I recently emailed back and forth with Michael G. McLarty, a screenwriter who lives in Mobile, Alabama. He mentioned that he had a screenplay optioned and had done it by…
I get a lot of very passionate and pleading emails from wanna-be screenwriters who want me to turn them into the next Diablo Cody. They’re emails are almost always very…
If you would like to read any of the screenplays that were nominated for an academy award this year, you can find them here: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-57359896-10391698/download-scripts-of-award-contenders/. Reading screenplays is one of…
Alan Denman is having a workshop and he wanted me to pass along the information to my readers. I met Alan about a month ago. Inbetween his writing and directing…
I got these questions recently: “I have 115 page completed, professional script that I want to pitch, however 1) should the query letter be on an entertainment lawyers letterhead, 2)…
I got an email recently from screenwriter Bob Wagner. He has set up a Kickstarter campaign to try and raise money to shoot his film. Bob saw my post The…
I got this question recently: “An agent recently read my screenplay and gave me the comment: It’s overwritten. What does that mean?” Without actually seeing your screenplay it’s hard to…
I recently optioned my baseball screenplay (co-written with Nathan Ives), The Unnatural, to Andrew Lauren Productions. You can read the announcement here: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/risky-business/squid-whale-producer-options-baseball-267184. A few people have asked me how…
