Write and sell your script like a pro.
By spec script specialist MIKE THOMPSON, Hollywood screenwriter & producer and noted recipient of the “highest-paying scripter deal ever” ~ Variety Magazine
“Whether you’re a complete novice or an experienced screenwriter, I’ll help you make your script the very best it can be and then provide practical steps to obtain representation, so that you, too, can take your shot at making the sale.”
About Mike
Mike is a veteran Hollywood writer/producer, perhaps best known for his feature films, Dragonfly, starring Kevin Costner, and Love Happens, featuring Jennifer Aniston. He also co-created the FOX television series, John Doe, and has written and produced indie film and award-winning documentary features as well.
In addition to his produced credits, he is uniquely distinguished for having written and sold dozens of high-profile spec scripts, pitches and teleplays to nearly every major Hollywood studio, including multiple seven-figure deals. He has collaborated on projects involving the likes of Tom Cruise, Denzel Washington, Johnny Depp, George Clooney, Will Smith, Edie Falco, Chris Pine, Richard Gere, Michael Keaton, Academy Award-winning director Robert Zemeckis, and presently, blockbuster producer Jerry Bruckheimer.
Writing Services
“When I was starting out, by sheer luck of the movie Gods, I was fortunate enough to apprentice under some of the most successful screenwriters and producers in Hollywood. Over the years as I’ve achieved my own success, I’ve tried to impart all that I’ve learned to those who expressed an interest. As a script consultant and screenwriting coach, I find great fulfillment in passing along that experience to all who now may seek it.”
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Idea Vetting
Submit your project logline, and I’ll apply my decades of experience writing and selling scripts to assess the potential commercial viability of your idea in the marketplace. This is, without a doubt, the most important step in the process of writing any script that has a chance to sell!
Best of all, this service is absolutely FREE!
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Script Consulting
Whether your project is in the idea, outline or finished script stage of development, I offer a package just for you. I’ll personally read your material and spend (1-2) one-hour recorded phone conversations with you to provide detailed notes, insights and concrete suggestions for how you can take your script from good to great!
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Screenwriting Coaching
If you’re beginning from scratch on your screenplay idea and prefer a more immersive approach, I offer an all-inclusive package in which, over the course of several recorded phone conversations, I will personally collaborate with you throughout the process of taking your project from idea to outline to finished script that’s the very best it can be!
What people are saying…
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Professional, honest, and extremely helpful!
~ Charles A. (10/16/24)
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Mike's advice is worth every penny!
~ Susan Y. (6/19/24)
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Mike is obviously a real pro!
~ Brad D. (8/21/24)
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For the first time, I wasn’t lost after the evaluation, but rather was able to come up with the solutions for the problems my script had.
~ Jess Z. (10/17/24)
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"I have wanted to work with Camp and Thompson for a long time and they have written a great thriller which I believe is highly commercial.”
~ Variety/Producer Mark Gordon (Saving Private Ryan)
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“(Mike and Brandon) have become major writers with major fees, and they have entered that stratosphere that every writer aspires to.”
~ Variety/Producer Steve Reuther (Pretty Woman)
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Totally worth it!
~ Steve K. (5/22/24)
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“Mike and Brandon are two very talented writers who have a unique and powerful voice.”
~ Variety/Lorenzo DiBonaventura (President of Production, Warner Bros)
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“Dragonfly, to be directed by Tom Shadyac, has long been considered one of the best unmade scripts in Hollywood.”
~ Variety
Filmography
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![Love Happens Movie Poster]()
Love Happens
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![Dragonfly Movie Poster]()
Dragonfly
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![Choose Movie Poster]()
Choose
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![John Doe TV Promotion Poster]()
John Doe
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![A Lawyer Walks Into A Bar Movie Poster]()
A Lawyer Walks into a Bar
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![The King of Kong Movie Poster]()
The King of Kong
FREE
Drawing from my decades of experience selling scripts to Hollywood, I’ve distilled what I believe to be the 7 most critical elements of writing an effective logline to help sell your screenplay. Step-by-step, I’ll walk you through the exact process that I apply before starting to write any new script. Gain FREE access below to Mike’s 7 Logline Essentials!
Mike’s 7 Logline Essentials
logline or log-line
[lawg-lahyn]
noun
1 a one sentence summary or synopsis of a script or screenplay, typically used in the selling of the project to a producer or studio
We need the perfect logline before we go try to sell this project.
From The Missile Site Blog
We’ve all seen splashy headlines about a “million-dollar script sale,” so I’m often asked about the nitty-gritty details of such a deal and how it actually breaks down contractually. Is it just like being handed a briefcase full of cash and off you go to the Bahamas to party hearty? Well, not quite.