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Q/A: How to Protect Your Script When Pitching

Q/A: How to Protect Your Script When Pitching

Q: How can I protect my screenplay when I send it out?

Q/A: Joining the WGA

Q: What does the WGA do and who can join?

How to Get Your Self-Published Book into Libraries

Getting your book into libraries (public, school, academic and/or specialized, such as corporate, government or military) can be beneficial for you as an author and self-publisher...

Writing True Stories: Using Viewpoint in Your Narrative Nonfiction Writing

Narrative nonfiction writing requires authors to select a viewpoint that most effectively conveys the story...

How to Acquire the Rights to Develop a Screenplay (or Make a Film) Based on a Book

If you're planning to turn a book into a screenplay or film, and the material is under copyright, you will need to acquire the film rights to adapt the material...

Q/A: Basing a Screenplay Story on a Published Book (or Movie, TV Series, Song, Play or Other Material)

Q: Is it legal to adapt a book (or other material) into a screenplay?

10 Ways to Create a Valuable & Irresistible Offer that Inspires Investors to Finance Your Films… Quickly and Easily (with Infographic)

What entices investors to make a financial commitment?

The Author-Agent Agreement

Each agency has its own form of an author-agent agreement. You should understand and feel comfortable with the contract before you sign it...

Book-to-Screen: The Adaptation of a Self-Help Book (He's Just Not That Into You)

This article looks at the adaptation process of the 2009 film He’s Just Not That Into You - a rare occasion that a self-help book is made into a movie.