I Liked It, Didn't Love It

As many Hollywood hopefuls know, the most commonly used rejection line spewed by Hollywood studio executives when they do not buy a script is, 'I liked it, didn't love it', but what happens when the studio honchos like your script? What happens to your screenplay or novel when it is submitted to a studio or production company? What happens to it after it's optioned or sold? What does 'in development' really mean? After living the lives of studio and development executives and for the past 15 years and selling their own screenplays, Rona Edwards and Monika Skerbelis are able to answer these elusive questions about the development process.

ISBN	1580650627	DEWEY edition	DC21
ISBN13	9781580650625 (What's this?)	Pages	176
Publisher	Watson-Guptill Publications	Volumes	1
Imprint	Lone Eagle Publishing Co	Weight (grammes)	313
Format	Paperback	Published in	Los Angeles
Publication date	01 May 2005	Height (mm)	230
Non-book description	vi, 176 p. :	Width (mm)	155
Library of Congress	PN1996.E39	Spine width (mm)	12
DEWEY	791.437	Academic level	General

	Introduction : welcome to the world of development : "first there was the writing on the wall..."
1	Defining development : I thought movies just got made!	1
2	A brief history of story film : from photoplay to screenplay	6
3	The story department : every picture tells a story...at least, we hope so!	21
4	The studio creative executives : so many titles, so many decision makers	47
5	The production company : movies don't get made, they're forced into existence	65
6	Agents & managers and the deal : the three Ss : sign, serve, and sell	81
7	Working for a producer, director, or an actor vs. a studio : the chicken or the egg	100
8	The writer : it all began with the written word...	106
9	Networking, tracking, and the Internet : the times they are 'a changing'	113
10	Finding ideas : if there are only seven plotlines, how come I have so many stories?	117
11	The art of pitching : to pitch is a bitch	130
12	Crossing over into television and cable movies : surfing channels	137
13	Resources : you can never get enough help	149
14	That's a wrap! : the carrot may be dangling but someone's got to eat it!	174

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