Comments on: How to write a professional query letter for your screenplay http://www.sellingyourscreenplay.com/how-to-sell-your-screenplay/how-to-write-a-professional-query-letter-for-your-screenplay/ Practical tips and advice about how to sell your screenplay Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:38:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Good post about how to write query letters at Writer Unboxed http://www.sellingyourscreenplay.com/how-to-sell-your-screenplay/how-to-write-a-professional-query-letter-for-your-screenplay/comment-page-1/#comment-350 Good post about how to write query letters at Writer Unboxed Fri, 01 May 2009 20:36:47 +0000 http://www.sellingyourscreenplay.com/?p=101#comment-350 [...] If you haven’t read my post on how to write a screenplay query letter, you should check out, too, How to write a professional query letter for your screenplay. [...] [...] If you haven’t read my post on how to write a screenplay query letter, you should check out, too, How to write a professional query letter for your screenplay. [...]

]]> By: Should I Have Specific Actors In Mind For My Script? http://www.sellingyourscreenplay.com/how-to-sell-your-screenplay/how-to-write-a-professional-query-letter-for-your-screenplay/comment-page-1/#comment-326 Should I Have Specific Actors In Mind For My Script? Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:01:40 +0000 http://www.sellingyourscreenplay.com/?p=101#comment-326 [...] sure you read my post How to write a professional query letter for your screenplay if you haven’t already as it will help you write your query [...] [...] sure you read my post How to write a professional query letter for your screenplay if you haven’t already as it will help you write your query [...]

]]> By: Writing A Screenplay Logline http://www.sellingyourscreenplay.com/how-to-sell-your-screenplay/how-to-write-a-professional-query-letter-for-your-screenplay/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Writing A Screenplay Logline Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:04:55 +0000 http://www.sellingyourscreenplay.com/?p=101#comment-112 [...] script.  The logline will be a one or two sentence pitch of your film.  You will use it in your query letter to agents and producers and you will use it to pitch your script idea to anyone who asks about [...] [...] script.  The logline will be a one or two sentence pitch of your film.  You will use it in your query letter to agents and producers and you will use it to pitch your script idea to anyone who asks about [...]

]]> By: What Should The Query Letter Say When You Have No Screenplay Credits? http://www.sellingyourscreenplay.com/how-to-sell-your-screenplay/how-to-write-a-professional-query-letter-for-your-screenplay/comment-page-1/#comment-106 What Should The Query Letter Say When You Have No Screenplay Credits? Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:06:13 +0000 http://www.sellingyourscreenplay.com/?p=101#comment-106 [...] you haven’t read my full post How to write a professional query letter for your screenplay you should check it out [...] [...] you haven’t read my full post How to write a professional query letter for your screenplay you should check it out [...]

]]> By: Ashley Scott Meyers http://www.sellingyourscreenplay.com/how-to-sell-your-screenplay/how-to-write-a-professional-query-letter-for-your-screenplay/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Ashley Scott Meyers Sat, 04 Apr 2009 20:54:38 +0000 http://www.sellingyourscreenplay.com/?p=101#comment-98 John Mitchell; Depending on the jobs you held it might be worth mentioning. For instance if you've worked in marketing and distribution it might add some relevance to your query in that you can tell people that you understand how to sell a movie and what makes a commercial film. Someone who's worked in film marketing certainly might have that background and it might add something to your query. But I wouldn't just mention stuff for the sake of mentioning it. Try and find an angle for your background which adds to the overall pitch. Ashley John Mitchell;

Depending on the jobs you held it might be worth mentioning. For instance if you’ve worked in marketing and distribution it might add some relevance to your query in that you can tell people that you understand how to sell a movie and what makes a commercial film. Someone who’s worked in film marketing certainly might have that background and it might add something to your query. But I wouldn’t just mention stuff for the sake of mentioning it. Try and find an angle for your background which adds to the overall pitch.

Ashley

]]> By: John Mitchell http://www.sellingyourscreenplay.com/how-to-sell-your-screenplay/how-to-write-a-professional-query-letter-for-your-screenplay/comment-page-1/#comment-84 John Mitchell Thu, 26 Mar 2009 07:30:16 +0000 http://www.sellingyourscreenplay.com/?p=101#comment-84 While I do have several writing credits for various publications and have optioned a script, I have worked in a variety of film industry jobs of significance (production, distribution, and marketing). Would it be advisable to mention these in the paragraph about my work as well as the writing credits? Your work here is terrific. Thanks for sharing it. While I do have several writing credits for various publications and have optioned a script, I have worked in a variety of film industry jobs of significance (production, distribution, and marketing). Would it be advisable to mention these in the paragraph about my work as well as the writing credits? Your work here is terrific. Thanks for sharing it.

