Break into Screenwriting: script marketing, screenplay tools, screenwriter tutorials, screenwriting advice

Script Formats: Why? How? What pros use!

Fonts? Camera directions? Character descriptions? Editing suggestions?

Final Draft or Screenwriter 2000?

Dramatica Pro or Movie Magic?

What you need to know to pass yourself off as a film pro. => FREE FORMAT TUTORIAL

Title Savvy: 10 Ways Titles Hook Readers

Hook your readers right from the title page.

Ten tips for choosing the best title for your s

Hot Jobs for Actors

Do you belong in the spotlight? Professional performers share their tips on how to break in!

Query Letters that will Knock their Socks Off

Boffo query letters that get your script read and recommended!

How to Screw Up a Big Money Pitch

Pitching your Story

What your story pitch needs: spine and legs

5 Fatal First-Timer Mistakes

What they are and how to AVOID them.

Movie Genres - What Screenwriters Need to Know

Does your script have a genre?

How movie genres help sell your script.

Script Registries: Marketing on the Web

Screenwriters share their experiences using script registries to market their screenplays.

Studio Sniff Test: Does your script smell like a movie?

How to Create Bomb-Proof Loglines

Sometimes you only get one chance to impress.

How to Use Online Script Registries

Launch your script into the global film marketplace.

How to Market your Script: What are they looking for?

Contests: Research BEFORE you write the check.

Genre: The Key to Ticket Sales

What is a genre and who the heck needs one? You do. Movies are marketed by their genre. Knowing how to capitalize on the conventions of your genre will establish your professionalism and get your script noticed.

Agents: What Newbies Need to Know

Script Coaches: Do YOU Need Professional Feedback?

From the Trenches: Script Advice

Hot Tip: Coool Jobs

Should you Produce Your Own Script?

How to break into the "Indie" marketplace.

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Book Reviews

YOU CAN WRITE A MOVIE by Pamela Wallace

HOWDUNIT: How Crimes Are Committed and Solved by John Boertlein

HOW TO BREAK IN AS A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR by Heather Froeschl

SCRIPT MAGIC by Marisa D'Vari

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