Screenwriter Blog Posts

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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Melody Jackson

How To Create A Tipping Point In Your Screenwriting Career

One of the most critical elements of success in any field, and especially, in Hollywood as a screenwriter, is to take consistent, directed action in ...

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Melody Jackson

Three Screenplay Pitch Openings That Hook Audiences Instantly

When it comes time to market and sell your screenplay, you will need to learn to pitch your screenplay -- both on paper and out ...

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Melody Jackson

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 ...

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Melody Jackson

WGA Agents List — Writers Guild Of America List of Agents Review

Screenwriters sometimes ask me what I think about approaching the WGA West Literary Agents as a possible way to obtain representation. Theoretically, it's a good ...

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Melody Jackson

Establish Credibility Before They Read Your Script

Once you have polished your script, gotten a thumbs up from a professional script analyst, and you also feel it's ready to go, then you ...

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Melody Jackson

How Do I Get a Literary Agent for My Script so Producers Will Read It? — ASK SMART GIRL SERIES

I have just started a new series of posts called ASK SMART GIRL! Each week or so I will be answering some of the questions ...

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Melody Jackson

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 ...

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Melody Jackson

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, ...

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Melody Jackson

Stop Telling Your Idea: 3 Levels of Character DNA to Revolutionize How You Show Not Tell

Beyond the Surface: Is Your Character’s Truth in Their DNA? In screenwriting, the mantra “Show, Don’t Tell” is often treated as a simple instruction to ...

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Melody Jackson