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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

How To Be The Ideal Screenwriter

By Ashlee Amavisca


If you feel you can get past all the secretaries and assistants with no Hollywood guru then join the crowd over there in the frustration line. They all believed they can go it alone and look where they're right now. Don't give up. It's all worthwhile.

No one gets identified in an ice cream shop any more. If you want to break into Hollywood you are going to need a mentor, a guide.

Every day a huge number of would-be scriptwriters are attracted by the bright lights and glitz and glitter of Hollywood and every day those dreams get squashed by lack of knowledge. The competition is intense and that whole 'survival of the fittest' thing is awarded to those who make connections and acquire assistance.

You know the old saying, "It's who you know?" That saying started in Hollywood! Screenwriters actually need a coach more than any other group with this business enterprise.

Until your name is pulsating up there on the Big Screen, you are an unknown - a nobody. You will not even be capable of getting your foot on the door - forget about your script.

Here's how a tutor can help you get your first screenplay sold in Hollywood:

Script Proofreading: Writing a script is completely unique than composing a novel. Movie script format is restricted and formulaic with a limited amount of words, characters, places, and scenes.

Novel writers DO NOT make good scriptwriters (movie scripts are NOT stories). You can't assess your own work and a tutor knows exactly what the studio executives anticipate to see on the page. Tutors are worth every penny you pay them.

Script Format: Executives receive hundreds of scripts per week. If you want yours to be noticed and read then it has to be delivered and shine like a professional's script. Software packages will do formatting for you, but only as a guide.

A mentor will fill out the missing factors to formatting for you and you'll learn with the one-on-one guidance and comments. A great mentor understands what the studio execs expect to see on the page.

Query letters: A good mentor can expose you to an agent and can even handle you once you've completed (not completed - completing a script is NOT finishing a script) a fantastic product (script) to sell so you won't require query letters. If you have not utilized a great mentor and think you could go it alone then you have to know - that if you don't get help an excellent query letter is as difficult as writing a good movie script and agents can be brutal.




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