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Moving Your Mindset From Aspiring To Professional Screenwriter

And so it goes… What you think, you become. Dream and become it. These might seem like an endless stream of feel good memes on your social media feed, but they do serve a useful purpose, especially if you seek a career in a business as fickle, unpredictable, and unstable as screenwriting.The first thing aspiring screenwriters mu...
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How to Get Your Script Read – The Four Promises

Whether the writer focuses on TV or features, we all have one question in common. “How do we get industry professionals to read our scripts?” Getting them to agree to read the script is just the first battle. Getting the script to the top of their pile is the next. The real question is how do we motivate the reader to pick up th...
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TV Writer Eric Haywood Discusses Writing On TV Shows Like “Law & Order: Organized Crime” & “Empire”

Film and television writer Eric Haywood first made a splash in Hollywood when he wrote a short film called Staring At The Sun, followed by ten episodes on a TV series called Soul Food about the Josephs, a black family living in Chicago. He has since written on broadcast and streaming shows including Power, Empire, Manifest, and ...
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“Smaller Stories With Big Ideas” Sasha Nonas-Barnes From Dark Matter Entertainment

The indépendant film and television space has a new player from the extremities of the outer realms. Sasha Nonas-Barnes is fifty percent of the composition of Dark Matter Entertainment. The remaining component is Tiegen Kosiak.Dark Matter was formed by two seasoned development executives “used to creating projects with very few ...
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5 Ways To Become A Successful Screenwriter

You can ask this question to a hundred working screenwriters and you’re likely to get a hundred different answers. There’s no single path to success, nor is screenwriting success defined the same way to every writer. Suffice to say, most of us yearn to become working screenwriters – that is, getting paid to writer, either on ass...
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Find Your Rhythm And Stick To The Discipline Of That Rhythm

“Find Your Rhythm And Stick To The Discipline Of That Rhythm” Advises A.E. Jones From Stagecoach Entertainment:This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series StagecoachWhat’s the worst advice you’ve heard given writers?“You must write every day in order to be a writer.” I really can’t stand this advice – it presupposes that only the ac...
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Create A Pitch Document That Sells Your TV Series (Part 2)

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Pitch Doc:Now that we’ve covered the basic components pitch document in broad strokes, it’s time to expand on them.Philosophical QuestionsThese seminal questions arise before the overview of your TV series even takes shape. Don’t underestimate their importance, despite their relatively uns...
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Create A Pitch Document That Sells Your TV Series (Part 1)

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Pitch Doc:After your initial pitch meetings have piqued a producer’s interest, you may be asked for a pitch document – especially in the case of television series. There aren’t any hard and fast rules for the perfect pitch document – only principles. There isn’t even a convention in terms ...
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4 Ways Screenwriters Can Conquer a Brainstorming Pitch Meeting

We’ve previously published numerous articles on the art and science of pitching. As scary and uncomfortable as many screenwriters find pitching, it’s part of your job. You cannot rely on your writing speaking for itself to build a career. You need to speak for yourself.Traditionally, pitching has two primary functions – selling ...
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7 Tips To Nailing The Virtual Pitch

Hollywood production may have slowed during the pandemic, but pitching carries on — with a virtual twist. And that’s unlikely to change. Even when we can once again meet people face to face, the ability to pitch and hear pitches from anywhere opens up possibilities for writers, directors, and producers alike. For starters, you d...

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