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GETTING YOUR SCRIPT REPPED AND SOLD
A Free Seminar With Palak Patel, a Warner Bros. Based Producer.

This Saturday, October 11th at 11am, Palak Patel, VP of development & production at Paula Weinstein's Spring Creek Productions (recent winner of 2 Emmys for their HBO film RECOUNT), will be doing a special 2 hour seminar on the step by step process of getting representation as well as selling your script.

Palak will not only answer some of your questions on the industry, but will discuss the following topics during the seminar:

· Differences between Agents & Managers
· Differences between studio based producers and independent producers
· Internal structure of the A list agencies and management companies and the process your script goes through
· The journey your spec script travels from the agency to the producers to the studio
· Current market trends for screenplays
· Packaging your script with talent
· The Query Letter: Dos and Don'ts
· The Screenwriting Contest: Dos and Don'ts
· Script Coverages: Dos and Don'ts
· The Evolution of Screenwriting: How screenwriting has evolved in the past 15 years.
· Screenwriting Classes: Dos and Don'ts
· The Paradigm & Structure of a Hollywood Studio
· Pitchfests: The Legit Ones, and Dos and Don'ts
· The Logline

Don't forget to RSVP on the "Events" page - hope to see you there!

Oct 2, 2008 8:00 AM | Link | Comments (0) | Add Comment | Report Content

Writers' Store Instructor in Variety Today!

Hello Story-linkers,

Just thought I would share an article from today's Variety about one of my latest projects, Irreparable Harm:

"HBO develops 'Irreparable Harm'
Wigutow to write, Jarecki to direct CIA pic
By MICHAEL SCHNEIDER

Eugene Jarecki ("Why We Fight") will direct and exec produce the longform, which is based on the true story of Frank Snepp, the head of CIA's strategic analysis in Saigon during the Vietnam War.

Project follows Snepp as he returns to the U.S. after the fall of Saigon, conflicted over what had just happened. He ultimately decided to reveal the true story of the U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam.

The CIA objected to his decision to go public in the book "Decent Interval: An Insider's Account of Saigon's Indecent End, Told by the CIA's Chief Strategy Analyst in Vietnam."

Movie will be based on Snepp's second book, "Irreparable Harm: A Firsthand Account of How One Agent Took on the Agency in an Epic Battle Over Free Speech," which focused on his court battle with the CIA. Snepp is now a news producer at KNBC.

Spring Creek brought the project to HBO and will produce. Paula Weinstein is exec producer, along with Jarecki and Spring Creek's Palak Patel."

Hope you enjoyed the article. Also, congratulations to everyone involved in RECOUNT - including my company, Spring Creek, for NINE Emmy Nominations! We are all so proud.

If you're looking for help from a producer who is involved in some of the hottest projects in Hollywood - check out my profile! I have a class starting on Tuesday and am always available to do notes.

Jul 17, 2008 6:00 AM | Link | Comments (1) | Add Comment | Report Content