MARKETING HELP AT LAST

Although we've always tried our level best to be helpful to our clients by carefully addressing questions about marketing (and have even, on occasion, pointed clients in the "right" direction), Hollywoodscript.com has steadily maintained a certain detachment from this area. The reason? We felt that too many writers focused on the agent/producer side of things when, in fact, they needed to be concerned with the creative status of their scripts. As you may know, we strongly believe that the most effective aspect of marketing is MATERIAL THAT’S TRULY READY. Thus craft has always been our focus.

It is ironic then that even with this attitude, we were awarded an "A" in marketing by Creative Screenwriting Magazine.

But, because of a demand for assistance and exposure after the script is in shape, we started a contest which has thrived and is now being improved by happening monthly. This is the only free monthly contest in existence and can provide amazing results.

THE HOLLYWOODSCRIPT.COM CONTEST

On or about the middle of every month, we will announce the results of our new contest (for the previous month) in which we will pick the best and most marketable (in our opinion of course) CLIENT SCRIPT and announce it with shameless prominence on the MAIN page of our web site. In addition to this SPLASHY ANNOUNCEMENT, the winner will be invited to POST their log line, link and even a scene or two (if you so choose) from your winning work. As part of the big announcement, if you provide the basic summary of your story, we’ll add our obviously GLOWING REVIEW of your project and convert the whole thing into professional “COVERAGE” (FOR FREE) which can be used for submission purposes and, if you so choose, we’ll also POST THE COVERAGE on our site.

Another benefit is that, with the winner's permission, we will notify a select group of several hundred producers, agents, etc. who have expressed interest in examining new material. We'll forward the glowing coverage of the script for their review along with contact info re the writer.

One other thing, since there are only two of us here, your chance of seriously contending is increased since we only have a small pool of material from which to choose.

ADDITIONALLY, winning contestants will receive from our friends at the InkTip.com:

1) An e-mail announcement about your winning screenplay to their vast list of industry professionals (THIS SERVICE IS NOT AVAILABLE TO ALL WRITERS, SO YOU'LL HAVE A REAL ADVANTAGE!)

2) Placement of at least your logline, synopsis, and resume on their password protected web site. You may also place the treatment and/or script.

3) Include a logline (pitch) for your winning screenplay in their printed publication, Players Marketplace, which is snail-mailed to about 5,000 Industry Professionals. http://www.InkTip.com

We've also made an arrangement with a hot, young company called SCRIPTBLASTER. SCRIPTBLASTER has an incredibly vast database of producers, agents, managers and the like. Our winners will receive their BLASTER PACK WHICH REACHES OVER 1000 PRODUCERS AND AGENTS This means that a version of the FREE SCRIPT COVERAGE (another prize) will be zapped via email directly into the hands of these viable Hollywood honchos. It's set up in a way that industry professionals will respond directly to you. FYI, these services can be effective when the query that they sent out is potent enough (and we will help you make it really good).

ONE MORE BIG PRIZE - We also have one other very substantial and unique new prize which we choose to keep as a surprise but it's also in the area of valuable industry exposure. It's worth $300.00 and it guarantees you responses from poducers/agents and the like (a list from which you choose) . It has been very successful method with several of our clients. You'll get 30 free goes at it!

A GREAT FEATURE of the monthly contest is that if your script is not ready the first time around, you're welcome to submit the REVISION (at a discount) and it will be treated as if it were a new script.

Winners will remain on our site for two full months.

The award will provide TERRIFIC EXPOSURE since we get considerable traffic and industry contacts will be regularly notified of this source.

It should be noted that many clients want anonymity and may not choose involvement in the CONTEST. That's fine.

HOW TO ENTER THE CONTEST:

For those who are interested, simply contact us and book a consultation or send your script in using the guidelines found in Consulting Craig or Consulting Judy. We do require that you complete our release form which includes a check box to be marked and initialed for you to become eligible. NO APPLICATION FORM IS NECESSARY FOR THIS CONTEST.

Please know that those who do choose to participate do so at their own risk. HSCL will not be liable for any injury, claim or liability resulting from this.

We also encourage you not to submit work until and unless it’s either registered with the Writers Guild, copyrighted or both.

We also reserve the right to:
1. remove what we consider to be an inappropriate listing
2. edit for length and content
3. skip a month if the material is not ready or up to par
4. choose a winner from a previous month if no one in current month qualifies

We recommend that you not send material to any responding company/agent, producer/manager unless you are certain, through your own research that the company is legitimate.

Recent results have been amazing. Check out our contest winners! (click here.)

ALSO, check out recent words of praise from a winner and other winner news. (click here.)

August '05 Creative Screenwriting Magazine features our contest! Read More