- SKU: 9781517309459
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A Screenwriter's Journey to Success: Tips, tricks and tactics to survive as a working screenwriter in Hollywood - Paperback
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by Mark Sanderson (Author)
If your passion drives you to embark on this crazy adventure of a screenwriting career, you'll need to prepare for survival in Hollywood's trenches. Talent is important, but so is your professionalism and ability to endure criticism, rejection, and failure over the long haul. The odds may be stacked against you, but the way to standout in this very competitive business is to create a solid body of work and build a reputation as a team player and collaborator. The rest is just luck - a prepared screenwriter who meets with an opportunity and delivers the goods. "A Screenwriter's Journey to Success" (2024 edition) will help you prepare for your own journey with the necessary, tips, tricks and tactics that I've developed over the past twenty years of working in the film industry. It's time to start living your dream as a screenwriter in Hollywood.
Author Biography
Mark Sanderson (aka Scriptcat) is a Los Angeles based screenwriter, author, script consultant, and sometimes actor blessed to be living his childhood dream of making movies with thirty-five feature screenplays written in a wide range of genres. His work includes sketch comedy writing and performing as a founding member of The Amazing Onionheads sketch troupe, writing for MTV, his spec sale, and nineteen screenwriting assignments that have produced television premieres and worldwide distribution of his fourteen films. Mark's films have also been recognized at festivals including a premiere and opening the Palm Springs Int. Film Festival, premieres at the Hawaii Int. Film Festival, St. Louis Int. Film Festival, The Rainbow Festival in Hawaii, Newport Beach Int. Film Festival, Fort Lauderdale Int. Festival, and nominated for the Starboy Award at the Oulu Int. Children's Film Festival in Finland. Mark's long association with award winning Hollywood filmmakers dates back to his first produced screenplay and has since worked with Academy Award(R) winning producers, veteran directors, and has written films starring Academy Award(R), Emmy(R), and Golden Globe(R) acting nominees. He offers screenplay consultation services, workshops, and webinars on his website: www.fiveoclockblue.net
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