Writing for the green light: how to make your script the one hollywood notices

DEDICATIONACKNOWLEDGEMENTSINTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE - A Crazy Little Thing Called Hollywood Logic - What Agents, Producers, and Development Executives at Production Companies need in a script to make it worth spending money on.CHAPTER TWO - "So, What's it About?" - Which genres get produced, which genres don't, and why... Plus, the six best genres for first-time Spec Scripts.CHAPTER THREE - Writing Your Feature-Length Spec Script - How to transform an idea into a 'market-ready' Spec Script while including all the 'points' it needs to get past the 'Reader's Desk'. CHAPTER FOUR - How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Write for Television - Understanding how to wedge yourself 'inside' Hollywood's TV Landscape by building a valuable portfolio of Sample TV Spec Scripts and learning Television's real 'Entry Points' for success.CHAPTER FIVE - Close Encounters of the L.A. Kind - Who you need to know and how to contact them
 plus, how to fake confidence so you can pitch your script (and yourself) in the way Hollywood needs to hear.CHAPTER SIX - To Live and Write in L.A. - Living the life of a professional Hollywood writer: protecting your ideas, negotiating your own contracts and managing your reputation. CHAPTER SEVEN - Hollywood: And Beyond the Infinite - Understanding where Hollywood is going and how to get ahead of the curve by following the principles of the movie business instead of chasing trends.APPENDICESAppendix I: Script CoverageAppendix II: The Non-Union 'Writer-for-Hire' AgreementAppendix III: The Non-Union 'Option/Purchase' AgreementGLOSSARY - All the fancy (and confusing) acronyms that get tossed around and what they really mean.ABOUT THE AUTHOR