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Query letter critique

A reader asked me to give him my opinion about his query letter and he agreed to let me share his letter and my thoughts as a blog post. Hopefully…

Screenwriting Workshop

Screenplay Synopsis Critique: The Question

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…

Screenwriting Workshop

Query Letter Workshop: On Maggie

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…

Screenwriting Workshop

Logline Workshop: Keelah Smith and the Army of the Night

Luciana recently emailed me this logline and I thought it was a good one to share. Title: Keelah Smith and the Army of the Night Logline: New York teen Keelah…

Screenwriting Workshop

Logline Workshop: The Salt Bath

Kenneth sent in this logline: THE SALT BATH is a noir thriller in which prodigal son Dexter Grey returns to Salt Lake City and reunites with his high school sweetheart…

Screenwriting Workshop

Screenplay Synopsis Critique: Hollywood House

Reader Mike James sent in a synopsis and asked me what I thought of it. I thought it was a good chance to actually put some of the ideas I’m…

SYS Services to Help Screenwriters

  • SYSs Six-Figure Screenplay Contest
  • SYS's Script Analysis Service
  • SYS's From Concept to Completion Screenwriting Course

Screenplay Contests:

  • SYS's Six-Figure Screenplay Contest
  • Wondering which contests to enter? Check out our list of recommended screenplay contests.

The Budget List

  • The best low budget, unproduced screenplays of 2024
  • The best low budget, unproduced screenplays of 2023
  • The best low budget, unproduced screenplays of 2022
  • The best low budget, unproduced screenplays of 2021
  • The best low budget, unproduced screenplays of 2020
  • The best low budget, unproduced screenplays of 2019
  • The best low budget, unproduced screenplays of 2018
  • The best low budget, unproduced screenplays of 2017

Ashley Scott Meyers’ Films

  • Man Overboard
  • The Pinch
  • The Rideshare Killer

Everything You Need To Know To Sell Your Screenplay

  • Selling Your Screenplay (in a nutshell)
  • How do you protect your work? Screenplay copyrights and WGA registration
  • Writing A Screenplay Logline
  • How to write a professional query letter for your screenplay
  • Building a Database of Agents, Managers and Producers
  • Sending Your Screenplay Query Letter to Your Database of Contacts
  • What to Expect From Your Query Letters
  • How do you get an agent for your screenplay? (And why you don’t need one!)
  • Looking for a script consultant?
  • Questions about Screenplay format?
  • Screenwriting Classes
  • Read screenplays for free in our Screenplay Library.
  • Does any of this really work? Yes! check out our success stories.

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Podcasts

SYS Podcast Episode 535 – The Ladybug Effect With Greg Porper

Podcast Transcripts

SYS Podcast Episode 535 – The Ladybug Effect With Greg Porper (transcript)

Podcasts

SYS Podcast Episode 534 – Disney, James Cameron and Animation with Pietro Schito

Podcast Transcripts

SYS Podcast Episode 534 – Disney, James Cameron and Animation with Pietro Schito (transcript)