How To Respond To Screenwriting Leads
There are a variety of places that you can find directors, producers, and production companies looking to hire screenwriters. For instance, our own SYS Select leads, InkTip, Mandy.com and even…
How To Become A Screenwriter
Recently screenwriters have been asking me if query letters really work as a strategy to break into Hollywood. Query letters have been such a big part of my career, it…
Raising The Money To Shoot Your Screenplay Yourself
I recently wrote a post, The 100% guaranteed sure fire way to get your screenplay made into a movie. In that post I recommend that you go out and raise…
Don’t Overlook Any Opportunities (How I Sold My First Screenplay)
The first screenplay I ever optioned and sold, Dish Dogs, was a direct result of me responding to an ad in one of the trade magazines like The Hollywood Reporter.…
How to Sell Your Screenplay (in a nutshell)
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…
What to Expect From Your Query Letters
So now you’ve written a great log line for your script, crafted a professional query letter pitching your screenplay, built a database of agents, managers, and producers, and started to…
Sending Your Screenplay Query Letter to Your Database of Contacts
By now you should have a log line, query letter, and a database of industry contacts. In this article we’re going to tie everything together and start making some query…
Building a Database of Agents, Managers and Producers
At this stage I’m assuming you have a well written log line and a well written query letter. If not, please go back and write your log line and query…
The Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting
A couple of weeks ago I received an email from Greg Beal who is the director of the Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting. He read my post Entering screenplay competitions and…
Networking Online – How One Screenwriter Optioned His Screenplay By Networking Online
I recently emailed back and forth with Michael G. McLarty, a screenwriter who lives in Mobile, Alabama. He mentioned that he had a screenplay optioned and had done it by…