How To Respond To Screenwriting Leads
There are a variety of places that you can find directors, producers, and production companies looking to hire screenwriters. For instance, our own SYS Select leads, InkTip, Mandy.com and even…
How To Become A Screenwriter
Recently screenwriters have been asking me if query letters really work as a strategy to break into Hollywood. Query letters have been such a big part of my career, it…
Video: How To Build A Database Of Agents To Send Your Query Letter To
In this video I show you exactly how to build a database of agents to send you query letter to. This process can work for for building a database of…
Producers tell me to get an agent, and agents won’t read my stuff – How can I start my career?
Quite often I get emails from people who say something like this: “I sent a query letter to some producers but they told me they don’t read unsolicited material and…
What to Expect From Your Query Letters
So now you’ve written a great log line for your script, crafted a professional query letter pitching your screenplay, built a database of agents, managers, and producers, and started to…
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)…
Should I mail a query letter to a producers home?
I got this question recently. “A well known producer lives in my area and I know his home address. He has an interest in the local area and my script…
Following up with agents who pass on your screenplay query letter
I got this question recently: I could really use your advice. You did an agent blast for my horror screenplay yesterday, and I have gotten a bunch of emails asking…
Production companies are telling me they do not take unsolicted material
I got this question recently: “I bought the Hollywood Directory and wrote to 100 producers, none of them asked for my story because they do not accept unsolicited material. How…
Is it bad form to send multiple query letters to agents within the same company?
I got this question recently: “Is it bad form to send multiple query letters to agents within the same company?” I posed this question to Script Doctor Eric who has…