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............Ahh, the dreaded Query Letter.
Here's some help..............
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INT. CREATE YOUR SCREENPLAY,
QUERY
LETTERS
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You look around for information on Writing Query Letters and see:
Breaking
the Ice. Delightful Rossio
aria on the metaphorical "social ranking" of query letters.
Query
Letters. Alex
Epstein. Author of the book "Crafty Screenwriting."
This article gives practical advice about query letters that gets
into their relationship to the screenplay you have written or
are going to write. Also includes an example of a model QL. Recommended.
Query
Letters -- One Page Is All You Need to Get Them to Read --
This article appeared in the 1999 Annual Screenwriters
Guide published by New York Screenwriter Magazine. Cogent advice
with some insider savvy thrown in. Definitely worth visiting.
The Quest For a Winning Query
Letter. Susan Kuoguell is the author of "The Savvy Screenwriter:
How to Sell Your Screenplay (and Yourself) Without Selling Out!"
Good tips on the do's and don'ts.
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ABOUT BARRY PEARSON - DAY OR NIGHT
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WRITING HELP - DAY OR NIGHT
Barry offers help like FAQ's
on the topic of screenplay writing,
ideas on how to structure your screen story, how to format a
screenplay, how to understand genres and pick the right one for
your screenplay, plus a link to Pearson's Index.
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FORMATTING - DAY OR NIGHT
Formatting your screenplay can be a headache. Try this quick
relief: See this complete sample of The CYS TEMPLATER, with
Title Page setup, and Copyright information to protect
your work.
All for a low, low $11.95!
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PEARSON'S INDEX, WRITING ARTICLES - DAY OR NIGHT
Barry racks up a great resource for you: an annotated,
categorized,fully
clickable index to the best articles on the
Internet about screenplay writing.
Save yourself hours of
surfing and go to the specific topic you
need to know about.
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RESEARCH - DAY OR NIGHT
You get a whole "tool kit" free, to find the facts you need to
create authentic, accurate ideas, stories and dialogue. You exit
the scene with a smile on your face.
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SEMINAR - DAY OR NIGHT
Barry lays out the plan for the battle against the dark forces of
the mystery of writing the screenplay. He details his Create Your
Screenplay Seminar.
Available only in Toronto.
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LINKS - DAY OR NIGHT
You go to the links page to get
access to many other resource
sites. You find Writers Guilds, script downloads, the best
personal writers' sites
that Barry could find on the Internet.
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FREE-FOR-ALL LINKS - DAY OR NIGHT
Terrific sites with oodles of entertaining and informative
resources.
Click on the link to add your own site.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS - DAY OR NIGHT
Barry suggests that you go here to get more detail about the
foregoing scenes.
For a quick overview visit the SITE
MAP.