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| how to sell a screenplay online: Selling Your Screenplay Ashley Scott Meyers, 2007 Selling Your Screenplay is a step-by-step guide to getting your screenplay sold and produced. Learn how to get your script into the hands of the producers and directors who can turn your story into a movie. |
| how to sell a screenplay online: How to Sell Your Screenplay Lydia Wilen, Joan Wilen, 2012-07-18 In today’s topsy-turvy world of film production, getting a screenplay sold and produced is no easy task. How to Sell Your Screenplay not only lets you in on the rules, but also lets you in on the secrets of winning the game. Written by two veteran screenwriters, this book is a complete guide to getting your screenplay seen, read, and sold. It begins with an insider’s look at how the business works. Later chapters guide you in putting your script into the proper format to make a professional first impression, introduce you to the roles of the industry “players,” help you prepare a perfect pitch, and provide you with a proven system for query submission. Throughout, tips from experts will show you how to swim with the sharks without getting eaten by them. |
| how to sell a screenplay online: How to Write a Selling Screenplay Christopher Keane, 2009-11-04 Christopher Keane has spent 20 years in the business, learning the truths--and the tricks--of writing a selling screenplay. In How to Write a Selling Screenplay, he takes writers through the entire process, from developing a story to finding the best agent. Using an annotated version of an often-optioned screenplay of his own, and citing examples from movies ranging from Casablanca and Lethal Weapon to Sling Blade and The English Patient, he discusses how to create three-dimensional characters, find a compelling story, build an airtight plot structure, fine-tune dialogue, and much more. Keane's tips on the difference between writing for film and television, as well as his advice on dealing with Hollywood movers and shakers, make this an essential companion for people writing their first--or their fortieth--screenplay. From the Trade Paperback edition. |
| how to sell a screenplay online: Writing Screenplays That Sell Michael Hauge, 1991-08-16 Covers story concept, character development, theme, structure, and scenes, analyzes a sample screenplay, and tells how to submit a manuscript, select an agent, and market oneself. |
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| how to sell a screenplay online: Selling Your Story in 60 Seconds Michael Hauge, 2014-04 Your career can be made in 60 seconds - if you make the right pitch! Master the Elevator Pitch, even when you've got less than 60 seconds. Get your screenplay or Novel read by the major power of Hollywood - guaranteed! |
| how to sell a screenplay online: Good in a Room Stephanie Palmer, 2008-03-11 Whether you work in Hollywood or not, the fact is that selling ideas is really difficult to do. The reason the pitching secrets of the most successful writers and directors are relevant is because these people have evolved an advanced method for selling ideas. Whether you’re a screenwriter, a journalist with an idea for a story, an entrepreneur with a business plan, an inventor with a blueprint, or a manager with an innovative solution, if you want other people to invest their time, energy, and money in your idea, you face an uphill battle…. When I was at MGM, the hardest part of my job was not cutthroat studio politics or grueling production schedules. The toughest part of my job was whenever I had to say “No” to an idea that was almost there. I had to say no a lot. Every buyer does. The buyer’s work is to say yes to projects that are ready, not almost ready. And no matter how good the script is, if the seller can’t pitch it in a compelling way, how can the buyer see the potential? How can he get his colleagues on board? How can he recommend the seller to his superiors? The fact is that poor pitches doom good projects. It happens all the time. The ideas, products and services that are pitched more effectively… win. That’s just how the game is played. No sense getting upset over it. Instead, let’s accept the challenge and learn the strategies and tactics that will allow us (and our ideas) to succeed. -From GOOD IN A ROOM Business consultant and former MGM Director of Creative Affairs Stephanie Palmer reveals the techniques used by Hollywood’s top writers, producers, and directors to get financing for their projects - and explains how you can apply these techniques to be more successful in your own high-stakes meetings. Because, as Palmer has found, the strategies used to sell yourself and your ideas in Hollywood not only work in other businesses, they often work better. Whether you are a manager or executive with an innovative proposal, a professional with a hot concept, a salesperson selling to a potential client or investor, or an entrepreneur with a business plan, GOOD IN A ROOM shows you how to: Master the five stages of the face-to-face meeting Avoid the secret dealbreakers of the first ninety seconds Be confident in high-pressure situations Present yourself better and more effectively than you ever have before Whether you want to ask for a raise, grow your client list, launch a new business or find financing for a creative project, you must not only present your ideas in a compelling way - you must also sell yourself, as well. GOOD IN A ROOM shows you how to construct a winning presentation and deliver the kind of performance that will get your project greenlighted, whatever industry you are in. |
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| how to sell a screenplay online: That's Not The Way It Works Bob Saenz, 2019-12-02 You want to be a screenwriter. You've read all the screenwriting books. But you're left wanting more. Here is a fresh book written by a screenwriter who has spent years in the trenches.T hat's Not The Way It Works is a no holds barred look at the craft and business of screenwriting, told in a let's sit down and chat over a cup (or pot) of coffee manner. So grab a cup of coffee and start reading. You'll get the inside scoop from a screenwriter who had more than a dozen proudced screenplays between movies and television. |
