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Screenwriter & Consultant
Effective date: August 3, 2026
These Terms of Service govern your use of brad-hodson.com and your purchase or use of screenplay consulting and related services provided by Brad C. Hodson (“I,” “me,” or “my”).
By visiting the website, submitting materials, booking a consultation, purchasing a service, or participating in a session, you agree to these Terms of Service and my Privacy Policy.
If you do not agree to these terms, do not purchase or use the services.
I provide creative consulting services relating to screenplays, television pilots, short films, pitches, outlines, loglines, stage plays, and other written or spoken creative material.
Services may include:
The description shown on the applicable booking or purchase page forms part of these Terms. Each purchase includes only the services, reading, deliverables, page count, response time, and session length expressly stated in that description.
Unless expressly included, a service does not include:
Additional work may require a separate purchase.
You must be at least 18 years old to purchase or use the services.
By purchasing a service, you represent that:
Prices are displayed in United States dollars unless otherwise stated.
Full payment is required at the time of purchase or booking. Payments may be processed through EveryExpert, Stripe, or another third-party payment provider.
I do not directly receive or store your complete payment-card information. Payment processing is subject to the applicable provider’s terms and privacy practices.
You are responsible for any applicable taxes, fees, currency-conversion charges, or other costs imposed by your bank, payment provider, or jurisdiction.
A session or service is not confirmed until payment has been successfully processed.
You must submit all requested materials by the deadline and in the format stated in the service description or booking instructions.
Unless otherwise agreed:
Submitting additional material does not expand the scope of the purchased service.
If required materials are late, incomplete, inaccessible, illegible, or substantially exceed the stated limits, I may:
A delay caused by late or incomplete material does not guarantee an extension, rescheduled appointment, or refund.
Live sessions begin and end at the scheduled times.
Please join the session promptly and test your internet connection, camera, microphone, and device beforehand.
If you arrive late, the session will ordinarily still end at its originally scheduled time. Additional time is not guaranteed.
If you have not joined within 15 minutes of the scheduled start time and have not contacted me, the appointment may be treated as a missed session.
The session length includes greetings, setup, discussion, questions, feedback, and any pitch attempts or exercises conducted during the appointment.
You may request one reschedule by providing at least 24 hours’ notice before the scheduled start time.
A rescheduled appointment must generally take place within 30 days of the original date and is subject to availability.
Requests made fewer than 24 hours before the appointment may be declined. Missed appointments and late cancellations ordinarily forfeit the session fee.
Repeated rescheduling may require a new booking and payment.
If I need to cancel a session, I will offer a reasonable opportunity to reschedule. If I cannot provide the purchased session within a reasonable period, I will offer an appropriate refund or service credit, subject to the capabilities and rules of the payment platform.
For asynchronous services, the stated response period begins after I have received:
An Ask covers one principal question or issue unless the listing expressly states otherwise.
My response may identify related concerns, but purchasing an Ask does not create an obligation to review the entire project or answer additional follow-up questions.
Delivery may consist of a video response, audio response, written response, annotated material, or another format identified in the service description.
Minor technical corrections may be provided if a delivered file is inaccessible. Revisions, expanded analysis, and new questions are not included unless expressly stated.
Because these services reserve professional time and may involve advance preparation, reading, scheduling, and personalized work, purchases are generally final and non-refundable, except where otherwise stated in these Terms or required by law.
For live sessions:
For asynchronous services:
If I am unable to provide the purchased service, I will offer a rescheduled service, comparable credit, or appropriate refund, subject to applicable platform rules.
Nothing in this section limits any non-waivable consumer right provided by applicable law.
Before initiating a payment dispute or chargeback, please contact me at thebradhodson@gmail.com so that I have an opportunity to investigate and resolve the issue.
You are responsible for maintaining suitable equipment, software, internet access, and contact information.
I am not responsible for problems caused by:
If a significant technical failure on my side or on the delivery platform prevents the service from taking place, I will make reasonable efforts to resume the session, use an alternative method, or reschedule it.
Brief interruptions do not automatically require a refund or complete replacement session.
You retain all ownership rights you hold in the screenplays, outlines, pitches, loglines, characters, treatments, recordings, and other creative material you submit.
By submitting material, you give me a limited, nonexclusive license to access, copy, store, review, annotate, discuss, and otherwise use it solely as reasonably necessary to provide the purchased service, maintain business records, address disputes, and comply with legal obligations.
Submitting material does not:
You represent that you own the submitted material or have permission from its owner to submit it for consultation.
Creative industries frequently produce projects containing similar ideas, premises, genres, archetypes, settings, themes, titles, plot devices, and character types.
You acknowledge that I may already have encountered, developed, written, discussed, or consulted on material that resembles elements of your submission.
Nothing in these Terms prevents me from writing, producing, consulting on, or otherwise participating in an independently created project merely because it contains general similarities to your material.
I will not knowingly copy, exploit, sell, produce, or claim ownership of your protected expression without authorization.
I will treat unpublished creative material you submit as confidential and will not intentionally publish or disclose it except:
This confidentiality obligation does not apply to information that:
A separate nondisclosure agreement is not included unless both parties expressly agree to one in writing before material is submitted.
Services may be conducted or delivered through EveryExpert.
EveryExpert may process session content, audio, video, messages, and uploaded materials to provide features such as:
By choosing to participate through EveryExpert, you acknowledge that the platform and its service providers may process your material according to their own terms and privacy practices.
