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Breakfast With Sharks (A Screenwriter's Guide to Getting the Meeting, Nailing the Pitch, Signing the Deal, and Navigating the Murky Waters of Hollywood) (Paperback)
- Author: Michael Lent
- Publisher: Three Rivers Pr
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What They Didn8217;t Teach You in Your Screenwriting CourseScreenwriters, listen up Breakfast with Sharks is not a book about the craft of screenwriting. This is a book about the business of managing your screenwriting career, from advice on choosing an agent to tips on juggling three deal-making breakfasts a day. Prescriptive and useful, Breakfast with Sharks is a real guide to navigating the murky waters of the Hollywood system.Unlike most of the screenwriting books available, here8217;s one that tells you what to do after you8217;ve finished your surefire-hit screenplay. Written from the perspective of Michael Lent, an in-the-trenches working screenwriter in Hollywood, this is a real-world look into the script-to-screen business as it is practiced today.Breakfast with Sharks is filled with useful advice on everything from the ins and outs of moving to Los Angeles to understanding terms like 8220;spec,8221; 8220;option,8221; and 8220;assignment.8221; Here you8217;ll learn what to expect from agents and managers and who does what in the studio hierarchy. And most important, Breakfast with Sharks will help you nail your pitch so the studio exec can8217;t say no.Rounded out with a QA section and resource lists of script competitions, film festivals, trade associations, industry publications, and more, Breakfast with Sharks is chock-full of 8220;take this and use it right now8221; information for screenwriters at any stage of their careers.
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- Genre: Performing Arts
- Subgenre: Film & Video / Screenwriting, Film & Video / General
- Date Published: May 01, 2004
- Release Date: May 01, 2004
- Publisher: Three Rivers Pr
- Author: Michael Lent
- Pages: 279
- Format: Paperback
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- DPCI: 248-25-0787
- ASIN: B002S2JML6
- Catalog #: 11820025
- ISBN: 9780609810439
- Item can be gift wrapped.
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- Estimated Ship Weight: 0.55 pound.
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