Posts Tagged with ‘selling’
How to get what you want – negotiating tricks
22 Jan 2015In case you missed it, you really should read this article on negotiating tricks and how to get what you want.…
Two simple ways to add power to your pitching
10 Sep 2013If you want to pitch with power, here are two powerful ingredients that are often forgotten by script gurus although they are used to powerful effect in almost every successful TV drama or cinema film.
3 Ways to Make Sure Your Script Stands Out
09 Jan 2013Despite what most writers think, most scripts fail to sell not because they are too different, but because they are…
Six Things You Need To Know About Treatments
03 Nov 2012If you want to write for film or TV, then treatments, outlines, synopses (the terms are interchangeable in the industry) are something you have to get good at. And to write good treatments there are six things you'll need to know.
Three things you need to improve your script sales
28 Aug 2012Back from hols and the first thing on my to-do list is to go out and start selling the script…
Three Tips for Writing Treatments
05 Feb 2012Writing a good, compelling, readable treatment is tough. It's difficult enough to write a script - but then to boil the whole thing down from 90+ pages to one or two...! However it's a crucial part of a screenwriter's job. Here are three of my top tips.
Why do some scripts sell, and some don’t?
14 Jan 2012Many people ask me if they should learn about selling and pitching scripts before they start writing, or after they’ve…
How to land a top star and the BBC with one treatment
13 Sep 2011Most people hate writing treatments. Not me, I love them. This is how I used a treatment to hook a top star comedian and the BBC in just five pages - and how you can too.
Want to succeed? Maybe do the opposite.
30 Aug 2011Have you heard of Kelly Marcel? If not yet, you soon will. You'll probably, if you're like me, be deeply and painfully jealous. And something she said recently might teach us something important.
If you want to sell your script, don’t get stuck on the bridge
26 Jul 2011Back from holiday, preparing for Selling Your Script this Saturday, I’ve been thinking about a massive underpublicised reason why far…
