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Sell to Hollywood

How to Sell Your Story to

Hollywood for Big Bucks

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• We show authors and story tellers how to craft and sell their books and stories to Hollywood so that they can see their work produced on the big (or small) screen….

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• In association with STORY MERCHANT

Our Promise

•We’re going to show you exactly what Hollywood studios are looking for in the current environment, why most books fail to sell to the entrainment industry, and the sales document it takes to sell your story--and how to write it--for them to buy your story or novel…

Can we get a “Heck Yes!!”??

• Is that why you’re here?

• Is that what you’re expecting?

Who We Are…

Daniel Hall is an author, speaker, consultant, coach,

lawyer (JD from Texas Tech University), nurse (BSN

from University of Texas at El Paso) and sometimes

blogger.

He is also the creator of the popular “Real Fast” training

programs designed to help authors, speakers, coaches,

consultants, trainers, Internet marketers and

entrepreneurs effectively grow their businesses faster

and profit more effortlessly.

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• Dr. Ken Atchity (Georgetown A.B., Yale Ph.D.) has made hundreds of film and television deals for storytellers wanting their books to be films--including movies, series, and reality shows--since he began producing in 1986 after retiring from his tenured professorship at Occidental College.

• Also as literary manager his authors have achieved more than twenty New York Times bestsellers

• Was asked by Georgetown to help create a brand-new Masters in Literary Agency

The Story of the Hollywood

Conveyor Belt

The Lucky Way to the Screen

Why Most Books Fail to

Make It to the Screen

“There are way too many characters

and it’s not clear until page 200 who

the ‘protagonist’ is.”

“I can’t relate

to anyone in

the book.”

Girlfriends & Wives

“At the end, the antagonist lays out

the entire plot to the protagonist.”

“The characters all

sound the same.”

“There’s no real pacing”

Key To Good Pacing

• On a single sheet of paper, write a single line to describe each scene in the story, like “Elmer is lonely, in Bakersfield.”

• Beneath that line, type one to ten hyphens (n-dashes) to indicate how intensely dramatic the scene is. The last hyphen in any line should be an arrow. Once you’ve done that for every scene,

• Turn the sheet of paper sideways and draw a line from the tip of each arrow to the tip of the next arrow. What you will see is a graph of your story’s action, which allows you at a glance to make adjustments to make sure the audience remains on a “wild ride” all the way to the end.

“There’s not

enough action.”

“There’s no dialogue,

so we don’t know

what the character

sounds like.”

“The protagonist is

reactive instead of

proactive.”

“At the end of the

day, I have no

idea what this

story is about.

There’s no ‘high

concept.’”

“The main character is 80, and

speaks only Latvian.”

“It’s set in

Papago…in the

1960s, and is filled

with long passages

in Uto-Aztecan.”

“There are no set pieces that

make it a movie.”

“There’s no third act…it just

trickles out.”

“The whole thing is overly

contrived.”

Write Your Own Treatment

• A treatment is a relatively brief, loosely narrative, written pitch of a story intended for production as a film for theatrical exhibition or television broadcast. Written in user-friendly, dramatic but straightforward and highly visual prose, in the present tense, the treatment highlights in broad strokes your story’s hook, primary characters, acts and action line, setting, point of view, and most dramatic scenes and turning points.

Contemporary

• Can I set this story TODAY?

Male lead, in the star age-range

of 35-55

Make sure your

protagonist is

clearly defined

and sympathetic

protagonist with

a dark problem.

What makes your protagonist

sympathetic is clear and relatable

motivation.

Make sure your antagonist is as

clearly defined, sympathetic, and

powerful as your protagonist—with a

worthy goal.

Clearly define your story’s three

acts, and make sure its ending is

satisfyingly conclusive.

Did We Deliver

On Our Promise?

• Type “Heck Yes” in the Questions Box

Fact is… Using these strategies Ken

has a consistent track record of

selling books to film and television

• Jerry Blaine & Lisa McCubbins’ The Kennedy Detail to Discovery (nominated for an Emmy)

Introducing…

Real Fast

Hollywood Deal

in association

with Story

Merchant…

Disclaimer

• We can’t guarantee your success or that you’ll sell your story or that it will be made into a movie or show or that you’ll ever make a nickel… (beware of any guarantees when it comes to dealing with Hollywood)

• We can say you will drastically increase your odds of success if you follow the training, your story is good and you’re lucky

What You Get

• How to craft a written sales pitch for your story that makes it virtually impossible for someone to say no to at least talking to you further.

Why Hollywood likes books…and the

elements your story needs to exhibit

before you try to sell it.

Ed Asner clowns with Ken

How the typical Hollywood book deal

is structured… and how to adjust

your expectations beforehand.

Learn how you can get

a maximum payday

from your book (so you

don't have to deal with

letting rejection by the

Hollywood story

marketplace stop you).

Get your story in front of the right

people who can actually make it into

a movie.

Jim Belushi hanging with Ken

Discover how the

story acquisition

process works so

you can give your

story the best foot

forward.

Is it a good idea

to adapt my

book into a

screenplay

myself?... the

pros and cons of

authors as

screenwriters.

How to redo your

next (or current)

story at the

drawing-board to

make it instantly

more saleable

We’re Teaching This Training Live

• You’re encouraged to ask questions

• Will be recorded July 20 and 21 from 2pm to 4pm Eastern / 11am to 1pm Pacific

• Training will be put in members area if you can’t be there live

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Success Stories

• Steve Alten’s Meg to Disney, New Line; in preproduction at Warner Bros.

Steve Alten signs

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Let’s Compare...

What Learning Screen Writing In An

Academic Setting Will Cost You…

American Film Institute $37,000.00+ per year

University of Southern California $42,000.00

New York University Tisch School of

the Arts

$45,674.00

University of California Los Angles $12,842.00 for Cali. Residents

California Institute of the Arts $37,684.00

Source: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/25-best-film-schools-rankings-215714

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Ken’s Proven Strategies Again

• James Michael Pratt’s The Last Valentine to Hallmark Hall of Fame (became The Lost Valentine starring Betty White)

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Bonus #1

• Members Only Facebook Group

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Bonus #2

• Quick Start Hollywood Terminology Guide

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Bonus #3

• PDF Edition of Dr. Ken Atchity’s Sell Your Story to Hollywood

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More Success Using Ken’s

Proven Strategies

• Royce Buckingham’s Demon Keeper to

20th Century Fox

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More authors achieve their

dreams…

• Rexanne Becnel’s A Christmas Journey to Up Channel (became Angels in the Snow)

• Dennis Walsh’s Nobody Walks (true story) to MGM

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More Success Stories

• John Scott Shepherd’s Henry’s List of Wrongs to New Line

• Clint Hill & Lisa McCubbins’ Mrs. Kennedy and Me to Marc Platt Productions (Universal)

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Q & A

• Get you questions in the chat area…

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