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500 Ways to Beat the Hollywood Script Reader: Writing the Screenplay the Reader Will Recommend
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If Your Screenplay Can’t Get Past the Hollywood Reader, It Can’t Get to Hollywood This ultimate insider’s guide to screenwriting is designed to get you past the fiercest gatekeepers in Hollywood: the Hollywood script readers. This small army of freelancers will be among the first to read and evaluate your script and then to recommend it — or not — to the studios, directors, and stars. Designed for quick and easy access, these 500 points are a step-by-step recipe. They cannot guarantee succes
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I happened upon this book the other day and it caught my eye because, as a reader for a major Hollywood agency, I get annoyed seeing too many writers making the same mistakes over and over. Many of the screenwriting manuals out there (and I’ve read a lot of them) are either too patronizing or simply too unrealistic in their approach, but “500 Ways” is a refreshing, no-nonsense guide that offers succinct, practical advice, especially for those writers who are still trying to get their nascent careers going. And since even more experienced authors often fall into the same traps, why not have an easy reference book that gives you the basics? After all, you’ve gotta write “I Want To Hold Your Hand” before you can make “Abbey Road,” so get this book, read it carefully, keep it within easy reach, refer back to it from time to time, rest assured that you’ve got your screenwriting foundations in order, and THEN go write your masterpiece. Is it a cure-all for an ailing script? No, but none of the screenwriting books on the market are. If anything, it’s a great writing supplement that, at the very least, will help you avoid some of the more obvious land mines that readers like us are just waiting for you to step on. Remember, you’ve gotta get past the likes of Ms. Lerch before you can get to an agent – and as a Hollywood reader myself, I can *guarantee* it’s not as easy as you think.
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As a story editor for a major production company in Hollywood, I would recommend this book highly to budding screenwriters. Ms. Lerch has encapsulated over ten years of experience into under 200 easy-to-understand pages, that impart VERY PRACTICAL advice on getting a reader’s recommendation. After reading “500 Ways” you will know to avoid the common mistakes that prejudice a reader before page 10. More advanced writers will still find it a helpful reminder on how to keep each page fresh and engaging. I have not seen any other book that so focusses it’s attention on how your script will be read – and judged – at this first critical step on it’s ambitious pilgrimage toward the screen.
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|Refreshingly realistic, admits an script/play reader,
This shouldn’t be the first, or even the third, book you buy on screenwriting–there are better ones on the storytelling craft–but, as someone who’s read scripts, I have to admit some of the author’s points on packaging, for want of a better word, are on-target–particularly when she stresses how crucial the first pages and the length of the script are. Most scripts are much too long, far too similar, and don’t move fast and with a momentum that grabs that reader’s attention. A script the author may have slaved for months over often just becomes the one on the top of the pile to a beleagured and bored script reader, so a writer confident enough to just get to the point and get to the story has a huge advantage. Screenwriting is far from as cut-and-dried or formulaic as this book’s author makes it sound, and there’s a couple of 100 of the 500 points that are just common sense, but her snappy advice is a refreshing change, or addition, to the host of more studious tomes on the topic.
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