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How To Sell Your Screenplay

Writing a synopsis for your screenplay

March 25, 2009

You’re going to need a short synopsis for your script.  It should be a little less than 1 page long and clearly show your characters and story.  You’re going to use it when you send out query letters or when someone you meet wants to learn more about your script but isn’t quite ready to [...]

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Getting your screenplay to producers and production companies

February 25, 2009

Getting your screenplay to production companies is actually a lot easier than most people think. It’s really as simple as getting the production companies address, email, phone number, or fax number and pitching your script idea to them. Most of the time you’re going to be politely turned down or dismissed out of hand but [...]

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How to write a professional query letter for your screenplay

February 20, 2009

Once you have a well crafted log line, the next step is creating a professional query letter. We’re going to use this query letter in a variety of places but mainly it’s going to be used to send directly to agents, managers and producers. These types of “cold queries” can work but only if you [...]

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Submitting your screenplay to Craig’s List postings

February 6, 2009

If you’re an experienced screenwriter there’s probably better ways for you to sell a script than submitting to postings on Craig’s List but if you’re trying to make your own breaks and get your scripts produced this is probably a pretty good place to start looking for producers to turn your script into a movie.

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How to Sell Your Screenplay (in a nutshell)

February 5, 2009

Since the title of my blog is “Selling Your Screenplay,” and I want that to be the focus of my blog, I figured an obvious first post was to write a simple guide to getting your screenplay sold. Keep in mind that this blog is not an exhaustive list of ways to get your script [...]

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