This question was recently sent to me via my Facebook account Hey, Eric. Been writing for a long time. Have a couple produced films and have sold several others (in Texas, where it pays nothing). You talk about writing great query letters, but it doesn’t seem like any reputable agents/managers want to read them. You […]
Some have asked whether spelling and grammar are important in your scripts and query letters. In short – hell yes. I once read a query letter where the writer spelled “heroine” without the “e” at the end. Apparently, the star of their script was an opiate. 🙂 In all seriousness, I couldn’t take that query […]
Our resident Television expert TV Consultant Joey uses her experience working for various production companies to answer the following question: Q: How long should I wait before following up with a producer/agent/manager after sending my brilliant query letter? A: Two weeks. Wait two weeks, then place an amazingly nice, polite, chatty follow-up call with the […]
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 way…) So you’ve written a […]
Query: KILLSIGHT by Josh Barbee Premise: In an attempt to find her estranged father, Hope finds herself in harm’s way at every turn as everyone she comes into contact with is overcome with the sudden urge to kill her. Rescued by a stranger named Danny, Hope puts her life in his hands as the one […]
Produced screenwriter. Veteran script reader. Yes, I have a Ph.D. But it's in History. Seriously.