| how to sell a screenplay online: The Anatomy of Story John Truby, 2008-10-14 John Truby is one of the most respected and sought-after story consultants in the film industry, and his students have gone on to pen some of Hollywood's most successful films, including Sleepless in Seattle, Scream, and Shrek. The Anatomy of Story is his long-awaited first book, and it shares all of his secrets for writing a compelling script. Based on the lessons in his award-winning class, Great Screenwriting, The Anatomy of Story draws on a broad range of philosophy and mythology, offering fresh techniques and insightful anecdotes alongside Truby's own unique approach for how to build an effective, multifaceted narrative. Truby's method for constructing a story is at once insightful and practical, focusing on the hero's moral and emotional growth. As a result, writers will dig deep within and explore their own values and worldviews in order to create an effective story. Writers will come away with an extremely precise set of tools to work with—specific, useful techniques to make the audience care about their characters, and that make their characters grow in meaningful ways. They will construct a surprising plot that is unique to their particular concept, and they will learn how to express a moral vision that can genuinely move an audience. The foundations of story that Truby lays out are so fundamental they are applicable—and essential—to all writers, from novelists and short-story writers to journalists, memoirists, and writers of narrative non-fiction. |
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| how to sell a screenplay online: The Savvy Screenwriter Susan Kouguell, 2007-04 The Savvy Screenwriter demystifies the film industry and reveals what aspiring screenwriters really want and need to know. From finding and working with agents, to insights about story analysts and movie executives, to understanding option agreements, to providing samples for queries, synopses, treatments, loglines, and outlines, to pitching, Susan Kouguell knows what works and what doesn't, and gives practical advice on getting your screenplay sold. |
| how to sell a screenplay online: Writing Movies Gotham Writers Workshop, 2006-09-19 Instructors from the nation's most popular writing school share their insights into how to perfect the craft of screenwriting, covering such fundamentals as plot, character, dialogue, point of view, theme, setting, voice, and more and analyzing five outstanding sample screenplays--Tootsie and The Shawshank Redemption, among others. Original. |
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| how to sell a screenplay online: How to Write for Animation Jeffrey Scott, 2003-06-24 In recent years, the world of animation has expanded far beyond the Saturday morning cartoons that generations of Americans grew up watching. Recent years have seen a boom in animation—hit prime-time television series, blockbuster cutting-edge digitally animated features, conventional animation. The expanding market is luring writers who have an eye toward the future and an eagerness to work in a medium where the only limit is the depth on one’s imagination. With step-by-step instructions and the insights of a seasoned veteran, award-winning animation writer Jeffrey Scott details the process of developing even the vaguest of ideas into a fully realized animation script. He details every stop on the road from inspiration to presentation, with sections on premises, outlines, treatments, description, and dialogue, and much more. |
| how to sell a screenplay online: Writing Television Sitcoms (revised) Evan S. Smith, 2009-12-01 This new edition of Writing Television Sitcoms features the essential information every would-be teleplay writer needs to know to break into the business, including: - Updated examples from contemporary shows such as 30 Rock, The Office and South Park - Shifts in how modern stories are structured - How to recognize changes in taste and censorship - The reality of reality television - How the Internet has created series development opportunities - A refined strategy for approaching agents and managers - How pitches and e-queries work - or don't - The importance of screenwriting competitions |
| how to sell a screenplay online: Write It Pitch It Sell Your Screenplay DMA-Donna Michelle Anderson, 2015-08-12 Written by a former story analyst-turned-development executive, this updated edition of The 1-3-5 Story Structure Made Simple System guides entertainment industry professionals through the industry standard steps of writing, developing, pitching and selling a screenplay - from the buyer's point of view. |
| how to sell a screenplay online: Making a Good Script Great Linda Seger, 1994 Making a good script great is not just a matter of having a good idea. Nor is it a matter of just putting that good idea down on paper. In scriptwriting, it's not just the writing but also the rewriting that counts. [This book] focuses on the rewriting process and offers specific methods to help you craft tighter, stronger, and more workable scripts. While retaining all the valuable insights that have made the first edition one of the all-time most popular screenwriting books, this expanded, second edition adds new chapters that take you through the complete screenwriting process, from the first draft through the shooting draft. If you're writing your first script, this book will help develop your skills for telling a compelling and dramatic story. If you're a veteran screenwriter, this book will articulate the skills you know intuitively. And if you're currently stuck on a rewrite, this book will help you analyze and solve the problems and get your script back on track.--Back cover. |
