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Using a Screenplay Theme to Attract a Movie Star

Every screenwriter who sits down to his copy of Final Draft and begins typing a screenplay has the ambition of writing a great screenplay with ...

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 ...

How To Overcome Procrastination Now

WOW!  Every once in a while, time goes by so fast that I’ll suddenly realize it’s been a long time since I sent out one ...

The Fastest Way To Get A Literary Agent For Your Screenplay

If your intention is to be a professional, working screenwriter – whether in Los Angeles, Alabama, Michigan or Australia, being represented by an agent or ...

Show Your Screenwriting Talents With A Short Film

If you've written a screenplay, if you're even thinking about it, or if you've already completed one or more, then you've probably imagined what it ...

Screenwriters: Double Your Number Of Screenwriting Properties This Week

Have you noticed that writing a 100-plus-page script seems like it can take forever? And then you finish it and you have to re-write the ...

Screenwriter’s Literary Manager or Literary Agent: Which To Go For?

For screenwriters who want a career in screenwriting, most will eventually need a good Literary Manager or Literary Agent who can get you into offices ...

Elements of Great Screenwriting

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 ...

How To Make An Audience Care About Your Characters

John Truby believes that focusing on details and character traits can lead to superficial characters. Melody Jackson, Ph.D. does, too. Go here to Learn what ...

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, ...

The Truth About Getting Your Screenwriting Credit

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 ...

Market To Producers, Agents, or Managers First?

https://smartg.com/wp-content/uploads/wr-images/PD-AG-MG-First-FINAL.mp3   If you’re ready to market your screenplay, it’s likely you’ll plan to follow the  advice of what most other industry professionals will tell ...
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