Screenwriter Blog Posts
7 Tips For Effective Producer Follow-Up Calls
Congratulations, your pitch of your screenplay was compelling and now a literary agent or producer has requested your screenplay. Be proud of yourself as this is a great accomplishment! However, you may not have expected ...
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5 Quick & Easy Ways To Establish Credibility In Your Query Letter
When you write a query letter, your first and foremost challenge is to summarize your 100+ page story to a paragraph-or-two-long pitch that gets people excited enough to read it. But if they’re borderline interested, ...
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Why Should I Use the Smart Girls Query Letter Service For My Screenplay Instead of Doing It Myself?
Screenwriters often ask me what the advantage is for using our query letter service instead of doing it themselves since there is no guarantee you’ll sell your screenplay either way. There are a number of ...
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Is It Better To Market Your Script to Producers, Literary Agents, or Literary Managers First?
Screenwriters often hear “You need to get an agent to sell your screenplay. That’s the only way it will happen.” And because they hear that, they often decide it’s time to get a literary agent ...
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And Your Point Is?
It surprises me to find that so many screenwriters don't realize that they need to have a point to their story. By the time all is said and done, at the end of your 90-minute ...
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