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Client Quotes
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"We rely on Susan every time we give birth to a new script." Jim and Steve Jermanok |
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Testimonials from Clients
"Kouguell was brilliant on my film. Knowing her talents I am convinced Su-City can be very useful to producers and directors."
Atlantic City
Pretty Baby
Au Revoir Les Enfants
"Kouguell's critiques are meticulous, her instincts inspired and her commitment to making my work the best it could be went far beyond the call of duty."
Big Love
In the Gloaming
Falling Man
Easter
The Pact
"Kouguell has helped countless writers take their craft to the next level. I know because I’m one of them!"
The Da Vinci Code, Deception Point, Digital Fortress and Angels and Demons
"We rely on Susan every time we give birth to a new script. We seek her approval first and foremost."
Passionada
"I was amazed at how many brilliant ideas were developed with Susan. I saw my script being skillfully honed in every aspect from character to story spine. Six months after I completed her class, my script, Holy Einstein got optioned by Disney."
"I found Kouguell’s insights and opinions extremely helpful when it came to the fine tuning of the rough draft of Two Guns, leading to a much tighter finished script.
Winner Gordon Parks Screenwriting Award
"Kouguell can inspire you when you’re ready to throw your script in the trash, yet she is also a demanding critic motivating you to do better. She encourages you to fine tune your story and develop characters who are three dimensional."
Rum and Coke
"Kouguell's keen eye helped push Brother's Keeper beyond
the
realm of 'Documentary.' Her post-production insights were
invaluable."
Brother's Keeper
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
"What I like most about Susan is that she accepted the story for what it is. She didn't question what I was trying to do; she just helped me to do it better."
Random Thoughts on Self-Destruction Top Ten finalist (out of 6000+ screenplays) Nicholls Fellowship Screenwriting Competition
Akhmatova, the script that you evaluated for me, has made it to the quarter-finals of the American Screenwriters Association contest… I am grateful for your help and patience."
"Susan Kouguell is the most gifted story analyst I've worked with. She has an uncanny ability to ask the sort of incisive, provocative questions, which can inspire and sharpen a writer's vision that extra critical amount. Her analysis defines the term "critical intelligence," combining as it does technical skill, imagination, empathy, and a passion for writing and writers. She never dictates and eschews formulas. Her concern is for bringing a writer's idea to its full flower. And Susan does this with a warmth, humor, and respect, which would quickly dissolve any writer's anxieties. Receiving a script analysis from Susan is a thoroughly rewarding experience, emotionally and professionally, and one I'd recommend to any screenwriter. In 1997, my screenplay "Clean" won the Beigel Screenplay Award, and I know Susan's suggestions were essential to that success."
Beigel Screenplay Award-winner
"I've worked with Susan on three different scripts and found her to be perceptive, thoughtful and professional. She has the uncommon ability to take her vast experience and bring it to bear on a project in a candid yet nurturing way. Her advice is absolutely invaluable."
2003 Nantucket Film Festival winner for two scripts, finalist in seven International screenwriting competitions.
"I've told people in the Colorado Springs and Denver CASA groups about Screenwriters Online, and about your class and your services. I've definitely recommended that they contact you for script doctor services. I hope I've been able to send some business your way! Again, thanks for all the attention and encouragement that you gave to my work. There's no comparison between what I was writing before I took your class, and what I've written since then. You really showed me what it means to pay close attention to dialogue, characterization, and conflict in my screenplays."
Colorado Actors and Screenwriters Assembly (CASA)
UCLA Professional Program in Screenwriting Online Student
"Just when I thought my script was ready for the screen, Kouguell offered industry insight and detailed story evaluation, which was invaluable during the process of rewriting "On The Fringe'."
On the Fringe
"Kouguell gave my film a terrific boost from my first script encounter through post-production. She provided extensive critical input in a supportive and nurturing way."
Where the Rivers Flow North
"Kouguell's candid and extremely thoughtful comments were greatly appreciated... she provided our members with extremely valuable information and advice at our seminar."
Directors Guild of America
"It's one thing to have a friend read your script, but it's another to have Kouguell critique it, offering experienced insight that will inevitably improve the work and chances of getting produced."
Café Zoe - Sundance Finalist
"Scenes become more specific, characters fresher and stories better told. Kouguell will lead you to a finished script richer than even you dreamed it could be."
Big Love
Cornelia
"Susan has helped me with several projects, including two feature-length screenplays. Her comments are always cogent and insightful. She asks just the right questions to get me thinking how to solve a particular problem. She's supportive and most importantly, honest. And she's delightful to work with!"
Formally of Robert Redford’s Wildwood Enterprises
"Having read "how to" books and having attended classes on Screenwriting, I allowed Chloe to collect dust. Then, I met with Susan Kouguell who compelled me to resurrect my script, to submit it and to persevere. Thanks to her passion, insight and persistent encouragement I am now proud that Chloe made the quarterfinals in the 2000 Nicholls Fellowship Contest."
Nicholls Fellowship Quarterfinalist
"I want to thank you for your thorough job with my screenplay analysis. It was very helpful to get feedback from a production POV, but even more valuable was your insight as a fellow screenwriter. I also appreciate your frank advice, your additional ideas, your promptness and flexibility, the written comments and suggestions, and the effectiveness of our phone conversations."
Sketch Comedy - ST Agency
"My agent recommended I get a hold of Susan and Su-City Pictures to get my screenplay read. But I had no idea that Susan was going to give me practically a line-by-line breakdown complete with areas she thought worked well, as well as those that didn't. As insecure about my work as the next writer, I was thrilled to hear she felt the areas I strived so hard to make clear were just that. I feel confident in thinking the tailoring, trimming and strengthening I did with my screenplay through Susan's direction were critically instrumental in getting it optioned by a production company the way it did."
North Carolina
"Kouguell has the ability to see the flow (or lack of flow) of a script as a whole, as well as the ability to provide imaginative and informed insight for subtleties within scenes. No matter what I work on, I want her on my side because I get honest and intelligent feedback that always inspires and drives me towards a finished product. Given that Kouguell's insight comes from being an experienced professional writer, she is the epitome of a savvy consultant."
Semi-Finalist - Chesterfield Film Company's Writer's Film Project Competition
"Susan has a great talent for zeroing in, tweaking dialogue and characters. She has my admiration and thanks."
New York, New York “ONE MAN'S MUSIC,” quarter finalist in the Writers Network competition.
“I know I've said this before, but I wanted to say again how much you have changed me as a writer. You are an outstanding teacher and I am so grateful for what you have done for my writing and for me.”
Suffs
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