Are you looking for the secret decoder ring owned by all successful screenwriters? Or at least a map with a spot marked X? Sit down with Max Adams. In this new and updated edition of "The Screenwriter's Survival Guide," Max Adams goes back into the trenches to cover today's do's and don'ts to get your screenplay read, sold and produced.
Her authority is unmistakable. After scooping up the prizes at a number of prestigious screenwriting competitions including the Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting and the Austin Film Festival, Adams launched her Hollywood career with a splashy spec sale and would go on to be labeled "Red Hot Adams" by "Daily Variety" after selling three pitches over a Christmas holiday. The book shines with Adams’s streetwise attitude and is packed with 65 chapters on subjects including pitching, meetings, the etiquette of getting read, using social media, and the care and feeding of agents -- among many more.
"This is an accessible, smart, funny, insightful book that I would and will recommend to all scribes who come my way."
- Richard Walter, UCLA Screenwriting Chairman
"Before you even think of marketing your script, read this book and change your screenwriting life."
- David Trottier, "The Screenwriter's Bible"
"On the money, and wickedly perceptive."
- Patrick Horton, The Story Coach
"If you want to understand how Hollywood works when you're the new kid on the block, this is the book to read."
- Greg Beal, Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting
"The problem with some books about writing is that they are not all that well written themselves. Then there is the gold standard: 'The new Screenwriter's Survival Guide," which is smart, witty, shrewd, and well worth your time."
- Nancy Bilyeau, Dujour Magazine
"Buy this book. Just do it. You'll thank me for it later."
- Christie Leblanc, The Single Screenwriter
Her authority is unmistakable. After scooping up the prizes at a number of prestigious screenwriting competitions including the Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting and the Austin Film Festival, Adams launched her Hollywood career with a splashy spec sale and would go on to be labeled "Red Hot Adams" by "Daily Variety" after selling three pitches over a Christmas holiday. The book shines with Adams’s streetwise attitude and is packed with 65 chapters on subjects including pitching, meetings, the etiquette of getting read, using social media, and the care and feeding of agents -- among many more.
"This is an accessible, smart, funny, insightful book that I would and will recommend to all scribes who come my way."
- Richard Walter, UCLA Screenwriting Chairman
"Before you even think of marketing your script, read this book and change your screenwriting life."
- David Trottier, "The Screenwriter's Bible"
"On the money, and wickedly perceptive."
- Patrick Horton, The Story Coach
"If you want to understand how Hollywood works when you're the new kid on the block, this is the book to read."
- Greg Beal, Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting
"The problem with some books about writing is that they are not all that well written themselves. Then there is the gold standard: 'The new Screenwriter's Survival Guide," which is smart, witty, shrewd, and well worth your time."
- Nancy Bilyeau, Dujour Magazine
"Buy this book. Just do it. You'll thank me for it later."
- Christie Leblanc, The Single Screenwriter
