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Submitting your material to production companies

January 25, 2012

I got these questions recently: “I have 115 page completed, professional script that I want to pitch, however 1) should the query letter be on an entertainment lawyers letterhead, 2) should I send a trailer on DVD or USB with it and 3) where can you find a listing of production companies seeking material?” I’ll [...]

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Should I mail a query letter to a producers home?

August 10, 2011

I got this question recently. “A well known producer lives in my area and I know his home address. He has an interest in the local area and my script takes place here. Do you think mailing my query letter directly to his home is unprofessional?” Yes, mailing it to his home is certainly “unprofessional.” [...]

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Following up with agents who pass on your screenplay query letter

April 20, 2011

I got this question recently: I could really use your advice. You did an agent blast for my horror screenplay yesterday, and I have gotten a bunch of emails asking to read it already, which I’m really excited about. I was going to use the email addresses of the agents who said ‘no’ and pitch [...]

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Production companies are telling me they do not take unsolicted material

January 19, 2011

I got this question recently: “I bought the Hollywood Directory and wrote to 100 producers, none of them asked for my story because they do not accept unsolicited material. How can I get it out there for consideration when no one knows it exists? What can I do to get someone to read it? And [...]

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Is it bad form to send multiple query letters to agents within the same company?

January 12, 2011

I got this question recently: “Is it bad form to send multiple query letters to agents within the same company?” I posed this question to Script Doctor Eric who has worked for literary agents and this is his reply: “I’d say that if it’s weeks apart, that’s fine. I wouldn’t send more than one letter [...]

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How much scrutiny should you give a query letter rejection?

November 17, 2010

I got these questions recently: “I recently started sending out query letters for a script I completed. I received a couple of requests for the script and some rejections. One of the rejections said, ‘We already have a similar project.’ Does this mean I should scrap my script altogether and just move on to the [...]

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Do I have to give away my surprise ending in my query letter?

October 6, 2010

I got this question recently: “I love to have a twisted ending. I want the reader/audience to sit at the end of the movie/screenplay with mouth on the floor, and say, Oh, that was a badass ending. What is the best way to include this in the query letter without making it a dead give [...]

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Reading between the lines when a production company offers to read a re-written version of a screenplay

September 29, 2010

I had a screenwriter asking about his follow up with a production company. His email went something like this (I’ve edited his text a bit for brevity): “I submitted a script to a company and it took them 5 months to review my script and I had to prompt them for an update. They said [...]

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Specifically who should you address in your screenplay query letter?

September 8, 2010

I got this question recently: “When I’m perusing the The Hollywood Creative Directory (HCD) for production company employees to send query letters to, what types of job titles should I focus my attention on? I feel like those containing words like “creative”, “production” and “assistant to” are a good bet, but am I being too [...]

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What’s the difference between a screenplay synopsis and a screenplay treatment

July 21, 2010

I got this question recently: “I’m a little confused. Say you have the Hollywood Creative Directory and have only the fax and address of a given company. Do you fax the query and treatment or just the query by itself? And if you use use snail mail, do you send the query and treatment? What [...]

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