KEYS2SCRIPTSUCCESS is a dedicated group of professionals committed to help aspiring and established screenwriters and producers in the conceiving, developing and polishing of compelling-and-excellent entertainments for all visual media. Here are its principal partners:

Key F. Payton (Founder, and Director of Script Diagnostics) has an M.A. in mass communications with a spiritual emphasis, and has been a top-flight writing professional for nearly 30 years. Key’s work has appeared in newspapers, magazines, Internet sites and films, and has won several awards.
A script doctor and consultant for the last 17 years (more than 1,300 projects), he has worked for FilmStew.com, Act One: Training for Hollywood, Amblin Entertainment, The Family Channel, Promenade Pictures, Canvas House Films, World Vision, Cru, and several other established prodcos, to high raves on every hand.
    He has also been a judge for multiple screenwriting and filmmaking competitions in Hollywood, including the 168 Project, the Write of Passage Contest, the Carl Sautter Competition of the Scriptwriters Network, the AAA Screenplay Competition, and the Screenwriting Expo Script Contest.
    In Creative Screenwriting magazine’s 2010 survey of more than 900 writers and their interactions with more than 200 working script consultants in the U.S., Key’s consulting was ranked in the top eight percent (14th in the nation), with a rating of 4.8 out of 5 from more than a dozen clients (and only .02 points below the “founder of script consulting”).
    The raves for Key included high marks for “respecting the writer’s vision”; aiding “morale” and giving “emotional support”; helping “significantly” with the opening, second act, ending, and markets/marketability; and commenting “in great depth” on “both macro and micro aspects” of characters, dialogue, and plot.
    Further, Key has led several writer-training courses and seminars for colleges and professional conferences, and has aided several other produced writers (see the “Who Likes Us” endorsements page).
    His own produced works (as either writer or consultant) include the stage plays Three Wise Guys and Live! From Jerusalem, and the screenplays Terrance Is Dead, The Marriage Dance, Award-Winning, and The Party (the latter two winning more than 16 filmfest awards).
    Key is consistently meticulous and thorough, favors any story that ultimately uplifts the best of the human heart and spirit, and pledges always to give clients much more quality and value than they expect.

Brennan Smith (Principal, Writer-in-Residence, and Chief Story Diagnostician) has an M.A. in English Education. New-York born, Brennan is a professional screenwriter and script analyst who has written and collaborated on several projects since 2001, including the award-winning comic adventure The Dueling Accountant and Wittenberg (a prequel to Shakespeare’s Hamlet).
    Bren has also written a real-life medieval adventure, Templar; a real-life child-soldier thriller, The Acholi Rescue; and an upcoming teen dramedy for the Christian market, Send.
    A graduate of Act One: Training for Hollywood’s advanced screenwriting course, Act Two, Brennan has taught screenwriting sessions at The Haven, the Damah Film Festival, and the 168 Film Project. Bren is also a frequent analyst for Act One’s Script Critique Service, known for his detailed story notes and expansive knowledge of the best in screenwriting perspectives.

Michael Bailey (Principal, and Director of Marketing/Operations) is known as “a natural storyteller” who is passionate about movies and their story designs. He favors stories in the sci-fi and action-adventure realms. He has continued studying the art of story design (UCLA Writers Program), while also acquiring a decade of experience in corporate and mass communications.
    Michael’s professional writing includes both marketing and technical copy for numerous business clients (including several Fortune 500 companies and government contractors), and he also runs ContentField, a lauded provider of writing and communications-consulting services.