Why a script consultant?
Because writing a screenplay means both creating a world and mapping it
A script doctor is an experienced outside eye that illuminates what one can no longer perceive when too close to one's own story, and allows one to identify clearly what works, what resists, and how to strengthen it concretely.
Some stories resist without one knowing immediately why. My work involves tracing that resistance back to its source, to find the organic logic of the narrative and allow it to fall right, like a little black dress. It is a personalised, tailored process.
Each text poses singular problems, each writer has a different blind spot. There is no universal template, no strict rules, only approaches, sensibilities, different paths, to bring each screenplay to its most truthful and fully realised form.
Because a screenplay is living material that runs through the making of a film, while remaining its point of reference.
What script consulting is not
In France, a script doctor does not rewrite your script for you (in the United States, they do). That is because what we call a script doctor in France would more commonly be called a script consultant there - the kind of work associated with figures such as Linda Seger or Robert McKee.
In France, the role of a script doctor - or script consultant - is to understand what you are trying to tell, identify what is already working and what is not yet in place, and provide the perspective and direction needed to understand exactly how, and why, to rewrite.
Both terms coexist in France. Script consultant is the most immediately understood functional translation. Script doctor carries a more specific meaning: a targeted intervention on an existing draft in order to strengthen it. That precision reflects the 90pages approach. Both are used for the same practice.
is not script coverage. A script doctoring consultation focuses on what to do with the diagnosis and the project’s potential: how to move forward, why a given element needs rewriting, and in what direction.
It is not formatting to a ready-made recipe. It is not rewriting in your place. It is a maieutic, personalised process - in service of the story - which requires the writer’s genuine critical availability.
A script doctor can be brought in at any stage: from treatment, sometimes even at the point where different ways of telling the story are still being explored, right through to the final draft before production.
Some projects need only a single consultation - an external perspective at a pivotal moment, such as before a CNC submission. Others benefit from support across several drafts. There is no fixed formula. The process is tailored to the project’s specific needs.
What it changes, concretely
You identify precisely the areas of narrative fragility, you understand why something isn’t quite working, not just what, you leave with momentum, a clear vision, and narrative choices you have made your own, and your screenplay gains in coherence, truthfulness and strength, for readers, producers, funding bodies, and ultimately the audience
Who is script doctoring for ?
Established or emerging screenwriters seeking a precise, professional eye, producers wishing to refine a screenplay before submission or production, creatives who are blocked, looking to amplify or deepen their writing process and beginning screenwriters seeking active training based on their own project.
I work with authors, screenwriters, and producers who want to serve the story rather than their ego.
Because a better screenplay makes a better film.