http://www.sellingyourscreenplay.com/screenwriting-faq/what-should-the-query-letter-say-when-you-have-no-screenplay-credits/ Practical tips and advice about how to sell your screenplay Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:48:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.sellingyourscreenplay.com/screenwriting-faq/what-should-the-query-letter-say-when-you-have-no-screenplay-credits/comment-page-1/#comment-137 How to write a professional query letter for your screenplay Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:34:50 +0000 http://www.sellingyourscreenplay.com/?p=193#comment-137 [...] If you don’t have any credits you can list whatever credentials you have that are pertinent to the script you’re pitching.  For instance if your script is a police drama and you were a cop mention that in your letter.  It adds authenticity to your script and a producer will like that.  If your script is a comedy and you’re currently a member of a local improve group mention that.  The producer might be from the same area of the country as you and might have heard of the improve group (you never know) or they might have done a bit of improve themselves back in the day and really respect the talent and dedication it takes to be an active member of an improve group.  Use whatever credits you have no matter how small they might be.  Don’t underestimate yourself.  Did you work as a journalist for a few years?  That’s professional writing experience.  Did you win an award in college for a short play you wrote?  That’s worth mentioning.  Did you earn an MFA?  That might be impressive to a producer.  There’s usually a reason why you wrote a script which gives you some extra credibility and you should think about that and try and tie that in with your writing credentials for the script you’re pitching. I expanded on this in my post What Should The Query Letter Say When You Have No Screenplay Credits?. [...] [...] If you don’t have any credits you can list whatever credentials you have that are pertinent to the script you’re pitching.  For instance if your script is a police drama and you were a cop mention that in your letter.  It adds authenticity to your script and a producer will like that.  If your script is a comedy and you’re currently a member of a local improve group mention that.  The producer might be from the same area of the country as you and might have heard of the improve group (you never know) or they might have done a bit of improve themselves back in the day and really respect the talent and dedication it takes to be an active member of an improve group.  Use whatever credits you have no matter how small they might be.  Don’t underestimate yourself.  Did you work as a journalist for a few years?  That’s professional writing experience.  Did you win an award in college for a short play you wrote?  That’s worth mentioning.  Did you earn an MFA?  That might be impressive to a producer.  There’s usually a reason why you wrote a script which gives you some extra credibility and you should think about that and try and tie that in with your writing credentials for the script you’re pitching. I expanded on this in my post What Should The Query Letter Say When You Have No Screenplay Credits?. [...]

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