Stage32.Com Is Shaking Up the Entertainment Industry
I’ve been hearing about Stage32.com from a few different sources and a few days ago one of the founders, Richard Botto, contacted me. He apparently reads my blog. We emailed…
Breaking into Hollywood from outside the United States Part 2
I get a lot of emails from people who live outside the United States asking how they can break into Hollywood. I usually send them to this post: Breaking in…
The Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting
A couple of weeks ago I received an email from Greg Beal who is the director of the Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting. He read my post Entering screenplay competitions and…
Drawing Conflict from Concept in Screenwriting
This post was guest written by Script Quack. They offer professional script analysis and are currently giving readers of SellingYourScreenplay.com a special discount. Just enter the discount code “sellingyourscreenplay” (without…
Networking Online – How One Screenwriter Optioned His Screenplay By Networking Online
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 don’t hold the keys to your success
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…
Download the 2012 Oscar nominated screenplays
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…
From Dream to Screen workshop with Alan Denman
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…
Submitting your material to production companies
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)…
Storming Sedalia on Kickstarter
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…