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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 [...]

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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?  [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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?” [...]

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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 [...]

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Query letter responses

October 8, 2009

Below is an email exchange between myself and a writer who emailed me. She’s had some success sending out cold query letters and following my advice in my How to Sell Your Screenplay (in a nutshell) post. She asks a few follow up questions which I’ve tried to answer. Hopefully you’ll find the exchange useful [...]

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Should you mention personal experiences that relate to your screenplay in the query letter?

September 23, 2009

I got this question recently: “I’ve written two screenplays.  One is a stoner/office comedy derived from my own experiences but with a fictional storyline, and the other is a drama/dark comedy which is essentially the telling of my own true story about a 15-year-old girl whose boyfriend commits suicide.  My question is this: Do you [...]

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Query Letter Workshop: On Maggie

July 27, 2009

Adam sent this query letter and asked me to critique it. Dear include name here, My writing partner and I have recently completed a script, ON MAGGIE, which is a good fit for your particular production company, and the projects that include name of production company here are known for. ON MAGGIE is a bent, [...]

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