by Trevor Mayes | Mar 18, 2010 | Industry Advice |
Da Vinci Code? A few years back I went on a Dan Brown binge and read all of his novels. It’s a bit of a blur, but I remember in one of his books, there was the concept of the “self-authorizing password.” The idea behind the self-authorizing password...
by Michele Wallerstein | Mar 12, 2010 | Industry Advice, Michele Wallerstein |
Do you have a question that you’d like to have answered by a longtime Hollywood literary agent? Send it in! questions@scriptwrecked.com Question: (Anonymous) How is being a consultant different than being an agent? Are they basically the same except for the...
by Michele Wallerstein | Mar 8, 2010 | Industry Advice, Michele Wallerstein |
How To Improve Your Spec Screenplays by Michele Wallerstein I’ve read and worked on spec screenplays for about a million years. During these years I’ve discovered that almost all new writers (and some old ones) seem to make the same mistakes in their work. There are...
by Michele Wallerstein | Mar 5, 2010 | Industry Advice, Michele Wallerstein |
Do you have a question that you’d like to have answered by a longtime Hollywood literary agent? Send it in! questions@scriptwrecked.com Question: (Susan Bridges) My writing partner and I have submitted a screenplay and one sheet to a production company. From the...
by Trevor Mayes | Feb 26, 2010 | Industry Advice, Michele Wallerstein |
Do you have a question that you’d like to have answered by a longtime Hollywood literary agent? Send it in! questions@scriptwrecked.com Question: (Johnny B. Dunne) My question is, do you believe video pitches are a worthwhile effort? I know some pitching...
by Trevor Mayes | Feb 21, 2010 | Industry Advice |
A True Story It was the 90’s. Spec script sales were booming, and through an amazing convergence of events, a friend of a friend of mine (we’ll call him “Screenwriter X”) managed to get his script to Harrison Ford’s people. At the time,...