The screenwriter's survival guide, or, Guerilla meeting tactics and other acts of war
Book - 2001
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- Published
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New York :
Warner Books
[2001]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- 302 pages ; 21 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-302).
- ISBN
- 9780446676229
- 1.. Why I Wrote This
- 2.. Starting from Ground Zero
- 3.. Who Buys Scripts
- 4.. Getting Read
- 5.. What a Pitch Is, and Isn't
- 6.. Pitching a Spec Script
- 7.. Pitching a Concept You Want to Write
- 8.. Writer Speak vs. Mogul Speak
- 9.. The Pitch Letter
- 10.. Cold Calling
- 11.. Faxing
- 12.. Happy Birthday, Read My Script
- 13.. Who Gets Read
- 14.. Format
- 15.. Submissions and Presentation
- 16.. Simultaneous Submissions
- 17.. Releases
- 18.. Coverage
- 19.. Submission Records
- 20.. The Cost of Submission
- 21.. Following Up, Staying in Touch
- 22.. Selling Ideas
- 23.. Protecting Ideas
- 24.. Business Meetings
- 25.. Guerrilla Meeting Tactics
- 26.. Meeting People in General
- 27.. The Screenwriter's Uniform
- 28.. The Dating Metaphor
- 29.. Agents
- 30.. Bad Agents
- 31.. Leaving an Agent
- 32.. Cheating on Agents
- 33.. Managers vs. Agents
- 34.. Producers
- 35.. Bozos
- 36.. The Free Option
- 37.. What the Hell Do I Call This Chapter, or, Do It Right
- 38.. Who You Want to Work With
- 39.. On Writing That Works and Writing That Doesn't
- 40.. On "Visual" Writing, or, Your Lit Professor Lied
- 41.. Parentheticals and Other Lies
- 42.. What You See On Screen
- 43.. High Concept
- 44.. That Genre Is Dead
- 45.. Teen Girls Don't See Movies
- 46.. Writing for Ratings
- 47.. Don't Write Batman
- 48.. Writing "Marketable"
- 49.. Why You Do This
- 50.. The Green Light and Turnaround
- 51.. What You Really Get Paid
- 52.. The Guild
- 53.. Screen Credit and Arbitration
- 54.. Separation of Rights
- 55.. Entertainment Attorneys and Business Affairs
- 56.. Death and Taxes
- 57.. Reading Fees and Consultants
- 58.. Classes and Seminars
- 59.. Workshops and Critiques
- 60.. Clubs and Memberships
- 61.. Competitions
- 62.. Where to Get Scripts
- 63.. Do You Have to Live in L.A.?
- 64.. The Last Word
- Resources for Screenwriters
- Generic Release Form
- Sample Script Title Page
- Sample Script Page
- Sample Query Letter