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If Your Screenplay Can't Get Past the Hollywood Reader, It Can't Get to Hollywood
This ultimate insider's guide to screenwriting is designed to get you past the fiercest gatekeepers in Hollywood: the Hollywood script readers. This small army of freelancers will be among the first to read and evaluate your…

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1 author picked 500 Ways to Beat the Hollywood Script Reader as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Reading this book was a career-changing experience for me. Growing up and advancing through film school, I was convinced that if I had a good story, my screenplays would sell. Oh, how naïve I was! Because the truth is that there are thousands of good stories out there.

To sell a screenplay, it’s not just about the quality of the tale but the mastery of the screenplay format that matters. This book helped me to see what a “good” screenplay looks like from the reader's perspective. What’s amazing is that years after I first read this book, I became one…

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