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Query letter submission service

August 11, 2010

If you read my blog you’ll know I’m a big believer in marketing your screenplays aggressively. Sending out lots of query letters is one of the keys to succeeding as a screenwriter. In fact, I believe spending time marketing your material is just as important as spending time writing. All the scripts [...]

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Screenwriting Forum

August 10, 2010

As part of Selling Your Screenplay’s suite of professional screenwriting tools we’ve created a members only screenwriting forum. Inside the forum produced screenwriter Ashley Scott Meyers will be answering questions, giving career advice, and critiquing log lines, query letters, and synopses. The goal is to build a community of serious screenwriters so they [...]

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Why you need a screenwriter website

August 9, 2010

I’ve had a screenwriter website for nearly my entire screenwriting career. It’s a simple website that lists log lines, synopses, links to my various profile pages (Twitter, Facebook, IMDB, etc.), and a brief biography about my writing credits. To see exactly what it looks like go here: http://www.ashleymeyers.com.
Having a screenwriter website can get [...]

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Join the SellingYourScreenplay email list

May 6, 2010

I’ve created an email list for readers of SellingYourScreenplay.com.
If you join you’ll get a weekly email with all the blog posts from the prior week as well as some special posts which will only be available via email.
I’m going to be rolling out several professional screenwriting tools in the next couple of weeks and I’ll [...]

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A producers take on screenplay submissions

March 22, 2010

I read this post a while back and thought it was a must read for screenwriters. It’s a list of things to do before you make your screenplay submission by producer, Ted Hope. Ted Hope is an accomplished independent producer so hearing his take on script submissions is particularly interesting.
http://trulyfreefilm.hopeforfilm.com/2010/01/ten-things-to-do-before-you-submit.html

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Producers, Agents and Managers script submission service

March 15, 2010

I’m a big believer in submitting your script to many companies and doing it often. My post How to Sell Your Screenplay (in a nutshell) pretty much explains how to do it.
Over the years I’ve been building my own database of industry contacts. I now have nearly 500 agents and managers and nearly [...]

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Script Doctor Eric’s screenplay contest

March 11, 2010

I don’t usually recommend script competitions since most don’t offer much value. However, today I’m recommending one. Script Doctor Eric is having a competition and he’s agreed to read all the entries himself. He’s charging $35 for entry, however I highly recommend you pay an extra $15 ($50 total) and get entered [...]

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The Black List

December 11, 2009

“The Black List” is an annual list of the most popular unproduced screenplays as voted on by Hollywood insiders. If you haven’t heard about it /film did a good write up and listed the screenplays for 2008 here: http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/12/10/the-2008-black-list-the-hottest-unproduced-screenplays-of-2008/
The people who put The Black List together have set up an official website which can [...]

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Free screenwriting conference call with Steve Kaplan

November 6, 2009

Someone forwarded me this bit of information about a free screenwriting conference call that’s taking place this Sunday (November 8th 2009). Since it’s free it seems like there’s not a lot of downside to it. If you’re a comedy writer check it out.

Hollywood By Phone and YourScreenplayMentor.com present
“THE TOP TEN THINGS TO KNOW [...]

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Top 10 worst cliche lines of dialogue

October 26, 2009

A friend sent me this link:
http://www.screenwriterguy.com/2006/11/25/screenwriterguys-top-10-worst-cliche-lines-of-dialogue/
It’s a good list of cliche lines of dialogue. Have a look at it. And avoid them at all costs in your own writing.

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