Writing for the Green Light

DEDICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE - A Crazy Little Thing Called Hollywood Logic - What Agents, Producers, and Development Executives at Production Companies need in a script to make it worth spending money on. CHAPTER TWO - "So, What's it About?" - Which genres get produced, which genres don't, and why... Plus, the six best genres for first-time Spec Scripts. CHAPTER THREE - Writing Your Feature-Length Spec Script - How to transform an idea into a 'market-ready' Spec Script while including all the 'points' it needs to get past the 'Reader's Desk'. CHAPTER FOUR - How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Write for Television - Understanding how to wedge yourself 'inside' Hollywood's TV Landscape by building a valuable portfolio of Sample TV Spec Scripts and learning Television's real 'Entry Points' for success. CHAPTER FIVE - Close Encounters of the L.A. Kind - Who you need to know and how to contact them; plus, how to fake confidence so you can pitch your script (and yourself) in the way Hollywood needs to hear. CHAPTER SIX - To Live and Write in L.A. - Living the life of a professional Hollywood writer: protecting your ideas, negotiating your own contracts and managing your reputation. CHAPTER SEVEN - Hollywood: And Beyond the Infinite - Understanding where Hollywood is going and how to get ahead of the curve by following the principles of the movie business instead of chasing trends. APPENDICES Appendix I: Script Coverage Appendix II: The Non-Union 'Writer-for-Hire' Agreement Appendix III: The Non-Union 'Option/Purchase' Agreement GLOSSARY - All the fancy (and confusing) acronyms that get tossed around and what they really mean. ABOUT THE AUTHOR