I Love To Talk About Screenwriting

I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed by Joe Compton for his excellent web series "Go Indie Now." Most of the interviews that I do center on my experiences as an indie film producer, but my heart is truly in screenwriting. If that's your thing too, check it out at the link below - my part starts at minute 53. Our discussion includes things like why I chose to actually STUDY screenwriting at the New School; my pre-writing process (yeah, that's a thing, at least for me!);  and my first one act play, which was produced by Love Creek in the immediate aftermath of 9/11.

Updated Script Consulting Web Site

In addition to writing my own screenplays, I have an active consulting business in which I critique and/or re-write other people's scripts. I also adapt short stories and novels into screenplays. My client base ranges from New York City to western Canada, Sweden, and Paris - and I look forward to expanding it further.

Check out my web site, and click "contact me" for more information.

Mara Lesemann Script Consultant

Screenplay Consulting Plus Re-Writes & Adaptations

As we continue to roll out my new feature DETOURS (with upcoming screenings at The Strand Theater in Lakewood NJ and the Golden Door International Film Festival in Jersey City in September), I look forward to working with both new and returning screenplay clients.

My services include feedback on how to improve your existing script, re-writing it if it's time for a fresh eye, and turning your short story or novel into a screenplay. Check out my web site at the link below for more information (including pricing) as well as feedback on my work.

Mara Lesemann: Screenwriter & Script Consultant

My New Script Consulting Web Site

I've freelanced as a script consultant for the last several years, and decided that it's time for a web site about those services.

Check it out at Mara Lesemann Script Consultant; use the "Contact Me" button for more information.

Thanks to Tara Westwood, Michael Gibrall, and Phyllis Somerville for allowing me to quote them.

My Monologue "Risk" To Be Published November 1

I'm delighted that my monologue "Risk" is a finalist in TentSquare's West Side Stories Monologue Competition!  It will be published on November 1 in W42ST magazine, which is available in midtown Manhattan as well as on line.

"Risk" is inspired by my work-in-progress screenplay "American Casino."