Writing Movies for Fun and Profit : How We Made a Billion Dollars at the Box Office and You Can, Too!

by Lennon, Thomas; Garant, Robert Ben

• ISBN13: 9781439186756
• ISBN10: 1439186758
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-07-05
• Publisher: Touchstone

Summary

A hilarious and revealing guide to the movie industry by two writers whose movies have made over a billion dollars.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Selling Your Movie
Getting Started in Hollywood	p. 3
Why Isn't Anyone Buying My Brilliant Script?	p. 11
How to Pitch Your Movie	p. 18
Joining the Writers Guild of America, West	p. 24
I Sold It! Now What Happens?	p. 29
Idiot Check	p. 38
Coverage! or How a Kid Getting College Credit Can Make or Break Your Movie!	p. 51
Have I Made It Yet?	p. 55
They Love My Script! ... and I Got Fired?	p. 59
Why Does Almost Every Studio Movie Suck Donkey Balls?	p. 62
The Art of Nodding or How to Take Notes	p. 71
Directors	p. 82
Producers	p. 89
Herbie: Fully Loaded	p. 92
Redlighting or How to Get Your Movie Un-Greenlit!	p. 101
Turnaround	p. 108
How to Pimp Your Movie	p. 110
Naysayers	p. 114
The Silver Lining	p. 116
Our Lunch with Jackie Chan	p. 120
Credit$	p. 124
Living in Los Angeles	p. 130
Writing a Screenplay
If Your Screenplay Doesn't Have This Structure, It Won't Sell, or Robert McKee Can Suck It	p. 147
In a Few Pages, We'll Teach You How to Formulate Characters in a Script	p. 154
How to Write a Screenplay	p. 166
Writing Action and Description	p. 170
Advice for Writing with a Partner	p. 175
Rewrites: You Want It When? And I'm Getting Paid What?!?!?!!?	p. 180
Martin Lawrence Has a Few Thoughts or How to Take Notes from a Movie Star	p. 188
Arbitration or Who Wrote This Crap?	p. 193
Sequels!	p. 198
Getting the Book Rights	p. 201
I'm Drinking Too Much. Is That a Problem?	p. 204
Final Thoughts	p. 208
Sample Outlines	p. 211
Glossary	p. 295
Acknowledgments	p. 313
Index	p. 315
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