion, what makes you think you can recre­ate the same suc­cess with one? Rewrit­ing is an […]

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10 September 2010 ~ 0 Comments

How to be Streetwise and Book Smart

Thought for the week … If you want to suc­ceed in Hol­ly­wood, be street­wise and book-smart! There is noth­ing more impor­tant than hav­ing a rea­son­able bal­ance of both. Naivety can cost you and not being edu­cated to the level you need to func­tion well in this indus­try can cost you as well. Don’t leave your street-smarts […]

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10 September 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Are you Committed?

In all of my obser­va­tions, and from my own expe­ri­ence, I find that the jour­ney is always the same. It’s a long road of self exam­i­na­tion and improve­ment, skill and tal­ent exam­i­na­tion, train­ing and edu­ca­tion. It’s mak­ing judg­ment calls about peo­ple, things and sit­u­a­tions. You con­tin­u­ally cor­rect the “course” until you are headed in the […]

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08 September 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Fall 2010 Teleseminar Series Announced

Hol­ly­wood Career Strate­gist Tanya Kersey is pleased to announce her Fall 2010 Tele­sem­i­nar Series begin­ning on Wednes­day, Sep­tem­ber 15th and run­ning through mid-November.  Each week Tanya will offer up detailed infor­ma­tion, and share her knowl­edge and exper­tise on a spe­cific Hol­ly­wood career topic. Hi {!firstname_fix} I want to tell you about my Fall 2010 Tele­sem­i­nar Series which […]

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01 September 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Is your script marketable?

Have you con­sid­ered how mar­ketable your script is? Writers con­cen­trate so much on the story, struc­ture, dia­logue and char­ac­ters, that they often for­get to con­sider the mar­ketabil­ity of their script.   Mar­ketabil­ity doesn’t just appear after you’ve writ­ten your screen­play. You have to know how to write a screen­play from a mar­ketabil­ity per­spec­tive. I can’t tell […]

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30 August 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Why You Need a Script Consultant

I can’t tell you how many writ­ers fail to uti­lize the ser­vices of a script con­sul­tant before they take their script into the mar­ket­place. HUGE mis­take!   A script con­sul­tant is a KEY mem­ber of a screenwriter’s team. As a mat­ter of fact, I don’t know a sin­gle, suc­cess­ful screen­writer who takes their script to […]

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24 August 2010 ~ 0 Comments

This Will Give You Hope

One of my recent coach­ing clients — hus­band and wife team Daniel Lir and Bal­lou Ben­nett (remem­ber those names!) — are NYC-based writer-directors.  Their short film had won sev­eral film fes­ti­val awards, but they needed direc­tion on how to cap­i­tal­ize and move their career for­ward.  I worked with them for one month and they have […]

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