NAVIGATING HOLLYWOOD: Pitchfest Pet Peeves
Manny Fonseca examines his biggest pitchfest pet peeves when it comes to attending pitchfests as an executive. Do you fall into any of the following categories? Read to find out.
BALLS OF STEEL: Collaborating with Friends – The Walk of Shame
Collaborating with friends has always been a tightrope act. Jeanne Veillette Bowerman gives tips to help you not lose the friendship over the course of a project.
NAVIGATING HOLLYWOOD: Writing Updates – Reviving a Screenplay (i.e. Rewrites)
A new director attaching to your project usually means rewrites. This week, Manny Fonseca updates you on the status of his current script, Whittier.
NAVIGATING HOLLYWOOD: Scam Artists Part 2 – Welcome to Being a “Producer”
When you're starting out in Hollywood you have to learn the ropes quick. Manny Fonseca explains that sometimes, it's the person you trust that turns out to be a "scam artist."
ALTERNATE ROUTES: Screenwriting Lessons from the Writer’s Guild Negotiations
Marty Lang explains how the recent Writer's Guild negotiations garnered screenwriting lessons for beginning screenwriters and filmmakers. If you studied the way this negotiation played out, there are some undeniable truths that can help you in your work.
Critical Screenwriting Lessons from Twenty Years in a Writers Lab
T. Jay O'Brien shares invaluable screenwriting lessons to aide your writing career, gained by working with writers and actors for a couple decades in a Writing Lab environment.
10 Ingredients for Successful Screenwriting: Learn to Pitch a Screenplay
“Pitching” is a key ingredient to becoming a professional screenwriter. In short, it means telling someone—say, a prospective agent or producer—what your script is about in a simple, entertaining way.
NAVIGATING HOLLYWOOD: How I Got Banned From a Pitchfest
After years of going to pitchfests, talking about pitchfests and live Tweeting from pitchfests, Manny Fonseca's sarcastic tone finally gets him banned.
YOUR TV GUIDE to Finding the RIGHT Representation for You
Tawnya Bhattacharya gives insights on how to ask the right questions at agent and manager meetings to make sure you find the right representation for your career.