Book description
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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