Do not submit or discuss information that is unnecessary for the consultation.
If you do not want your screenplay or other material uploaded directly to EveryExpert, contact me before purchasing to determine whether an alternative submission method is available. An alternative method is not guaranteed.
You may not independently record, reproduce, livestream, publish, or distribute a session without my prior written permission.
A session may be recorded, transcribed, or processed by the delivery platform as disclosed during booking, in the Privacy Policy, or through the platform interface.
Where legally required, recording will occur only with appropriate notice or consent.
Recordings and transcripts may contain errors and should not be treated as a perfect or authoritative record of the consultation.
All feedback is subjective.
Screenwriting involves artistic judgment, and reasonable readers, consultants, executives, producers, agents, and audiences may disagree about the same material.
You remain solely responsible for deciding whether and how to use my comments. I am not responsible for changes you make to your project or for the consequences of following or rejecting any suggestion.
Consulting services are provided for creative and educational purposes. They are not legal, tax, financial, psychological, medical, or investment advice.
You should consult an appropriate licensed professional concerning contracts, copyright registration, credits, ownership disputes, financing, securities, taxes, employment, or other legal or financial matters.
I do not guarantee that a consultation will result in:
Statements about industry experience, past results, or potential improvements are not promises that you will achieve the same or any particular outcome.
Unless otherwise stated, I retain ownership of my original notes, teaching materials, frameworks, templates, exercises, recordings, and other materials created or provided as part of the service.
After full payment, you may use the feedback and deliverables for your own personal creative and professional development.
You may not, without written permission:
You may freely revise, develop, market, sell, or produce your own screenplay using ideas or advice discussed during the consultation.
You may be invited to leave a review through EveryExpert or another platform. Reviews submitted through a third-party platform may be displayed and processed according to that platform’s terms.
I will not use a private message, your screenplay pages, or your identity in my own marketing as a testimonial without your permission.
If you voluntarily provide a testimonial for promotional use, you authorize me to reproduce and display the approved testimonial, along with the name, title, image, or project information you specifically permit me to use.
You agree not to use the website or services to:
I may end a session or refuse service when a client behaves abusively, threateningly, discriminatorily, sexually inappropriately, fraudulently, or unlawfully. In such circumstances, a refund may be denied to the extent permitted by law.
The website and services may rely on third parties including WordPress, EveryExpert, Stripe, email providers, calendar providers, video platforms, cloud-storage companies, and internet-service providers.
I do not control and cannot guarantee the continued availability, security, accuracy, or performance of third-party platforms.
Your use of those services may also be governed by their separate terms and privacy policies.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the website and consulting services are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis.
I disclaim warranties not expressly stated in these Terms, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.
I do not warrant that:
Some jurisdictions do not permit the exclusion of certain warranties, so portions of this section may not apply to you.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, I will not be liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive damages arising from the website, services, feedback, submitted materials, third-party platforms, or these Terms.
This includes alleged losses involving:
To the fullest extent permitted by law, my total liability arising from a particular service will not exceed the amount you paid me for that service.
Nothing in these Terms excludes liability that cannot legally be excluded.
To the extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify and hold me harmless from third-party claims, damages, costs, and reasonable expenses arising from:
This obligation does not apply to claims caused solely by my own unlawful conduct.
I will not be responsible for delays or failures caused by circumstances outside my reasonable control, including illness, emergency, natural disaster, power failure, internet outage, labor disruption, government action, platform failure, cyberattack, or widespread technical disruption.
When reasonably possible, I will offer an alternative delivery method, reschedule the service, or provide an appropriate credit.
I may refuse, suspend, or terminate service when reasonably necessary because of:
If service is declined before substantive work begins and the reason does not involve misconduct by the client, I will make reasonable efforts to provide an appropriate refund or credit.
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.
Before filing a legal claim, each party agrees to make a good-faith effort to resolve the matter informally. A written description of the dispute should be sent to thebradhodson@gmail.com. The parties will allow at least 30 days for informal resolution before commencing formal proceedings, unless urgent relief is reasonably necessary.
Unless applicable consumer law requires otherwise, legal proceedings relating to these Terms or the services must be brought in the state or federal courts located in Los Angeles County, California, and each party consents to their jurisdiction.
Change Los Angeles County if your business is legally based elsewhere.
I may update these Terms to reflect changes in my services, pricing, platforms, business practices, or legal obligations.
Updated Terms will be posted with a revised effective date.
The Terms in effect when you purchase a service will generally govern that purchase, unless a later change is required by law or you expressly agree to it.
If any provision of these Terms is found invalid or unenforceable, it will be limited or removed only to the extent necessary, and the remaining provisions will remain in effect.
A failure to enforce a provision on one occasion does not waive the right to enforce it later.
These Terms, the Privacy Policy, the applicable service description, and any written agreement expressly accepted by both parties constitute the entire agreement concerning the purchased service.
They replace prior discussions or representations concerning that service.
If a service description directly conflicts with these Terms, the more specific service description will control concerning the scope, price, deadline, or deliverables of that particular purchase.
Questions concerning these Terms may be sent to:
Brad C. Hodson
Email: thebradhodson@gmail.com
Website: brad-hodson.com
Business location: Los Angeles, California
Brad C. Hodson 