Have you ever wondered, how to get
your script read by producers, agents,
studios and production companies in Hollywood?
You need to draft a query letter. I can
send you my article about how to write
a persuasive query letter, or you can see
it in “How To Sell Your Screenplay” by
Joan and Lydia Wilen.
Also, draft up a phone script. Get a
copy of “The Hollywood Creative Directory.”
Then, select markets from the directory that
fit your premise. In other words, contact
producers who have produced programs and/or
movies similar to yours. Send the query letter
and make cold calls.
Utilize the script for the cold calls. Keep
it basic. From the directory, select the Director
of Development, for the calls and for the query
letters. Always address your query letter to
someone with a name and a title. The Director
of Development is in the position to put projects,
such as yours, into development. Apply the
same approach with your phone calls.
The person you first talk with on the
phone will be a “gatekeeper”, so to
speak. So, that’s the first person you
will pitch to over the phone. So,
think in terms of selling your idea
to that person. How do you do that?
Think about how that person would
benefit by passing you through the
gate to the next person. This person
will benefit by having the opportunity
to “discover” you! So, keep that in
mind.
Donald L. Vasicek
On Writing and Screenwriting
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