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Video: How to legally protect your screenplay by registering it with the WGA and the Library of Congress

One of the most common questions I get from screenwriters is: “How do I protect my screenplay?” I decided to make a quick video the explains exactly how to do…

Online Classes

Online Class #1: Choosing A Marketable Concept (How to avoid the single biggest mistake made by new screenwriters)

Selling Your Screenplay is proud to announce the first in a series of live online courses dedicated to helping people write better screenplays. After running SellingYourScreenplay.com for many years, what…

Screenwriting News

Big Changes Are Coming To SellingYourScreenplay.com

People have been finding success using my screenplay marketing guide, including using my email and fax blast service. I’ve heard from lots of people who have found a paid writing…

My Screenplays

A short film I wrote, Double Agent, is premiering at the Dances with Films festival in Hollywood this Saturday, June 1

A short film that I wrote, Double Agent, is an official selection of the Dances with Films festival. It’s playing this Saturday, June 1 at 12:30PM at the Chinese Theater…

Screenwriting FAQ

Do the Work and Become a Professional Screenwriter

I get emails all the time from folks who are sending me their half-baked, poorly conceived log lines and want me to re-write them for them. I really believe that…

Screenwriting Resources

Excellent Post on Shane Black

Shane Black is a legendary screenwriter. He wrote several classic spec scripts that sold for a lot of money in the late eighties and early nineties like Lethal Weapon and…

How To Sell Your Screenplay

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…

Writing Your Screenplay

The Future of Film – What kind of writer do you want to be?

This is a guest article by Alan Denman. What kinds of films will be watching in the next ten years? What kinds of films will our children be watching in…

Screenwriting FAQ

Producers tell me to get an agent, and agents won’t read my stuff – How can I start my career?

Quite often I get emails from people who say something like this: “I sent a query letter to some producers but they told me they don’t read unsolicited material and…

Writing Your Screenplay

7 Signposts for Successful Screenwriting

This is a guest post by filmmaker Alan Denman. Alan is a British writer, director, producer and script consultant. He has taught screenwriting extensively in North America, the UK and…

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SYS Services to Help Screenwriters

  • SYSs Six-Figure Screenplay Contest
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Screenplay Contests:

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

The Budget List

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  • 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

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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!)
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Podcasts

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Podcast Transcripts

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Contest

SYS’s Six-Figure Screenplay Contest 2025: Winner/Finalist Announcement

Contest

SYS’s Six-Figure Screenplay Contest 2025: Semi Finalists Announcement