| how to sell a screenplay online: Writing in Pictures Joseph McBride, 2012-03-13 Unlike most how-to books on screenwriting, Writing in Pictures is highly practical, offering a realistic guide to the screenwriting profession, as well as concrete practical guidance in the steps professional writers take to write a screenplay that comes from the heart instead of the pocketbook. The readeris taken through the nitty-gritty process of conceiving, outlining, constructing, and writing a screenplay in the professional format, with clear and concise examples offered for every step in writing a short dramatic film. Writing in Pictures offers straight talk, no mumbo-jumbo or gimmicks, just a methodical, step-by-step process that walks the reader through the different stages of writing a screenplay -- from idea to outline to character biography to treatment to step outline to finished screenplay. Using well-known films and screenplays, both contemporary and classic, to illustrate its lessons, Writing in Pictures also offers comments from famous screenwriters past and present and insightful stories (often colorful and funny) that illuminate aspects of the craft. |
| how to sell a screenplay online: Screenplay Syd Field, 1994 Providing examples from well-known movies, Field explains the structural and stylistic elements as well as writing techniques basic to the creation of a successful film script. |
| how to sell a screenplay online: How to Write a Screenplay in 10 Weeks Marilyn Horowitz, 2008-04-10 The Horowitz System shows how to turn an idea into the first draft of a screenplay in 10 weeks or less - 80 percent of students who have used the method have completed original, well-structured scripts, many of which have gone on to win screenplay competitions, be optioned, or get produced. Used as a textbook at New York University for over 10 years, How to Write a Screenplay in 10 Weeks Using the Horowitz System teaches screenwriters to better fulfill their creative vision by giving them a clear, focused method. The Horowitz System uses a series of intuitive, visual exercises combined with a nonlinear approach to traditional three-act structure the result is an organic, finely tuned first draft with high stakes and memorable characters. |
| how to sell a screenplay online: A Quick Guide to Screenwriting Ray Morton, 2013 The ultimate reference manual to the art, craft, and business of writing for the movies - full of vital information, helpful tips, and keen advice that will help you make your script the best it can be. |
| how to sell a screenplay online: Understanding Screenwriting Tom Stempel, Stempel guides the reader through a cross section of cinema - historical epic, adventure, science fiction, teen comedy, drama, romantic comedy, suspense - films with budgets large and small. Selective in its discussions and (sometimes withering) analyses, Stempel dissects the blockbusters and the bombs, discusses why certain aspects of a screenplay work and others do not, explains the difference between the film we watch and what was, the screenplay, and lays out some of screenwriting's hard and fast taboos, only to give examples of screenplays that break them, with successful results. Full of insight for novice and expert screenwriters alike, this is the perfect book for anyone looking to gain a deeper understanding of how screenplays work. |
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| how to sell a screenplay online: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: The Official Script Book of the Original West J-K Rowling, Jack Thorne, John Tiffany, 2016-08-22 The Eighth Story. Nineteen Years Later. Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, a new play by Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be presented on stage. The play will receive its world premiere in London s West End on July 30, 2016. It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and father of three school-age children. While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places. |
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| how to sell a screenplay online: The Best of Rod Serling's Twilight Zone Scripts Rod Serling, 2014 The best 10 of the 92 Twilight Zone Scripts Rod Serling wrote as chosen by Carol Serling. |
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| how to sell a screenplay online: How to Write a Screenplay in 30 Days or Less Ronald Farnham, 2011-08-24 Write A Screenplay In 30 Days Or Less A how to guide for new and experienced screenwriters. Use this step-by-step guide from start to finish and write your screenplay in 30 days or less. Anyone can write a screenplay by following this simple how to program. Is a screenplay burning inside of you? Imagine the joy of finally bringing your story to life. Now your dream can become a reality. Perform the easy to follow steps and become a published screenwriter. Join Mankinds Literary History-Book. --------- This book comes with a 50% off coupon for the Movie Magic Screenwriter screenwriting software program. Write like a professional screenwriter today, with Movie Magic Screenwriter. --------- Ronald Farnham is an Actor, Writer, Casting Director, and Producer of feature films, TV shows, music videos, commercials, and live theatre. Ronald is currently the commercial spokesperson for Luzianne Iced Tea. He lives in Palm Bay, Florida just south of Cocoa Beach with his wonderful wife Jasmine whom he met on a film set. This is his second book. Ronalds favorite authors are R. Buckminster Fuller, Jerry and Esther Hicks, and Douglas Adams. Ronalds first book was Harry Jonson Diary Of A Gigolo Porn Star, which he co-wrote with the storys creator, Scott Kihm. They also wrote the screenplay together. Harry Jonson is currently in development as a Feature Film. Ronalds favorite Movie is True Romance by Quentin Tarantino. Ronald held a Top Secret Clearance for 13 years as a senior intelligence and counter-terrorism analyst, Korean linguist, writer, editor, and data manager for the Department of Defense at SOCOM, CENTCOM, SOUTHCOM, The Pentagon, and other places in between before becoming an entertainment professional. --------- Thanks to my loving Mother for giving me life. Thanks to my caring Wife for loving me unconditionally. Thanks to my good friend, Scott Kihm for convincing me to write this book. Love Ronald |
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