Selling Ideas Before Selling a Treatment
Finding news quotes from successful treatment writers can give you insight to amend your working plan accordingly and possibly improve the odds of selling a treatment. For example, one writer who has successfully sold more than on screenplay said this: “You don’t sell a treatment … you sell an idea and try to get […]
Routine Marketing to Help Sell a Script or Treatment
When all is said and done, script writing is a business. You are creating a product to sell, for a profit. Successful businesses employ marketing, to reach target audiences and make sales. Simple, right? Then you, trying to sell a script, need to add marketing skills to the array of skills […]
Selling a Treatment or Script in other locations besides Los Angeles or New York
The world of trying to sell a script often focuses on Los Angeles and New York City, and for good reason. However, as you write and contemplate selling a script, it might be wise not to overlook some other towns, particularly those with unique or burgeoning film festivals. One, in Boston, will celebrate […]
Introduction to Sell Your Treatment
For the newbie screenwriter, an assortment of terms surface. One of them is treatment, short for film treatment. A treatment is a bit of writing, usually somewhere in between basic notes for a story and the first draft for a movie or television show. Selling your treatment obviously could be vital toward […]
