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6 Types Of Friends Every Screenwriter Needs

  • Amy Sullivan
  • .November 27, 2023
Most screenwriters owe their tenacity and determination to the people they surround themselves with. This includes all the industry folks that can either directly or indirectly get your screenplays into the write (sorry, right) hands that can shepherd it into production. Let’s not forget our friends who stand by us as we progres...
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Introduce Yourself As A Writer & Your Brand

  • Brock Swinson
  • .May 2, 2023
“Introduce Yourself As A Writer & Your Brand.” Sage Advice From Zimran Jacob, Netflix Showrunner’s Assistant On ‘The Punisher’ & ‘Narcos’:We sat down with Showrunner’s Assistant, Zimran Jacob, to discuss his haphazard path from various production assistant roles to his current position at Netflix. There is no clear career trajec...
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The Art of Self-Promotion

  • Ron Suppa
  • .April 18, 2023
Excerpted in part from 'Real Screenwriting: Strategies and Stories from the Trenches' by Ron Suppa:Face it folks, we screenwriters can be as invisible as a polar bear in a snowstorm. Out of sight, out of mind. If they can’t see you, how can you expect them to respect you? (“They” being the agents, producers and studio honchos) T...
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Make Them Forget They’re Reading A Script

  • Ralph Hershkowitz
  • .March 22, 2023
“Make Them Forget They’re Reading A Script” Says Manager Jonathan Hersh. How does a screenwriter become someone you want to work with?So much of it is a personal fit. I like working with writers that I get along with on a personal level. We’re going to be spending a lot of time together (mostly by phone) so it’s important that o...
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How To Prepare Your Pitch

  • Bob Schultz
  • .December 19, 2022
I say “Pitching,” and writers groan. I’m no different. As a writer myself, my instinct is to say, “If I could tell you my story in 90 seconds, why would I have told it to you in 90 pages?” But pitching is a necessary evil. There are two sure-fire ways to assure your script never gets made: Don’t write it, and never tell anyone a...
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“Don’t Write Scripts, Write Movies” Says Manager Scott Carr

  • Scott Carr
  • .August 1, 2022
Literary manager Scott Carr talks about the screenwriter-manager-industry triad. What does a screenwriter in demand look like?Three words: Incoming call business.The goal with any writer is to position them in such a way that their work and reputation eventually garners proactive interest from film and TV producers, filmmakers, ...
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The Screenwriter’s Guide to General Meetings

General Meetings – or “generals” as they are more widely known in the industry – are effectively meet-and-greets between a producer, development executive network or studio executive, and the writer whose work the individual behind the desk has read and responded to enough to want to meet with its creator. The voice, if you will...
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Sundance Or Bust – A Review On One Of The Biggest Festivals For Filmmakers

  • Tracy Clark, Edna Barnes & Frank Leroy
  • .July 5, 2022
Park City, Utah is host to the biggest film festival in the United States. In 1978 it was known as the United States Film Festival, then changed its name in 1989 to the Sundance Film Festival. That same year Sundance became synonymous with independent success with Sex, Lies, and Videotape. The Sundance Institute, which sponsors ...
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PitchFesting In 20 Easy Steps

  • Bob Schultz
  • .June 1, 2022
PitchFests are a worldwide, calendar-wide phenomenon. Formats may differ from event to event, country to country, but there are some strategies that you can get started on immediately to assure you are ready to go.WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW1. Finish your script. If you get a script request, you’re going to want to be able to send it ri...
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How Staying Local Brought Hollywood to Me

  • Stephen Camelio
  • .April 25, 2022
"Move to Montana” is not the advice you’ll get when you tell someone you want to break into the entertainment business. Especially, if like me, you were working at one of the biggest magazines in the country owned by a parent company that also ran TV and movie studios. At that job, I interacted with bold face names and their pub...
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Take Your Screenwriting Power Back

When it comes to who wields the most power in Hollywood, it seems screenwriters fall near the bottom rung. Let’s be honest: we’re beholden to the gatekeepers, whether they’re script analysts, producers, or studio execs, who will greenlight the passion project we’ve toiled on for years. For a lot of screenwriters, writing life ca...
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“Everything Will Take Longer Than It Should, But It Will Be Worth It.”

  • Lee Stobby
  • .October 6, 2021
“Everything Will Take Longer Than It Should, But It Will Be Worth It.” Manager Lee Stobby’s Advice To Screenwriters:We interviewed literary manager Lee Stobby. He is a literary manager, producer, and principal of Lee Stobby Entertainment and has worked with some of the most exciting screenwriters and production companies in the ...
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Jack Garman – Story Editor At Gallagher Agency On Navigating Hollywood

  • Jack Garman
  • .May 28, 2021
Jack Garman went to film school at Los Angeles Valley College and then, five years ago, began to read scripts for various production companies. He has read and given notes on hundreds of scripts. He has worked with Gallagher Literary as a Reader and is now a Story Editor. He has written dozens of his own scripts and is actively ...
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How Screenwriters Can Work In The Film Business

  • Scott McConnell
  • .March 30, 2021
I was recently asked for advice on how screenwriters can break into the entertainment industry. My experience has mostly been in Los Angeles, but I believe that the following tips can be applied to wherever you are located.  The notes will especially focus on screenwriting and producing, which are my background and experience.Fi...
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When Do Screenwriters Know It’s Time For Representation?

  • Alexander Robb
  • .February 19, 2021
Literary Manager and producer Alexander Robb from Insignia Entertainment discusses the convoluted path of screenwriters getting a manager.I’m gonna take this from another angle. Some folks out there have a misconception of Hollywood as a place where you can have overnight success. Sometimes it seems like talent explodes, and it ...
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Why The Film & TV Industry Needs Producers

  • Michael Lee Simpson
  • .December 6, 2020
“The idea of a star being born is bushwa. A star is created, carefully and cold-bloodily, built from nothing, from nobody. Age, beauty, talent, least of all talent, has nothing to do with it. We could make silk purses out of sows’ ears every day of the week.”So says Louis B. Mayer, one of the most celebrated movie moguls in cine...
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Navigating The Agent and Manager Conundrum

  • ISA Verified
  • .November 16, 2020
There’s a wall in Hollywood that every screenwriter stands before, staring up at its towering height with dread and discouragement. That blockade is built on the foundation of six words: We Do Not Accept Unsolicited Material. Etched on the stone surface, some dismissive legal jargon, “Material is only accepted for consideration ...
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The Screenwriters’ Guide to Writers’ Groups!

I am a huge fan of writers’ groups. After all, I’ve been working with writers for many years, and in those years I’ve been able to observe what a huge difference a strong and steady writers’ group can make in a writer’s life. In fact, every time I take on a new career coaching client, one of the questions I ask them is: Are you ...
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Making Lemonade: Should You Look for Representation in the Time of Corona

A few weeks back, I received an email from a very talented writer I had the good fortune to work with some years ago:  “Is it appropriate for writers to query agents and managers with the current virus? Is it callous, thoughtless or plain stupid?” It’s not the first communication I’ve gotten on this topic in the past few weeks, ...
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Pearls of Wisdom from Working Writers: Early Career Mistakes

Everyone makes mistakes. You only know what you know and you learn as you go along so… making a mistake is inevitable. That said, isn’t it always useful to learn from other people’s mistakes? With that in mind, I turned to some of my clients and friends who are working writers and asked them: What were some of your early career ...

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