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How to Write It, How to Sell It: Everything a Screenwriter Needs to Know About Hollywood [Paperback]

Linda Palmer (Author)
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Book Description

May 15, 1998
As a producer and successful screenwriter, Linda Palmer knows all of Hollywood's trade secrets--and in How to Write It, How to Sell It, she shares them all.
Linda Palmer knows that even in closed-door Hollywood, if your screenplay snags the interest of a producer, it doesn't matter who you are--you're in. The trick is getting your screenplay into the producer's hands. As a former vice president of production at Tristar Pictures and a credited screenwriter, Linda Palmer has a unique understanding of both sides of Hollywood's desk.

In How to Write It, How to Sell It, she shares her knowledge with aspiring screenwriters, and she does so with the same charm the students of her popular UCLA Extension class have come to love and depend on. Straightforward and personable, Palmer uses the movies she loves to illustrate discussions of plot, structure, and character. From the layout of the page to the pitch to tips on sneaking by Hollywood's notorious readers, Palmer explains the business of show business as only one who knows it from the inside can.


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"She is magic . . . Entertaining, educating, and charming [students] all at the same time. I would follow her anywhere." —Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

"Deviate from [Linda's teachings] at your own risk."—Rod Amateau, producer, director, and screenwriter

About the Author

Linda Palmer is a full-time working screenwriter, as well as the author of two novels, Starstruck and Runaway. She was the first production vice-president at Tristar Pictures and has taught screenwriting at UCLA Extension since 1990.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 336 pages
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin (May 15, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0312187262
  • ISBN-13: 978-0312187262
  • Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 13.3 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,996,207 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Writer-friendly practical handbook demystifies screenwriting, August 15, 1999
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After reading "How to Write it, How to Sell It" by Linda Palmer and applying what I learned from her teachings, the first producer who read my very first screenplay wants to produce it. I owe it all to Linda Palmer. This book takes you through the craft of format, the art of writing, how to pitch your story, some about the business side of show business, and then sends you confidently to your keyboard.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars It's Fool-proof, November 29, 1999
This review is from: How to Write It, How to Sell It: Everything a Screenwriter Needs to Know About Hollywood (Paperback)
Okay, I admit that I read it as required reading for my screenwriting class at UCLA, but now this book has become my bible. If you don't read anything else, use Chapter 4 as a checklist  before you think a script is ready to go out. I read it before my scripts got submitted to my instructors (and I have earned all "A''s so far!)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars "Best of the best": Comprehensive,insightful,accessible, August 5, 1999
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As a published author, making the transition to screenwriting, I have no doubt that Palmer's book is destined to become the "Bible for Film Students" everywhere. It's all here-- the nuts & bolts of formatting, insightful discussions about "good dialogue vs. bad dialogue," character development in relation to story, and my favorite-- popular misconceptions about "Structure." (Palmer, who makes her living as a screenwriter & script doctor, and who knows the industry, inside and out, has total disdain for the formulaic "paint-by-the numbers" writing techniques, fostered by typical Screenwriting books. I know (groan)-- I've read them all-- written by "writers," who (a)purport to teach writing, and (b)have never sold a single screenplay. Not even one. Guess why.
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Screenwriters need to know more than just how to write a good story. Read the first page
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teaser pitch, slug line, screenplay format, professional screenwriter, spec script, query letter, star character, narrative treatment
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New York, Los Angeles, Gray Wolf, Lethal Weapon, Midnight Run, The Arsonist, Van Doren, James Bond, Jim Conrad, The Searchers, Body Heat, Fried Green Tomatoes, Indiana Jones, Sean Connery, The Associate, Vito Corleone, Berry Gordy, Burly Pines, Las Vegas, Dino Conte, Eddie Murphy, George Gallo, Harrison Ford, Robert Redford, Star Wars
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