query letters

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.” [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]