Most screenwriters know that networking and getting to know producers, agents and managers – or have them know you and read your work – is critical to a successful screenwriting career. You’ve heard how you should attend networking events, and you know you need to take the plunge yourself. So you pay your money to
Along with selling a screenplay, early on, one of your first goals should be to get a “Screenplay By” credit on a produced movie—even if it’s a bad one! You get the bragging rights of saying you are a produced writer. If the movie stinks, you can always say that the producers and directors changed
When you pitch your screenplay to a Hollywood executive, whether in a one-on-one pitch in person or in a query letter, your story needs to have a hook and it must come through in the pitch. While you may have heard the term, I’ve found that most writers don’t know really know what a hook is.
Thousands of screenplays and ideas get submitted to Hollywood every month so it becomes a big challenge to get your screenplay read and to have it seem different from so many others. Screenwriters often think their script is completely unique, but usually it’s not as different as you might think.
The most effective, powerful, and interesting characters you can create for a screenplay are often based on real people. If you look back over your life, you will most certainly find some amazing people to model your characters after. You will also come up with some unforgettable, authentic and interesting scenes by pondering events from
To be a real contender in Hollywood, you must study the craft of screenwriting so that your scripts are the best they can be when the opportunity arises to have a producer or agent to read them. To be successful and maintain that success as a screenwriter, there are many different elements of the craft