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Craig’s List

How to Sell Your Screenplay (in a nutshell)

May 25, 2012

I believe that most screenwriting books, seminars, blogs and other screenwriting resources don’t spend nearly enough time on teaching people how to market their screenplays. SellingYourScreenplay.com tries to bridge that gap. When I started out in the industry I didn’t know anyone. I was just a guy with a few ideas and a dream. With [...]

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Easy way to filter Craigslist posts for screenwriters

October 23, 2009

I’ve written a few posts on submitting your query letter and screenplay to ads on sites like Craig’s List. I recommend it. I’ve optioned and sold scripts to exactly these types of ads. Screenwriter and reader Jim Burtoft created a Yahoo Pipe to filter the Craig’s List pages that you would want to look at [...]

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How I optioned and sold my first screenplay Dish Dogs

February 6, 2009

I’m sure many people reading this blog have looked at my IMDB link, but if you haven’t have a look at it. You’ll notice my first writing credit is a film called Dish Dogs starring Shannon Elizabeth, Sean Astin, Mathew Lillard, and Brian Dennehy. Dish Dogs started out as an idea I had in college [...]

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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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