Screenwriter Blog Posts
Is Your Screenplay Dragging, Confusing, or Too Short? Check This First
Is Your Screenplay Dragging, Confusing, or Too Short? Check Its Central Question In this blog post, I want to address one of the problems I ...
Script Coverage: 5 Tips To Your Best Script Analyst
Do you “Loop” Like I Do On Your Rewriting? If you said yes, you might need to get some Script Coverage. But first… See if this ...
The Business of Screenplay Marketing
Some of the persistent complaints I hear from screenwriters are that they don’t like to market their scripts, they don’t know what to do next, ...
How To Make Your Idea Shine Through in Your Pitchfest One-Sheet
When you take your screenplay idea to pitchfests, you may want to leave a one-sheet behind with film executives and talent agents you talk to. ...
The Seeds For Screenwriter’s Success
One of the challenges is that you will mostly get negative feedback when you have your script reviewed or even considered for production. And yes, ...
How To Write a Good Screenplay: 3 Key Objectives For Every Scene
https://youtu.be/5rR_kFsjeR4 When writing a screenplay, many screenwriters want to hurry and get their first draft on the page without doing a lot of planning because just ...
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 ...
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 ...
Planning for Success in Screenwriting: Goals (Part 1 of 2)
Lots of Screenwriters say they’ve done everything they know to do and are still not achieving the goals they want, still not getting their scripts ...
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 ...
What Every Screenwriter Should Know About Branding
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 ...
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 ...
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