Entitled “Why don’t scripts get sold?,” Chapter One of Donna Michelle Anderson’s (DMA) book is exactly one sentence long: “Scripts don’t get sold because the screenwriter didn’t know, understand or respect the process of selling a script.”

So you’ve got an idea for a reality show—did you know there would most likely be $1000-$3000 of out-of-pocket expenses (as in, “yours”) to get it set up to even pitch? This is just one of the many startling, sobering facts available in Donna Michelle Anderson’s book The Show Starter Reality TV Made Simple System.