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Raising The Money To Shoot Your Screenplay Yourself

April 23, 2013

I recently wrote a post, The 100% guaranteed sure fire way to get your screenplay made into a movie. In that post I recommend that you go out and raise the money for your screenplay yourself. The post seemed to generate a lot of questions about how to actually go out and raise the money [...]

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Taking a break from writing features to make a short film

September 18, 2012

Here is another guest blog post, this time by writer Carrick Bartle. She’s currently producing a short that she wrote. One thing I’m a big proponent of is getting out there and getting stuff done. Good things can happen when you’re out there pushing your material, which is exactly what she’s doing. I look forward [...]

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How Screenwriter Nathan Ives Got His Screenplay It’s Not You It’s Me Produced

September 10, 2012

My friend and writing partner, Nathan Ives, recently wrote and directed a feature film, It’s Not You It’s Me. I asked him if he would be willing to write up a short post about how the film got made, and he has graciously agreed. I’m a big proponent of taking control of your destiny and [...]

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Shooting your screenplay yourself

December 14, 2011

I got this question recently: “You shot your own script Reunion yourself with the help of a Director. Is there any reason you did not continue shooting other scripts. I am asking this question as this is my intention. I have two scrips and all the filming equipment with lenses, lighting, mics. etc in my [...]

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How to get your novel turned into a movie

September 14, 2011

I got this question recently: “I own the rights to a novel of great, although lesser known, historical figure. I think this person’s life would make a great movie. How can I get this novel / person’s life turned into a movie?” I have written some posts that might help in trying to get your [...]

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The 100% guaranteed sure fire way to get your screenplay made into a movie

April 27, 2011

If you follow through and do this one simple thing I guarantee that you will be able to get your screenplay turned into a movie. It doesn’t matter how good your screenplay is. It doesn’t matter how many grammatical or spelling errors are in your screenplay. It doesn’t matter if your screenplay is formatted properly [...]

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A screenwriter who’s getting actors attached to his project

November 3, 2010

I got an email recently and thought other readers might find it useful. It’s another case where a writer is really working hard to get their script produced. We can all take a lesson from what this writing team is doing to help their script’s chances. Here is the email exchange: Hi Ashley, I just [...]

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Getting an actor attached to your project

September 1, 2010

One of the most rewarding things about writing this blog is hearing from screenwriters who have started to implement some of the marketing strategies I outline in posts like How to Sell Your Screenplay (in a nutshell) and are actually having some real success using the methods. I personally learn a lot from hearing real [...]

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How can I attach a director to my screenplay?

August 18, 2010

I got this question recently: “Is it possible to obtain contacts of specific film directors? I might try to target specific directors. I want to make sure my script is handled by someone who has made a good horror movie.” I talk a lot about the Hollywood Creative Directory on this blog and in some [...]

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Approaching actors with your script

August 4, 2010

I got this question recently: “My wife and I just recently started writing Horror screenplays, which we both enjoy. In August we are attending a Horror convention, where there will be a-few actors/actress, who we always had in mind for certain parts when writing a script. Should we approach them about this and let them [...]

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