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Writing Movies for Fun and Profit
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How We Made a Billion Dollars at the Box Office and You Can, Too!

by Robert Ben Garant (Author), Thomas Lennon (Author) (edit contributors)

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A hilarious and revealing guide to the movie industry by two writers whose movies have made over a billion dollars.

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Finally, a guide to screenwriting by two guys who have actually done it (instead of some schmuck who just gives lectures about screenwriting at the airport Marriott).

Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon’s movies have made over a billion dollars at the box office—and now they show you how... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

Finally, a guide to screenwriting by two guys who have actually done it (instead of some schmuck who just gives lectures about screenwriting at the airport Marriott).

Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon’s movies have made over a billion dollars at the box office—and now they show you how to do it yourself! This book is full of secret insider information about how to conquer the Hollywood studio system: how to write, pitch, structure, and get drunk with the best of them. Well . . . maybe not the best of them, but certainly the most successful of them. (If you’re aiming to win an Oscar, this is not the book for you!) But if you can type a little, and can read and speak English—then you too can start turning your words into $TACK$ OF MONEY!

This is the only screenwriting book you will ever need because all the other ones pretty much suck. In these pages, Garant and Lennon provide the kind of priceless tips you won’t find anywhere else, including:

• THE ART OF PITCHING

• GETTING YOUR FOOT IN THE DOOR

• TAKING NOTES FROM MOVIE STARS

• HOW TO GET FIRED AND REHIRED

• HOW TO GET CREDIT AND ROYALTIES!

AND MOST IMPORTANT:

• WHAT TO BUY WITH THE HUGE PILES OF MONEY YOU’RE GOING TO MAKE!

Writing Movies for Fun and Profit will take you through the highs and lows of life as a professional screenwriter. From the highs of hugging Gisele BÜndchen, and getting kung fu punched by Jackie Chan, to the soul-crushing lows of Herbie: Fully Loaded. READ THIS BOOK—and you’ll have everything you need to make your first billion the old-fashioned way—by “selling out” in show business!

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So you want to write movies for fun and profit?

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Foreword by John Hamburg

Introduction

PART ONE: SELLING YOUR MOVIE
1 - Getting Started in Hollywood
2 - Why isn't anyone buying my Brilliant Script?
3 - How to pitch your movie
4 - Joining the Writers Guild of America, West
5 - I SOLD IT! Now what happens?
6 - Idiot Check
7 - Coverage! or how a kid getting college credit can make or break your movie!
8 - Have I made it yet?
9 - They love my script! and I got Fired!
10 - Why does almost every studio movie SUCK Monkey Balls?
11 - The art of nodding or how to take notes
12 - Directors
13 - Producers
14 - Herbie: Fully Loaded
15 - Redlighting or how to get your movie Un-Greenlist
16 - Turnaround
17 - How to pimp your movie
18 - Naysyers
19 - The Silver Lining
20 - Our lunch with Jackie Chan
21 - Credit$
22 - Living in Los Angeles

PART TWO: WRITING A SCREENPLAY
23 - If your screenplay doesn't have this structure, it won't sell, or Robert McKee can suck it
24 - In a few pages, we'll teach how to formulate characters in a script
25 - how to write a screenplay
26 - writing action and description
27 - advice for writing with a partner
28 - Rewrites: you want it when? and I'm getting paid what?!?!?!?!
29 - Martin Lawrence has a few thoughts or how to take notes from a movie star
30 - Arbitration or who wrote this crap?
31 - Sequels!
32 - Getting the Book Rights
33 - I'm drinking too much, is that a problem?
34 - Final Thoughts

Appendix: Sample Outlines
Glossary
Acknowledgments
Index

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  1. Robert Ben Garant (Author)
  2. Thomas Lennon (Author)

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Original Language: English
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Page Count: 336

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