My appearance on Script Doctor Eric’s Scriptcast
A few weeks ago I was on Script Doctor Eric’s podcast called Scriptcast. If you would like to listen to it you can do so by going to this link:…
Babz Buzz
A few weeks ago I did a producer email / fax blast for a client of the Silver Bitela Agency. Babz Bitela, his agent, seemed happy with the service and…
Get your Short Film Script Produced by an Award Winning Director
Circalit Announces Free Short Film Competition. Award winning London director, Gabriel Bisset-Smith, will produce the winning script of a new screenwriting competition at Circalit. Bisset-Smith is best known as a…
Getting an agent when you have an offer on the table
I got this question recently: “Regarding whether or not to get an agent…If I get a purchase or option offer from a producer isn’t it a good idea to contact…
Join my writer’s group
The writer’s group I’m in, The Deadline Junkies, currently has an opening. So if you live in the Los Angeles area and can commit to showing up every Tuesday evening…
Sending your screenplay to production companies and agents at the same time
I got this question recently: “I plan to contact production companies AND agents simultaneously. Is that ok? Or is it a turnoff for agents that I sent out the material?”…
Should you include marketing ideas in your screenplay query letter?
I got this question recently: “I have some very interesting marketing ideas for my screenplay that could produce hundreds of millions for the production company. But for my first shot…
At first the project seemed to be on track then it went off the rails
I got this question recently: “I’m trying to sell the movie rights to my novel. I signed with a New York City agency and I thought, because of there positive…
Do you have any questions about selling your screenplay?
If you have any questions about how to sell your screenplay please email them to me or post them in the comment section of this thread. While I might not…
Getting the rights to a book so you can write a screenplay based on it
Below is an email chain from a reader asking about how to option the rights to a book so that she could turn it into a screenplay. Hopefully you’ll find…