"Had my consultation with Gideon yesterday and wanted to let you know the session was extremely helpful. He is an excellent script consultant and really knows his stuff. It's been a pleasure working with him on the three scripts I've submitted and I've learned a lot. I can't wait to begin another new script but first I will be rewriting the three older ones. Thanks again for your fine service. Very helpful."
Bill Johnston

Thanks, Julie -- very on point and helpful -- I'm impressed and appreciative of TSD's efficiency, its effectiveness, and its value system - an oasis of sanity and kindness in a desert of apathy and inconsistency.
Alex Darrow

"Julie, thanks for the right on the nose suggestions and analysis. Since this was for all intensive purposes the first piece of fiction I had ever written (excluding accomplishments for my annual salary review), I really needed to get a feel for how far out of the channel I was (definitely headed for Antarctica if I had not hooked up with Emily). This Bracken character you have working for you is absolutely great at managing to point out positive aspects in your work and still gently herding you in the right direction. In theory if I incorporate her suggestions on structure and character development, I should get away from that Unibomber Manifesto feel."
Kevin Hall

"Julie, these notes are extraordinary! The best I've received, in their potential to help me both elevate the material and grow as a storyteller. Thank you! Please let Maegan and Tony know how truly/madly/deeply I appreciate their commitment to engage the script and contribute superb insights. They've gone the extra mile by sharing solid ideas and inspired, specific suggestions that serve the story and the characters. That they both did this in LESS than 5 business days... cupcakes all around, say I!"
John Arends, Chicago

"Gideon and I had a wonderful chat on Saturday and I would appreciate it if you please reiterated my gratitude to him. And especially thanks to you and The Script Department. You guys are really terrific and so very helpful to a writer who sits in his own world needing the clarity and fresh eyes and support The Script Department provides so brilliantly."
Nick McCallum

Best coverage I have ever received! Most of it, I already knew, but it helps to have someone else articulate what needs work. More importantly, Ms. Poland's coverage gave me specifics on how to fix the script. Other services will tell you what's wrong, but offer little suggestion on how to fix it. Maegan's style was direct, yet nurturing... Just what a novice writer needs. You have won a life long customer!
Emily Blake

"It is difficult to give your work to strangers to critique, yet after almost a year of reading The Rouge Wave, my instincts told me that The Script Department was the way to go and I was right. Thank you."
Judith Duncan

Maegan and Julie, when I read your comments it was me who should have been saying "WOW! You did a ton of work!" I'm almost at a loss to express how much I appreciate your feedback. Between the two of you I have learned more in the last three months than I have gotten out of a variety of workshops over the years and my not insubstantial library of script writing and film books. I'm a well published author. Yet your feedback has opened my eyes to my shortcomings and the possibilities. As a result, I feel my writing has taken a quantum leap for the
better.
Roy Woodbridge

JULIE - OMG. AWESOME NOTES!!! So thoughtful. Thank you so much and a huge thank you to Robert. I have some work to do, but can't wait to get at the re-write based on these ideas and suggestions. Love it. Love it. Love it. You're the best. Seriously.
Millar

"Thank you! I really, really appreciate PJ's notes (and, of course, her sense of humor and validating style!) and her going above and beyond in terms of the amount of notes. I think she pretty much nailed it (and my weaknesses!) and raised some very interesting possibilities for making the story really pop. I am very grateful for the feedback and look forward to getting the rewrite in for PJ to take another look at. Please thank her again and know that you have a customer for life!"
Richard Sheehy

"Being congenitally impatient (if I have one person in front of me in a line I start hyperventilating) I used the Script Department overnight service, and was very pleased that the fast turnaround meant no compromise on quality, as Julie had obviously read with care, combining overall notes that hit the nail on the head with specific constructive and creative suggestions as to fixes and alternatives. Thanks so much."
Paul Smith, writer, London ('SMITH & JONES', 'BOOTLEG', 'MURDER MOST HORRID', 'GRANGE HILL', BBC1 Afternoon Play)

"They say it only takes one person in this town to believe in you for other doors to open. You have been that person. You raised the level of my game."
Paul Vincent Fusco, author of SOLDIERS OF THE DEAD

"I sent my script to two well-known managers. The first one to respond read the version I did without Julie's help. He passed. The second manager read the version that incorporated Julie's notes. He called me up and took me on. Yes, the first person to read the script I rewrote with Julie's notes signed me."
Scott Hawthorne, screenwriter ROAD RAGE

"Julie has a wonderfully incisive mind, and she's particularly skilled in the digging out the necessary questions, issues, and possible solutions involved in a given project. She can take apart and put back together a script with uncanny awareness, and kick any story up to another level.
Billy Mernit: Writing the Romantic Comedy

"Working with Julie was an amazing experience: Her invaluable notes and suggestions have improved my script immensely, and more importantly - made me a better screenwriter. I had never used a consultant before I turned to her. Nonetheless, it seems to me that the special thing about her as a consultant is the personal aspect: She not only improved the script, she improved and empowered me as writer.
Tal Gantz, screenwriter (script optioned after placing as a Quarterfinalist in the 2005 Expo Screenwriting competition)

"Every time Julie returns a manuscript to me with her comments, I am inspired to sit down immediately and start reworking the material. Her suggestions feel like an infusion of creativity!"
Christine Schoefer, Ph.D. and writer (The Nation, Salon, LA Times, Chicago Tribune, SF Chronicle, Pacific News Service, NPR)

"To call Julie Gray my mentor wouldn't even begin to describe what she has meant to my growth as a screenwriter. Guiding light is much more apt. She was first to recognize my script's potential, and in doing so saved me from one of those dark, head-in-the-oven despairs that can waylay any artist. More important, she showed me how to make my screenplay award-winning. Any success that I've enjoyed so far is all because of Julie, and I'll continue to look to her to show me
the way."
David Gillis, writer of THE GRAY GHOST, which won the Genre Prize: Fantasy in the 2007 Screenwriting Expo Screenplay Competition, and was 1st place finalist, Family, in the 12th Annual Fade In Awards.

"Julie Gray is an amazing mentor who knows what it takes to turn a story into a highly sought-after, 'A-list' script. For a writer to consider going it alone and without the supportive services of The Script Department is utter madness. Every writer out there, no matter what level of skill or experience, needs professional, unbiased feedback. Julie does that with enormous skill, finesse, and humor."
Anne Jordan

"Andrew, thank you again for your help on my film BACHELORS. Your expertise will certainly come in handy when I submit to festivals and distributors. I can't say enough about your knowledge of the industry and of the art of screenwriting."
Scott Simpson

"...My script won the Dylan Thomas Screenwriting Award at Swansea Life Film Festival in Wales, England. But more important than any contest results, I've just been hired by Second Wind Films to write a period action/drama. This proves Julie's maxim that you should write what you're passionate about, in my case period dramas, and eventually that passion will show through on the page."
Steve Zawacki

"Thank you for your honesty regarding my script. It's because of your honesty that I keep coming back with my script(s) - to keep learning - and to keep developing."
Vicky Kjaer Jensen

"Thank you for an AMAZING, inspiring consult today. Thank you for guiding me naturally in a different direction and encouraging me to take steps that keep this project relevant and challenging for me! It was perfect. It really IS a process!"
Jana Wernor