I’m back!  I just spent a glorious, action-packed week in sunny (sometimes cold and overcast) Los Angeles at the Screenwriters’ Expo and I have plenty of stories to share with you!  Bear with me in the amount of time it may take to unload them because I’m still working on the follow-up to the event.  [...]

This is a topic I’ve carefully avoided because it’s kind of controversial.  I’ve searched online, read countless books and honestly, still don’t know what the perfect query letter consists of.  I do know what has worked for me.  And it’s as simple as this: Dear Miss Producer Lady I have just finished my latest feature script [...]

Attracting A-list actors to your project requires several key components.  You need to consider most if not all of the following when writing your script: Active hero.  Is your lead the one who drives the story?  Is he a take-charge kind of guy?  Does he save the day?  Even if he isn’t necessarily a physically [...]

The other week I watched a new TV series and thought, “Meh, why should I care?”  The characters were flimsy, their relationships superficial and the jokes had been done a million times before.  This show is now on the chopping block – no surprise. How do you make sure people care?  To start with, you [...]

You finished your pilot script and series bible and now you’re ready to pitch it.  In some cases, you’ll need what’s called a “one-sheet” or a “sell-sheet”.  This is a single page pitch document that includes all a producer needs to know in order to pitch your show concept to someone else.  They’re a little [...]