Sell Your Story to Hollywood

A Writer's Pocket Guide to the Business of Show Business

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Pub Date 13 Oct 2016 | Archive Date 14 Jun 2018

Description

Through the expanding influence of the Internet and the corporatization of both publishing and entertainment, the process of getting your book to the big screen has gotten more complicated, more eccentric, and more exciting.

This little book aims to help you figure out how to get your story told on big screens or small. It’s not going to give you rules and regulations, because they simply don’t exist today. Any rule that could be promulgated has and will be broken.

What this book offers instead is nearly thirty years of observation of how things happen in show business, the business of entertainment (better known around the world as Hollywood). Dr. Ken Atchity’s Hollywood experience ranges from writing to managing writers to producing their movies for television and theatres.

He’s seen the Hollywood story market from nearly every angle, including legal and business affairs. Ken Atchity spent his first career as a professor, a career he embarked upon innocently because he wanted to focus his efforts on understanding stories and helping writers get their stories told—and here he is thirty years later still pursuing the same goal—because it’s a worthy and never-ending goal. He’s made films based on nonfiction books, and made deals for a number of nonfiction stories. But most of his experience lies in turning novels into films.

As a lifelong story merchant, what Dr. Atchity develops and sells are “stories,” because he believes stories rule the world. Many of the observations outlined in this book are simply about selling stories to Hollywood. This pocket guide will help you expedite the transformation of your show business dreams into realities.

Through the expanding influence of the Internet and the corporatization of both publishing and entertainment, the process of getting your book to the big screen has gotten more complicated, more...


Advance Praise

Ken Atchity knows Hollywood, breathes Hollywood and makes movies in Holllywood. He also understands the power of story and reading this book has helped me enormously.
I have written two best selling books and am Editor of The Sunday Independent's weekly Travel News column so writing is my daily profession.
And as a professional writer I would strongly encourage you to buy this book. Not only will it help you sell your story, it will go one better: help you craft a story that will be remembered. Ken Atchity has done this for me and he can do it for you. BUY THE BOOK! - 5 Star Review Amazon


This work should be the definitive book on the dos and don’ts of getting your novel made into a movie. Ken Atchity’s “Sell your Story to Hollywood” covers all the pertinent points in getting a story to film, emphasizing that the most important aspect is the novel itself—is it dramatic enough?Hollywood producers are always on the lookout for new material, but it is critical to have a “motion picture treatment” written along with a “high concept logline” and “one page pitch” to get the attention of a studio or producer. The examples of each are worthy enough to get a grasp on what is necessary to catch an eye in Hollywood. Ken goes through the process step-by-step, explaining the complexity involved, from attorneys and agents to finding insiders who may be able to help you. For those who believe they have a novel or script ready for the big screen, do not proceed without reading Ken’s book. - 5 Star Amazon Review

Ken Atchity knows Hollywood, breathes Hollywood and makes movies in Holllywood. He also understands the power of story and reading this book has helped me enormously.
I have written two best selling...


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Have you ever watched a movie and thought to yourself that you can come up with a better story? Or have you ever been inspired by a movie to tell a story of you own? For either of those cases, this is one of the books that you must read. I said one of the books because there are other books that can also stir you in the right direction; nevertheless, this book will certainly give you a good start. I loved that the author offers real life examples of movies that we have heard or watched before making the book’s contents more relatable to the readers. This is a great introduction to the business of movie making and readers should feel more comfortable with this subject after studying this book.

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I’ve recently completed a screen writing course and was delighted to have been approved for this ARC. The author clearly knows his stuff and offers an insight into the world of scriptwriting for movies. A perfect introduction to a world that some of us can only dream of.

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Informative and well written, this is a guide that ever writer should read. I really enjoyed it and learned a lot.

Thank you to NetGalley and to the publisher for allowing me to read a copy of this book.

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This is a helpful and honest guide as to how to get your book made into a movie or tv show. It seems like it would be easier now because of the internet, but the author points out how difficult it still is and how to ensure your book gets into the right hands.

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Full of information but still easy to read!
If you want to start screen writing -even if it snot the rather lofty goal of becoming a Hollywood writer- this book will tell you how you could actually manage it!

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