]]> By: Writing a synopsis for your screenplay http://www.sellingyourscreenplay.com/how-to-sell-your-screenplay/how-to-write-a-professional-query-letter-for-your-screenplay/comment-page-1/#comment-81 Writing a synopsis for your screenplay Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:12:21 +0000 http://www.sellingyourscreenplay.com/?p=101#comment-81 [...] my post How to write a professional query letter for your screenplay.  The idea is to send a producer a short query letter with a couple of synopses in [...] [...] my post How to write a professional query letter for your screenplay.  The idea is to send a producer a short query letter with a couple of synopses in [...]

]]> By: How To Submit Your Screenplay Query Letter To Agents http://www.sellingyourscreenplay.com/how-to-sell-your-screenplay/how-to-write-a-professional-query-letter-for-your-screenplay/comment-page-1/#comment-57 How To Submit Your Screenplay Query Letter To Agents Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:09:20 +0000 http://www.sellingyourscreenplay.com/?p=101#comment-57 [...] synopsis and start doing a test to see if you can find any interest.  Did you read my post about writing query letters?  That’s a good place to [...] [...] synopsis and start doing a test to see if you can find any interest.  Did you read my post about writing query letters?  That’s a good place to [...]

]]> By: Ashley Scott Meyers http://www.sellingyourscreenplay.com/how-to-sell-your-screenplay/how-to-write-a-professional-query-letter-for-your-screenplay/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Ashley Scott Meyers Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:56:48 +0000 http://www.sellingyourscreenplay.com/?p=101#comment-37 Robert; I like your log line. I think the most important thing - which I think you've done - is to just make the story compelling in a sentence or two. I don't have a problem putting my log lines and 1 page treatment / synopsis online. My ideas usually aren't very "high concept" so I'm not really giving too much away. I have not used InkTip.com. I'll check it out. Robert;

I like your log line. I think the most important thing – which I think you’ve done – is to just make the story compelling in a sentence or two.

I don’t have a problem putting my log lines and 1 page treatment / synopsis online. My ideas usually aren’t very “high concept” so I’m not really giving too much away.

I have not used InkTip.com. I’ll check it out.

]]> By: Robert Gisel http://www.sellingyourscreenplay.com/how-to-sell-your-screenplay/how-to-write-a-professional-query-letter-for-your-screenplay/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Robert Gisel Fri, 06 Mar 2009 06:58:24 +0000 http://www.sellingyourscreenplay.com/?p=101#comment-35 This gives a good example so I get the idea well. Have you considered or tried throwing out a question first in your pitch line, as is suggested by Ken Rotcop of Pitchmart? Like this one, "If you knew when you were going to die and had a wallop of money that you wanted to save for your self to come back to for a fast start next lifetime how would you do it? This script The Inheritance is based on a true story of just that." That's a logline for one of my scripts, which I see happens to be about the same name as yours. You'll have to change your title (just kidding). Also I see you recommend putting the logline (and treatment?) right on your site, which I would have thought lets the cat out of the bag. I suppose you are doing this anyway with tons of letters out and after all, you should be expected to have it copyrighted and/or WGA registered by then. Have you used a "community" screenplay site like InkTip.com for promoting and selling your screenplays? Robt. WhoWouldWrite.blogspot.com This gives a good example so I get the idea well. Have you considered or tried throwing out a question first in your pitch line, as is suggested by Ken Rotcop of Pitchmart? Like this one, “If you knew when you were going to die and had a wallop of money that you wanted to save for your self to come back to for a fast start next lifetime how would you do it? This script The Inheritance is based on a true story of just that.”

That’s a logline for one of my scripts, which I see happens to be about the same name as yours. You’ll have to change your title (just kidding). Also I see you recommend putting the logline (and treatment?) right on your site, which I would have thought lets the cat out of the bag. I suppose you are doing this anyway with tons of letters out and after all, you should be expected to have it copyrighted and/or WGA registered by then.

Have you used a “community” screenplay site like InkTip.com for promoting and selling your screenplays?

Robt.
WhoWouldWrite.blogspot.com

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