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Submitting your script through an agent or manager

March 3, 2010

I got this question recently:
“I have found through my years of sales that selling over the phone is one of my greatest attributes. I love it. I find myself getting uncontrollably excited over the chase of cold calling production companies! I turn it into a game just to see how many people I can [...]

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Writing a spec script based on an existing franchise

February 24, 2010

I got this question recently:
“I wrote a screenplay based on an existing franchise. I’m in the process of pending the permissions with the right attorney. If I am granted the rights to sell my script, and that’s a big “if”. What is the right way to state it in my query letter, if it’s what [...]

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Is it okay to send a query letter of one script to several production companies at the same time?

February 17, 2010

I got this question recently:
“Is it okay to send a query letter of one script to several production companies at the same time?”
Yes. It is okay to send out the same query letter to multiple production companies at the same time. Most of your query letters whether faxed, emailed or snail mailed will [...]

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Should you submit your query letter via email or snail mail?

February 3, 2010

I got these questions recently:
“I live in Belgium and want to send out A LOT of query letters. Should I send them via email or regular mail?
Also, I have written two screenplays. Do I send both query letters to the same company or is it better to spread them thin throughout the other companies?”
I [...]

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Query letter headings and self-address stamped postcards

January 13, 2010

I got these questions recently:
“I’ve seen websites that recommend using the agents’ first name on the ‘Dear…’ line, and other websites where they discourage this? What do you think?
Is it better to send a self-addressed, stamped envelope or a self-addressed, stamped postcard?  I’ve heard postcard and envelope. Is the trend more toward postcards?  What’s your [...]

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Screenplay Synopsis Critique: The Question

January 6, 2010

Someone recently sent me this pitch for review:
Title: The Question
Logline: Random daily encounters lead a brilliant thirty-something to a different
perception of his body.
Synopsis:
What would you do if tomorrow you discovered that there is nothing in your head? If you could no longer put a sandwich in your mouth nor drink a glass of water? If [...]

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Taking deferred pay for your screenplay

December 23, 2009

I got this question recently:
“If you have no street credit in writing, much less Hollywood, but you think you got a great movie that can be made on the cheap and strike a nerve like Juno, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Little Miss Sunshine, etc., is it likely that a producer will accept paying you [...]

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Query letter response – What does the producer really mean?

December 16, 2009

I got this question recently:
“I let industry pros read my work.  They always say I’m a good writer and that they enjoy reading my work, but they never offer to option.  Am I doing something wrong?  If the work is good, why not?  Or is that a nice way of saying your work sucks?”
Without knowing [...]

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Query letter success story

December 9, 2009

I got this email recently:

I read your How to Sell Your Screenplay (in a nutshell) post, then sent out three (email) queries, and got a response from a major production company, asking me to forward the script. I did, and received an email from the head of that company, asking me to send him [...]

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How long should you wait after sending out your screenplay query letter?

October 28, 2009

I got this question recently:
“I’ve recently submitted 100 query letters to production companies and am just wondering how long should I wait for me to decide to work on my query or my next wave? Also I live in the U.K, is this a disadvantage, especially when my script is high budget?  It’s been about [...]

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