John Fahy is a prominent script doctor and story editor based in New York City.
He collaborates with writers, directors, producers, and content companies to help them achieve the full artistic potential of their creative endeavors.
John specializes in re-working, re-writing, and re-imagining film & television projects currently in development:
Script Doctor Services
story analysis
script notes
story editing
dialogue polish
script rewrites
ghost writer
script consultant
creative advisor
John’s approach is to build on a project’s underlying strengths, and work to evolve its inherent shortcomings via insightful story analysis, collaborative discussions, innovative storytelling, and cinematic writing techniques.
Re-Shoots & Re-Edits
Some projects encounter story problems while they are shooting, or after principal photography has wrapped.
In these cases, John will re-write scenes on set, re-edit an existing rough cut of a film, and/or develop new scenes to shoot, depending on the logistics and budget.
“To make a great film,
you need 3 things:
a great script,
a great script,
and a great script.”
- Alfred Hitchcock
“The first draft of
anything is shit.”
- Ernest Hemingway
“If it can be written,
it can be filmed.”
- Stanley Kubrick
“If it sounds like writing,
I rewrite it.”
- Elmore Leonard
“Making people believe
the unbelievable is
no trick. It’s work.”
- Stephen King
“Always be yourself.
Unless you suck.”
- Joss Whedon
“It ain’t whatcha write.
Its the way atcha write it.”
- Jack Kerouac