Synopses & Reviews
The Script-Selling Game is like having a mentor in the business who answers your questions and provides you with not only valuable information, but real-life examples on how to maneuver your way through the Hollywood labyrinth. While the first edition focused mostly on film and television movies, the second edition includes a new chapter on animation and another on utilizing the Internet to market yourself and find new opportunities, plus an expansive section on submitting for television and cable.
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With a no-nonsense approach from the "other side of the desk, " a studio executive provides practical knowledge and insight from behind the scenes to guide the reader towards the ultimate goal of selling a script.
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Explains the processes of developing, pitching, and submitting stories. The book includes such unique information as a 10-point checklist for a completed script, the eight most common reasons why a script can be rejected, what really happens to a script once it's submitted, how to navigate within the industry, and much more.
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Kathie Fong Yoneda has worked in film and television for more than 30 years. She has held executive positions at Disney, Touchstone, Disney TV Animation, Paramount Pictures Television, and Island Pictures, specializing in development and story analysis of both live-action and animation projects. Kathie is an internationally known seminar leader on screenwriting and development and has conducted workshops in France, Germany, Austria, Spain, Ireland, Great Britain, Australia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, and throughout the U.S. and Canada. For story consultations and workshops/speaking engagements, please visit Kathie on Facebook or at her website at www.kathiefongyoneda.com.
About the Author
Yoneda is an industry veteran, currently under contract to Paramount TV in their Longform Division, and an independent script consultant whose clientele includes several award-winning writers.Wallace began writing screenplays in the mid-1980s, and in 1985 she won an Academy Award for co-writing the movie Witness. She has written and co-written several other films, including the award-winning HBO film If These Walls Could Talk, the CBS movie of the week Borrowed Hearts, and the ABC movies of the week Lovers of Deceit and Alibi.