Month: October 2018

How to Sell a Screenplay

At last! The definitive answer (until the next definitive answer) to the fundamental question on every writer’s mind. (Well, those who are trying to make it in Hollywood anyway.) Go for it:

Corny as it may seem, this is a site even we never get tired of

from Script Reader Pro

So, you’ve finally finished a script you’re proud of. Congrats. But are you now trying to figure out how to sell a screenplay? In this post, we’re going to take a look at the very best six options to help you do just that.

We’re not saying that selling scripts is “easy”—there are no guarantees attached to any of the steps in this post—but if you apply yourself rigorously to each of them (for as long as it takes) selling a movie script should become that much easier. read article

Web Series: ‘The Most Interesting Man in Studio City’

Nobody at TVWriter™ knows exactly what to say about Douglas Olsson’s new series, The Most Interesting Man in Studio City. Is it a success? A failure? Something in between?

The problem boils down to this: When you create something that’s all about mediocrity and disguise that mediocrity by calling it success, how do you know if it works?

Mediocrity, almost by definition, is uninteresting, yeah? But The Most Interesting Man in Studio City isn’t uninteresting. In fact, there are times that it’s very interesting indeed. Hmm, wouldn’t that mean it was failing? read article

Cartoon: ‘Running’

This TVWriter™ minion never thought  about it before, but the effects – as in “benefits” of running and writing have a hell of a lot in common. Leave it to our cartooning hero, Grant Snider, to teach us another multo-important lesson:

Grant Snider has a new sketchbook out from Abrams Noterie! The Shape of Ideas Sketchbook features new spot illustrations, some comics on drawing and creativity, and many blank pages for your own ideas, doodles, and observations. Order it from Abrams or wherever you get your books. read article

“4 Reasons I Never Gave Up As A Filmmaker”

Tenacity is the name of the showbiz game. For example:

John Ginty and the actors and crew on set of “12 Days With God”

by John Ginty

early five years ago I started the journey to becoming a filmmaker. At the time I had a great job with benefits, three weeks of vacation, a decent salary, and great co-workers…

…but I was miserable. I wasn’t doing the one thing that burned with an unquenchable fire within me. All I wanted to do was make movies. read article

Stop Feeling Sorry for Yourself!

Here we go with a message all writers need: 10 Steps to stop feeling sorry for yourself. What? You’re a writer and don’t feel sorry for yourself? How can such an anomaly be? Anyway:

by Henrik Edberg

When you fail, make a mistake or things simply don’t go as well as you had hoped then how do you feel? read article