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The Screenwriter's Survival Guide: Or Guerilla Meeting Tactics and Other Acts of War

In "The Screenwriter's Survival Guide", veteran screenwriter Max Adams takes you through all the steps to selling your screenplay in Hollywood and getting your movie produced. The book covers every topic essential to a screenwriter's life: From writing that first pitch letter to negotiating a million-dollar movie deal to finding, working with, and firing your agent. Filled with tons of practical advice, sample letters, forms, contracts, and format pages, and written in an inspirational, "in the trenches" tone, "The Screenwriter's Survival Guide" is sure to become a perennial backlist title.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 320 pages

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