Dear Script Doctor Eric:I’ve written my first screenplay and am looking to sell it. Can you please tell me the best way to do this? Should I write a query letter? Synopsis? Treatment? Is there a certain format for this?Sincerely,Pat Screenwriter—The above is a fabrication
Though many people will likely be shopping on the Friday after Thanksgiving, due to popular demand (4 tweets) I will still hold my weekly Logline Friday contest!No, your logline does not have to be pilgrim themed. But thank you for asking.Submit your 280-character (or less)
And the Logline Friday Winner for October 1st, 2010 is…Jo Anne Fitzsimmons!@goldie606“When experimental treatment awakens a woman in a coma for 20 years, her family is at first ecstatic until…the people suspected of causing her injury start dying in gruesome ways.”Sounds like a supernatural Hard
Even though here on the site she is known as TV Script Doctor, our good friend Joey (About Joey) knows a ton about feature films, and her yearly “movie lists” were the main inspiration for The Great Movie Challenge of 2012. So, check out Joey’s
A screenwriter recently sent me this question via email:Which screenwriting agent should I get?This is an interesting question that assumes two things:1. Your screenplay is good enough to land an agent.2. You need an agent to sell your screenplay.Let me answer the second point first. (Because it’s more confusing that