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Summary: This Book Is Outdated
Review: ...There are plenty of other books on Amazon that are muchmore useful than this one (and they're written by someone who has actually sold a screenplay). Pass on this paper weight book.
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Summary: A great guide book that puts you in touch with Hollywood
Review: A Screenwriter's Bible? You bet it is! Chock full of interviews, addresses, websites and contacts; This is a book every hopeful screenwriter needs. Not only informative, and helpful, Skip shares amusing stories and tips that add insight to how the game is played in Hollywood. This book is a must for the novice writer who needs up to date information on how to get their scripts read. And if you're looking to find an agent, that is covered too. I found my agent through the listing provided. I keep this book next to my keyboard. I have found it to be an invaluable guide. It is worth every dime.
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Summary: An Essential for any First-time Screenwriter's Bookshelf
Review: As a screenwriter trying to make it from outside of the LA Basin, Presses' book gives me 1,000x more information than I had before cracking its pages. What's especially helpful to me is the insider information on the various prodcos and agencies... the nuances and preferences that I *might* be able to figure out myself if I wanted to spend hours and hours thumbing through IMDB and every bio and interview I could find on each individual I wanted to know about. Or I suppose I could fly to LA and spend months trying to milk insider dope from various production assistants and receptionists. But time is important to me, and Presses' book saves me time--which I'd rather spend writing
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Summary: Writers Guide to Hollywood.
Review: Author Skip Press has written a valuable guide for writers seeking to break into the industry. His book, "Writers Guide to Hollywood," describes agencies big and small, as well as producer/actor production companies, and their philosophies. Writer's Guide also gives in-depth reviews about various software programs, great web sites, and interviews with agents and producers. The book really gives one an idea of the perserverance, knowledge, patience, and professionalism a writer must have. I definitely recommend this book.
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Summary: Writers Guide to Hollywood.
Review: Author Skip Press has written a valuable guide for writers seeking to break into the industry. His book, "Writers Guide to Hollywood," describes agencies big and small, as well as producer/actor production companies, and their philosophies. Writer's Guide also gives in-depth reviews about various software programs, great web sites, and interviews with agents and producers. The book really gives one an idea of the perserverance, knowledge, patience, and professionalism a writer must have. I definitely recommend this book.
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Summary: A Necessity for any Budding Screenwriter!
Review: Filled with great advice, great stories, contacts, invaluable lessons and tons, tons more. This book is an invaluable resource for anyone looking to break into Hollywood. You'll find all information incredibly up-to-date and the step-by-step approach of achieving success as a screenwriter laid out plain and simple. This book is a small, wonderful investment for a fulfilling career
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Summary: This book is a gigantic waste of money
Review: Half the book is a detailed listing of production companies, of which 99 percent don't want your material unless you have an agent. The agent listings are no help either, telling you to contact the agents directly, who in turn don't want to see your material. So the end result is that this book is a gigantic waste of time and money.
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Summary: I agree -- this book is next to worthless
Review: I am a story analyst for a major lit agency and, as part of my job, read and evaluate all of the new screenwriting books that come to market. I must say this is just about the worst book for the screenwriter that has come along in quite some time. It totally misrepresents how one needs to go about breaking into the business as a screenwriter. A lot of the suggestions it contains would be, in fact, detrimental for the emerging screenwriter. The author's lack of credits and lack of real-world experience as a screenwriter is woefully obvious in the bad advice that fills this book. Anyone who tries to use it will find it a guide to misfortune. Too many people are writing screenwriting books who have no experience in the trade, and this book is a prime example of that trend.
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Summary: An excellent book for screenwriters!
Review: I bought Skip's book and loved it. It gives you an inside look at Hollywood for the screenwriter. The purpose of the book is not too teach you how to screenwrite, its purpose is to teach you how to interact with the people you need to get your screenplay turned into a film. The book gives all sorts of helpful info like addresses and email addresses of Production Companies and Agencies with a Contact Name. This is the first book I've ever seen which tells you who to contact. Even the HCD does not do that. The HCD will give you names, but often lists more then one name, without telling you who you should contact. The book is user friendly. Skip talks to you, not at you like some of the other authors who have screenwriting books out there. By the way, I've had nothing but positive responses from the producers and agents I have contacted listed in the book. Great book Skip
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Summary: This book is chock full of misinformation
Review: I bought this book because it looked like it was a good guide for the beginning writer about how to break into Hollywood as a screenwriter. Boy was I wrong. More than half the numbers I called in the book are incorrect (not counting the 213/323 area code change). For the contacts that are right, more than half of those refused to read my material, even though this book said they would. Some people said they were very annoyed at being listed in the book because they felt it misrepresented them severely. A lot of the listings also look helpful until you parse them and find out you have to contact the agents or companies anyway as the author supplies no contact information. I feel really let down by this book. I thought it would be helpful and I wasted my money.
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