Selling a Screenplay by Syd Field

Selling a Screenplay by Syd Field

- Breaks Down the Business of Screenwriting
- Explains What the Buyer Looks For
- Shows You What to Do to Get in the Door
- Tackles the Pitching Process
- Provides Personal Insights from Famous Screenwriters

Everybody has a story to tell. Everybody wants to write the great American screenplay. But what do you do after it's written? How do you sell it? Studio honchos. Development Executives. Independent Producers. What do they want? Do you need an agent or manager to get it into production? Selling a screenplay can mean earning $250,000 or more, so competition is fierce.

Syd Field gives you an insider's look at the movie and TV industry, packed with essential tips from the pros. Selling a Screenplay is a must-have guide for every screenwriter, filled with frank real-life advice from Hollywood's most powerful deal makers and most celebrated screenwriters.

They all started somewhere.

Acclaimed as the guru of all screenwriters (CNN), Syd Field (1935-2013) is still regarded by many Hollywood professionals to be the leading authority in the art and craft of screenwriting. The Hollywood Reporter called him the most sought-after screenwriting teacher in the world. Field's internationally acclaimed best-selling books Screenplay: The Foundations of Screenwriting, The Screenwriter's Workbook, and The Screenwriter's Problem Solver have established themselves as the bibles of the film industry. Screenplay and The Screenwriter's Workbook are in their fortieth printing and are used in colleges and universities across the country. They have been translated and published in more than twenty-five languages.

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ISBN 13	9780440502449
ISBN 10	0440502446
Title	Selling a Screenplay
Author	Syd Field
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	1989-11-01
Number of pages	304
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