Screenwriter Blog Posts
Where Are You Going With Your Plot?
Every scene in your screenplay must be doing one or more of three things: revealing character, advancing the plot, or expanding the theme. All three ...
Proven Strategies for Selling a Screenplay Through Effective Email Queries
Crafting an effective email query to pitch your screenplay to try to sell it is a vital step in capturing the attention of production companies ...
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 ...
Don’t Even Think About Selling Your Screenplay Until You Do These 7 Things
So, you’ve finally finished your screenplay! Congratulations! This is an exciting time in your career, and you’re probably anxious to get it on the market ...
How Screenplay Query Letter Mailings Work When Not In U.S.
Screenwriters all over the world have the big dream of having their screenplays made into a Hollywood movie. Just because you are a screenwriter in ...
Mission Critical Script Formatting: 7 Keys to Make Sure Your Screenplay is Properly Formatted Before Sending It Out
Mission Critical: 7 Keys to Make Sure Your Screenplay is Properly Formatted Before Sending It Out When it comes to getting your screenplay noticed by ...
10 Mistakes Screenwriters Make That Drive Readers Crazy
Completing a screenplay is a huge accomplishment. Getting a Hollywood executive to read your script is another big accomplishment. The last thing you want to ...
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 ...
Should I Put 1 or 2 Spaces Between Sentences?
In dialogue, how many spaces between sentences? Are there 2 blank spaces between the period and the next sentence? Or 1 blank space? Actually, Guy, it’s ...
The Power of Persistence: Should You Give Yourself a Do It By or Quit Date?
One of the interesting comments I hear from time to time is that a writer is giving their screenwriting career another year or two to ...
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 ...
Are Email Query Blasts or Hard Copy Query Letters More Effective For Marketing A Script?
When it comes to marketing your script to a targeted list of producers, agents and managers through the written word, you pretty much have to decide between ...
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