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Title: Writer's Guide to Hollywood Producers, Directors, and Screenwriter's Agents, 2002-2003: Who They Are! What They Want! And How to Win Them Over! by Skip Press, Skip Press ISBN: 0-7615-3187-4 Publisher: Prima Lifestyles Pub. Date: 07 June, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.28 (18 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: 2002-2003 Writer's Guide to Hollywood Producers, Directors
Comment: If you've launched yourself on a screenwriting career, let this book be an essential part of it. As advertised, it really does offer tips and guides for a screenwriter to use to succeed in Hollywood.
The book is easy to read and, unlike many non-fiction, is fun and fascinating as well.
Skip Press shares with you, the reader, his phenomenal amount of inside information about the world we call Hollywood.
Rating: 5
Summary: Skip is the real deal!
Comment: Let's face it. There are TONS of books on screenwriting, almost all of which promise the reader fame and fortune if they follow the steps inside the covers of the book.
But most of what's inside is rehashed from Syd Field, John Truby and L. Ron Hubbard.
While most authors offer little more than a twist on the three act structure, Skip Press gives the reader some real tools to build a Hollywood career. Since the best script in the world won't sell unless the right person reads it, Skip offers concrete advice for the screenwriter on who to contact and how to contact them.
And the reader isn't limited to the information within the book. Skip appears constantly at industry events lecturing or moderating panels with other authors. He also has a newsletter which constantly updates the information in his book. It's like buying software and getting the upgrades for free. I know this is a business for Skip, but I think he cares about his readers and wants them to succeed.
I highly recommend The Writer's Guide to any writer.
Rating: 1
Summary: As they say in Hollywood when evaluating writing... PASS.
Comment: The truth is that if you want to make it in Hollywood, you have to come to Hollywood. You can't phone it in, and producers don't have the time or the inclination to track down scripts... they are sent 100 a week to choose from. This book is worse advice than you would get in one night of hanging out at any bar in LA that real, credited writers go to. I mean, look at the other credits this writer has... "your modeling career"... what the heck sort of background does this give so that the writer can speak to script writing, being that he has no script sales (verified by using Studio System, the entertainment industry database) or movies to his credit? The advice in here is plain, common sense, not insightful... and what the other poster said about telling Black writers where to get the best fried chicken in LA is just the sort of stuff you get. He spends three pages detailing how many brads to bind scripts with... and if you actaully talk to any agent, the truth is they don't care. In short, this book is worthless, written by someone with no experience in the subject.
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