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As a producer and former VP of Development for production companies based at Sony, Universal and Disney, I’ve had the privilege of working with award-winning writers, directors and actors, and the most successful ones always... Read More
I got a call from a director the other day asking if I'd be willing to put a call out to our writers for scripts meeting some very specific criteria. I said, "Sure, what's the genre?" He replied Read More
A producer called me recently to rave about a script he'd just optioned. It was a real genre-buster, it had the most unique and amazing Read More
I've seen a lot of writers succeed and fail in this business, and watching that without being able to do anything about it is like not being able to scratch an itch. So I decided to Read More
All right, so you know your hook and you've got a couple good loglines. You can pitch a script in the time it takes to ride the elevator down to the lobby. You've got scripts on InkTip, you send pitches in the mail, and you... Read More
Wouldn't it be great if you could go back in time and hear how some of your favorite movies were pitched? Imagine being a fly on the wall in these meetings Read More
I met this agent once who told me that, over the course of her career, she'd managed to earn a "special thanks" credit on a half dozen feature films, discovered talent that are now household names Read More
It takes a lot more than a good synopsis to sell a story, but a good synopsis is one of a writer's most important selling tools. Read More
The two questions I think I get asked the most by writers are: what genre is hot right now, and should I be writing in that genre?
The answer to the first question Read More
CAN WRITERS SELL THEIR OWN TV SERIES?
Writers? NO.
Writers who are reading this article…YES!
And I’ll tell you how, if you go with me on this for a few minutes. Read More
