Seriously, though, Karel, I’m not sure where you get the 10 scripts / 5 years bit. A survey of WGA members in the US discovered (I think) that working writers wrote on average nine feature scripts before SELLING one (NOT getting one made). My own experience, for what it’s worth, is that I wrote seriously for 16 years before getting my first feature made. And this was despite doing episodic TV and writing an Oscar nominated short film along the way.

‘Is this script good enough to get made?’ is really the wrong question. Movies get made for all sorts of reasons, and the quality of the script is frequently not the overriding concern – you don’t have to watch many movies to figure that out. The real question is, are YOU a good enough writer to get into the game, to prove to people that matter that you’re worth taking a bet on, whether that’s an original script, an adaptation or some other work on assignment. And the only way you can demonstrate that is to write. A lot. And often.

My advice to all budding screenwriters is this. GIVE UP NOW! Frankly, I don’t need the competition. There are easier ways of making money, and more rewarding hobbies.

If the above paragraph has in any way put you off screenwriting, then believe me, I’ve done you a great favour and saved you a whole world of pain.

By the way, I should say that I’m a current client of Karel’s, and every dollar spent on him is a huge investment in all our futures.