Yes. Almost. At a minimum, they are utterly clogged. Every agency, every producer and every studio exec gets scripts by the truckload. The city hires a literal army of readers to read the mountains of material flowing in.
And most … Read the rest
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Yes. Almost. At a minimum, they are utterly clogged. Every agency, every producer and every studio exec gets scripts by the truckload. The city hires a literal army of readers to read the mountains of material flowing in.
And most … Read the rest
To find out the difference between
“atheist” and “agnostic”
or “effect” and “affect”
or “arroyo” and “gulch”,
here’s an online version of shareware that’s been around for a while:
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In case you were wondering what writers, producers and agents do, the U.S Department of Labor has adopted detailed job descriptions which include separate sections on required knowledge, skills, abilities and work values. You can check them out here:
… Read the restI’m in an interesting situation. I recently finished a spec script and posted it on website, which got the attention of a new producer. This producer liked my material, but wanted me to write his version of the story. I
Over at The Artful Writer, Craig Mazin has an insightful post on dealing with execs. Even if you are not yet at Craig’s level (he’s way up there), you deal with gatekeepers almost from the beginning of your … Read the rest
… Read the restI’ve recently seen ads for a service that will make a “trailer” out of your script, or idea. This seems like a great way to show that your stuff has exciting visual potential, and specific marketing possibilities. However, are producers,
If your story idea is not sufficiently remarkable, it really doesn’t matter how well you write it. The story will not sell.
That’s nothing new, yet it is the costliest mistake a spec screenwriter can make – especially writers that … Read the rest
… Read the restI signed with a mid-size agency a few months ago, and have spent about a month and a half getting our script ready to go out. The script will go out wide next week. Now, here’s my question. The agent