Selling Your Movie. Getting started in Hollywood ; Why isn't anyone buying my brilliant script? ; How to pitch your movie ; Joining the Writers Guild of America, West -- I sold it! now what happens? ; Idiot check ; Coverage! or, How a kid getting college credit can make or break your movie! ; Have I made it yet? ; They love my script! ... and I got fired? ; Why does almost every studio movie suck donkey balls? ; The art of nodding, or, How to take notes ; Directors ; Producers ; Herbie: Fully Loaded ; Redlighting, or, How to get your movie un-greenlit! ; Turnaround ; How to pimp your movie ; Naysayers ; The silver lining ; Our lunch with Jackie Chan ; Credit$ ; Living in Los Angeles -- Writing a Screenplay. If your screenplay doesn't have this structure, it won't sell, or, Robert McKee can suck it ; In a few pages, we'll teach you how to formulate characters in a script ; How to write a screenplay ; Writing action and description ; Advice for writing with a partner ; Rewrites: you want it when? and I'm getting paid what? ; Martin Lawrence has a few thoughts, or, How to take notes from a movie star ; Arbitration, or, Who wrote this crap? ; Sequels ; Getting the book rights ; I'm drinking too much. is that a problem? ; Final thoughts -- Sample outlines.
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