"桐花萬裏丹山路，雛鳳清於老鳳聲", my first book will be simple: color is theme. May as basic as picture color book for young readers. The idea is not simple though.
Sample: wood/timber,billet tree,acacia, alder, arboretum, ash, balsa, balsam, banyan, bass, basswood, bavin, beam, beech, beechwood, birch, board, boarding, ...
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1. The first thing you must do is read books on how to write and format scripts. Click here for listing of books. Consider the cost of books as a business start up expense, as starting any business requires knowledge and money. Read as many books as you possibly can, but note below on the book listing page, the book recommendations. Using these books will get you started very quickly. There are many outdated books on the market, so start with the recommended books first. You don't want to waste your time reading every book in print. You need to spend most of your time writing, not reading. Start with the recommended books and you will jumpstart the process.
GET THE PRODUCT
2. Forget about selling ideas to Hollywood, despite what you have read or was told. Only pro pitchmen can do this who have deep industry contacts, in most all cases. You need to have two completed scripts. Yes, two. No agent, producer or production company will take you seriously if you are a "one script wonder" as new writers are tagged in the trade. So, you have your work cut out for you. It's a major mistake for most new screenwriters to write only one script and begin the marketing phase with that one script. Occasionally you will hear stories about someone who sold his/her first script, but that's why it's in the news -- it's very rare to do so! Write at least two scripts then begin your marketing. However, if you do have a great script and it has ranked high in a screenplay contest, that one script may be all you need.
PROFESSIONALLY MARKET YOUR SCRIPT
3. How do you market scripts anyway? Who buys them? How do you get an agent? Do you need an agent? How do you package a script? What are firewalls? The new writer will need a marketing plan with strong advice and instruction to get the finished product into the buyers' hands to make the sale. This is where Screen & Stage Marketing Secrets book come into play. It's a book totally dedicated to helping you clean up your scripts, prepare and package the script professionally so you can sell them. Most screenwriters and playwrights fail miserably in the marketing phase, as they can't penetrate the firewalls. If you are tired of rejections... get this book!
SCRIPT EVALUATION
4. Don't use friends or family members to evaluate your screenplay or stage play script. They will only compliment you. They don't understand the marketing process. They do not comprehend what constitutes a good script or not. Use other experienced writers. You can join a local writers club, but this will certainly be of little benefit if experienced screenwriters are not members. You may need to use outside professional script evaluation services. The cost is high in many cases. If you are going to pay good money, you may as well use the best. Another method you can use is to submit your scripts to screenplay contests. Click on the links page and you'll find some evaluators and contests on the internet. Screen & Stage Marketing Secrets book has contest and evaluation service listings you can use.
SCREENPLAY CONTESTS
5. Screenplay and stage play contests can be good, but many are bad news. Most won't take you anywhere near the realm of Hollywood success you strive for, despite what they promise in promotional sales brochures. But they do serve a purpose! You can submit your scripts to see how they rank with others. If you rank high in the top 100, or better yet in the top10, you can use this ranking in your query letters as a powerful incentive to have your script accepted for a reading. Don't go hog wild spending tons of money on these contests. Some are quite expensive and promise the moon feeding on your desperation for success at any cost. You can easily spend $600 or more each year with all the contests. Just submit to two or three. The lowest cost contest is the Writer's Digest Screenplay Contest. It's not the most prestigious, but it is a legitimate contest, costs about $15 per script and is read by established industry professionals. Exactly what you need to evaluate your scripts! You stand a better chance here to obtain a higher ranking, as many scripts submitted are from rank amateurs with no basic screenwriting skills. If you have read a few books on screenwriting, then submitting your script to the contest you should rank fairly high! Remember, a high ranking will increase your odds of success in a mighty way.
COMPUTER PROGRAM
6. You need a computer program. I have used Scriptware, but First Draft is also a great program. Don't waste your money on macro programs that convert word processors into script formatting programs. Not that the product is defective, but the word processor will always rule and that is where you will get into serious repagination problems. Slug line headers will float and often will not print what you see on the screen regarding slug line location. They will hang anyplace they want and will totally ruin a script's visual format. This will result in repeated industry rejections due to improper formatting. A terrible experience I went through with these programs. Sure, the professional script formatting programs are expensive, but they work wonderfully locking-in the pages so no floating occurs. I'd pay $1,000 or more for a good script formatter program anytime for the ease of use and peace of mind they give. Fortunately, most only cost about $250. Before you buy, ask if they have a competitive upgrade price. You could save $100 or more if you have a scriptwriting program on the list. I used Truby Studios Blockbuster program for compiling story elements of the screenplays I was writing and even this program qualified for the $100 discount upgrade price, but you have to ask for it! Using any story design program may qualify. Always use dedicated professional screenwriting formatting programs. It makes writing the script easy and you just know it's going to look right when you print the script.
PRINTER
7. You need a 300 dot per inch laser printer. No need for color printing, whatsoever. If you plan to use a color printer make sure you never print any other color but black in the script. Don't try to get fancy by using brown inks for dialog or use red ink for slug lines, etc. This will only deliver quick rejections for improper formatting to industry standards. You can't use an ink jet or dot matrix printer for submitting scripts. Again, you will receive a rejection or not be taken seriously. Use the 300 d.p.i. laser and relax knowing your scripts will be printed and presented professionally. I currently use a Hewlett Packard LaserJet-4, and a Tektronics Phaser 740-Extended. It's overkill for screenplay use, but reliable products.
SCRIPT COVERS
8. Never use fancy script covers. The higher class they look, the worse your rejections will be! Hollywood is a bland industry when it comes to script appearance. The pros submit very bland scripts. Amateurs submit great looking scripts only to be tossed into the rejection pile. It's a firewall filtering system to weed out the bad scripts from the professionally written scripts. Hollywood does not operate like a typical business. Appearance means nothing. Just use a plain white or manila cover on your script with no label or handwriting anywhere on the cover or spine. Never bind the script with any other method than using brass brads. If you perfect bind, spiral bind, or use any other binding, you will not pass the firewall and receive a rejection. Screen & Stage Marketing Secrets will help you in all these areas on submitting scripts to help you penetrate numerous firewalls Hollywood has erected to keep you out of the money. Most new writers use three brass brads because two do not allow the pages to fold over properly. But know this -- most pros use two brads. So if you want your script to appear professional, use two brads. Readers are acclimated to reading scripts with only two brads and they know amateurs submit scripts with three brads. If you were the reader looking in the script pile, which script would you take from the stack?
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