Marissa Jo Cerar’s screenplay, CONVERSION, was recently selected to 2012’s The Black List. I interviewed her to gain insight into the significance of the experience, what an up-and-coming writer can expect in today’s industry, and how a girl from a small mid-western town gained traction, found representation, and became optioned… read more →
Recently, I met with a writer who approached me because she decided that the next stage of her career was getting an agent. Agents help writers build careers, don’t they? Therefore, getting an agent seemed like the natural next step. The longer we talked about it, the more I was… read more →
Half the writers I talk to have a very clear goal: They want to get repped. And not just repped. Repped by ICM, WME, CAA or, if their ego can bare it, UTA. Lets not even discuss Paradigm or APA. However, what most never stop to consider, outside of what… read more →
In late October, Kelly Anelons, one of my most dedicated, talented, determined and hardworking clients, boarded a plane to Los Angeles for her quarterly entertainment industry foray. She generously went on to blog about her LA-bound experiences. Here is the first chapter of her most recent adventure: Thousands of feet… read more →
One of my favorite services out there for writers trying to get their scripts in the hands of the right executives is Virtual Pitch Fest. I first heard of the service years ago, when my ScriptShark client Tim Earnheart managed to get his script 360 to a CAA agent through site,… read more →
Ever wander what happened to your favorite mid-size screenwriting contest? The one that got somewhere between 400 and 600 entries every year, and offered a direct line to a handful of reputable, mid-level executives, the ones with name credits under their belt, if not a direct connection to green-lighting power?… read more →
One of my favorite industry people, hands down, is my dear friend, producer Tracey Becker. Tracey produced Miramax’s Finding Neverland starring Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Dustin Hoffman, and directed by Marc Forster. Finding Neverland was nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. Her more recent… read more →
At Screenwriters World a few weeks back, I had the good fortune of being invited to sit on the Pitching panel. You know, the panel that starts out in good enough spirits, but ends up with audience members shifting in their seats, realizing all they’ve done wrong the day prior… read more →
It’s an ongoing debate, one that has taken place everywhere from coffee shops to online forums: Is coverage a worthwhile service, or a worthless scam? As some of you already know, I did, once upon a time, have a horse in this race. I was the Director of ScriptShark.com for… read more →
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