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The Hollywood Creative Directory

How to Sell Your Screenplay (in a nutshell)

May 25, 2012

I believe that most screenwriting books, seminars, blogs and other screenwriting resources don’t spend nearly enough time on teaching people how to market their screenplays. SellingYourScreenplay.com tries to bridge that gap. When I started out in the industry I didn’t know anyone. I was just a guy with a few ideas and a dream. With [...]

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The Cheapest Way to Query Producers

May 2, 2012

Quite often I get emails from people who are on a tight budget and they’re wondering what the cheapest way to query agents, managers, and producers is. I offer a fairly inexpensive email / fax blast service which goes to either agents/managers or producers. You can learn more about it by going here: Query letter [...]

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Submitting a novel to producers as a movie idea

April 28, 2010

I got this question recently: “For the sake of discussion. Let’s say that the book I am almost done with ( short one – maybe 200 pgs ) is truly good. Let’s say it is so timely – super timely – that it should really be in screenplay format because it should really be made [...]

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What to expect from your screenplay query submissions

April 14, 2010

If you read this blog regularly you know that I’m a big proponent of marketing your own work. Check out my post How to Sell Your Screenplay (in a nutshell) to learn how to submit your work to producers, agents, and managers. In addition have a look at my post Getting your screenplay to producers [...]

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Entering screenplay competitions

November 4, 2009

Update 2012-02-29 I’ve written an update to this post which can be found here: The Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting. I got this question recently: “What do you think of script competitions?  I have heard that a high budget script will not do very well.” I entered two (that I remember), the Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting [...]

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Cheapest way to access the Hollywood Creative Directory

September 21, 2009

I mention The Hollywood Creative Directory quite often in my posts. It’s a great source of contact information for nearly every production company in the United States. You can buy a hard copy from Amazon.com, which I highly recommend. Having the hard copy allows you to go back to it often and send out query [...]

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How to market your script when you have no money

July 20, 2009

I got an email from an aspiring screenwriter that went something like this: Question: What else can I possibly do to get my script sold? Here’s what I’ve done so far. 1. Worked for about 3 months on the script, read books, read scripts. 2. Rewrote it 13 times, it’s gleaming. 3. Wrote a treatment, [...]

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How to create an original television series (breaking into television writing)

June 29, 2009

I’ve gotten this question many times over the last couple of months: “I have a great idea for an original television series.  How can I sell it to a television network?” I want to start out by saying that I have zero experience in television writing.  I wrote one Seinfeld episode for a sit-com writing [...]

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Taking a Trip to Los Angeles to Jump Start Your Screenwriting Career

June 15, 2009

A got a few questions from two aspiring screenwriters a couple weeks ago who were planning a trip to Los Angeles. 1. What are some ways to arrange meetings before we arrive in L.A.? 2. While there, do you have suggestions on how to meet industry people? Are there any bars/spots we should visit to [...]

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Who Do You Address Your Screenplay Query Letter To?

April 27, 2009

I got this question recently: “When submitting a query letter, should you send it to the company in general, should you send it to a specific representatives of the company (after looking in the HCD), or should you send it to multiple representatives of the same company?”

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