23 Steps to a Feature Film Sale

Posted on July 14, 2008 in Selling Your Script | 1 Comment

Writing advice I’d give my best friend. A plan of attack once you have your basic idea. The Disney animated feature approach. Much, perhaps even most, of the work happens before you write FADE IN.

…Here it is, as we discussed, 23 simple steps to your first feature film sale. Shouldn’t take more than a year or two to accomplish. Note that some steps overlap, and can proceed simultaneously:

1. Make sure (as best we can) that a similar concept is not already in development at the studios. Scanning Variety’s ‘Films in the Future’ list is one place to start. And we can get our agent to check into what’s going on around town — and let us know if something similar surfaces in the future.

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