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3 Essential Elements Your Screenplay Needs To Get Picked Up
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It can be difficult to sell your script. Many screenwriters don’t know what it takes to sell their script and thus, go in blindly. In this post, I’ll go over the 3 essential elements your screenplay needs to get picked up. Remember this acronym; CCP. No, not Chinese Communist Party,…
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1 MAJOR Reason You Shouldn’t Sell a Script to Hollywood
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It’s every writer’s dream to write a script and sell it to Hollywood. As writers, we cling to the hope that once we sell it, we’ll make a fortune, live the high life, and all will be right in the world. Unfortunately, that’s far from reality. In some cases selling…
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How To Write a Screenplay That Doesn’t Fall Apart In The Second Act
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If you have an idea for a script, but don’t know how to go about writing it so that it doesn’t fall apart by the second act, the following advice will help you immensely. When I first started writing films, I chose to write a futuristic space adventure. Guess which…
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5 Ways To Sell Your Screenplay
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So you’ve finished your screenplay and you want to sell it. PUMP THE BRAKES! There is a question that you must ask yourself before you attempt to sell your screenplay. That question is, “why should anybody buy your screenplay?” The very idea of buying anything is based on the premise…
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Thoughts on Midsommar
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I’m late to the party on this film, but this was in my opinion a solid entry for A24. Since 2015, when I saw Ex Machina, A24 has really caught my eye with their films. As someone, who’s almost desensitized when it comes to horror films, Midsommar finds a way…