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My Work has International Appeal! What now?

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Question from Nancy in ND: What is the foreign market like for screenwriters? How does a screenwriter approach foreign directors and production companies? Is there a book that talks about the overseas film industry? I'm a business writer who publishes articles in foreign magazines and I'm working on a couple of screenplays that I think may be of interest to film executives in France and Sweden. Thanks for your advice! Karl Iglesias responds: The foreign market can be lucrative for American screenwriters and yet, many aspiring writers don't include it in their marketing efforts. I have heard of several struggling...

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How to Become a Screenwriter: 6 Essential Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters

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Did you know that million-dollar, A-list scribe RON BASS works an average of 14 hours a day, seven days a week? Or that ERIC ROTH likes to wake up in the middle of the night, write for a few hours, take a nap, start again in the morning and continue in the evening?Highly successful screenwriters are the most disciplined people I know. They make the time to write, face the blank page, produce a consistent amount of pages every day and deliver high quality scripts on deadline.But rather than listing all their common habits (you can read about 101 of...

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How to Become a Screenwriter: 6 Essential Habits of Highly Successful Screenwriters

Posted by Karl Iglesias on

Did you know that million-dollar, A-list scribe RON BASS works an average of 14 hours a day, seven days a week? Or that ERIC ROTH likes to wake up in the middle of the night, write for a few hours, take a nap, start again in the morning and continue in the evening?Highly successful screenwriters are the most disciplined people I know. They make the time to write, face the blank page, produce a consistent amount of pages every day and deliver high quality scripts on deadline.But rather than listing all their common habits (you can read about 101 of...

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