Rona Edwards and Monika Skerbelis, authors of the critically acclaimed books, I Liked It, Didn’t Love It: Screenplay Development from the Inside Out and The Complete Filmmaker's Guide to Film Festivals: Your All Access Pass to Launching Your Film on the Festival Circuit, together have over 25 years of experience in the film industry having worked in development for major studios (Universal, 20th Century Fox, Paramount), production companies (Michael Phillips Productions, John Larroquette’s Port Street Films), and have had movies produced and/or in development with VH1, ABC, USA, HBO, Lifetime, CBS, Warner Bros, and Ed Pressman, to name a few.
The most commonly used rejection line spewed by studio executive honchos when they do not buy a script is, "I liked it, didn’t love it." What happens to your screenplay or novel when it leaves your hands and is submitted to a studio or production company? What happens to it after it’s optioned or sold? What does "in development" really mean?
Rona Edwards and Monika Skerbelis will shed light on all those questions for both those who are new to the business, and those already journeying through the "storied" halls at a film studio, television network, or production company.
Professional Reviews
Creative Screenwriting Magazine
"...if your script is ready
to be shown, consider
making this the next
book you pick up.It may
well be the thing that
gives you that keen
inside edge over the
other writers who just pitched before you."
-- Peter Clines, Creative
Screenwriting magazine
Script Magazine
"I Liked It, Didn't Love It" is a must-read for anyone who aspires to be, or already is, making the rounds in any film studio, television network or
production company. Edwards and Skerbelis, both teachers of feature film development at UCLA, tackle the questions of Hollywood hopefuls
through writing exercises, techniques
on working with producers/writers, and
tips for developing and pitching new ideas.
-- Script magazine
Fade In Magazine
"...I LIKED IT, DIDN'T LOVE IT is a uniquely valuable roadmap to the brutal fantasyland we call Hollywood."
--Allen B. Ury, Fade In
magazine
