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Selling a Screenplay
The Screenwriter's Guide to Hollywood
1989
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Everyone has a story to tell, and millions of people across the globe want to write their generation's great screenplay. But what do you do after you've done all the hard work to get your story expressed as a script with solid structure, vibrant characters, scintillating dialogue and industry-standard formatting? Can you truly get it professionally produced? Selling your script to an established producer, studio, network or streaming service can mean a lot of money, so competition is fierce. And all those mysterious people with the power to make your entertainment-industry dreams come true... What do they want from you? Do you need an agent and/or manager to get a sale? In Selling a Screenplay, Syd Field (best-selling author and world-renown lecturer/teacher of screenwriting) gives you an insider's look at the movie and TV industry, packed with essential tips from pros. Read this book and see how This is a must-have guide for every aspiring screenwriter, filled with frank, real-life advice from influential Hollywood deal makers and celebrated screenwriters. They all started somewhere!

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Syd Field
Syd Field
Author · 7 books
Sydney Alvin Field was an American screenwriting guru who wrote several books on the subject of screenwriting. He also conducted workshops and seminars on the subject of producing salable screenplays. Hollywood film producers have increasingly used his ideas on structure as a guideline to a proposed screenplay's potential.
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