Query letter success story
I got this email recently: I read your How to Sell Your Screenplay (in a nutshell) post, then sent out three (email) queries, and got a response from a major…
How long should you wait after sending out your screenplay query letter?
I got this question recently: “I’ve recently submitted 100 query letters to production companies and am just wondering how long should I wait for me to decide to work on…
Query letter responses
Below is an email exchange between myself and a writer who emailed me. She’s had some success sending out cold query letters and following my advice in my How to…
Should you mention personal experiences that relate to your screenplay in the query letter?
I got this question recently: “I’ve written two screenplays. One is a stoner/office comedy derived from my own experiences but with a fictional storyline, and the other is a drama/dark…
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…
Should I send a query letter to an agent or producer for a script that I haven’t written yet?
I’ve actually gotten this question a few times recently: “Should I send a query letter to an agent or producer for a script that I haven’t written yet?” This is…
How do you handle multiple writers in your query letter?
I got this question recently: “I have just completed my first script with another writer. We’re both unpublished writers, and I was wondering how you handle a query letter if…
Good post about how to write query letters at Writer Unboxed
I try and read several other writing blogs. I saw this post earlier in the week: Help for a query hater While the author is not a screenwriter, her pitch…
Should I Have Specific Actors In Mind For My Script?
I got this question recently: “If I write my script with particular person/persons in mind, how do I say it in the query letter?” If you have a specific actor…
Who Do You Address Your Screenplay Query Letter To?
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…