WRITING TREATMENTS THAT SELL How to Create and Market You Story Ideas to the Motion Picture and TV Industry

• Main Authors: Atchity, Kenneth John (Author), Wong, Chi-Li (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Henry Holt and Company 2003; ©1997, 2003
• Edition: SECOND EDITION
• Subjects: Motion picture authorship; Television authorship; Treatments (Motion pictures, television, etc.)
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• Item Description: "An Owl Book."
• Physical Description: xiii, 257 pages 21 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-242) and index.
• ISBN: 9780805072785; 0805072780

A fully revised guide to turning your movie idea into a treatment that can persuade even the most jaded movie producers As Hollywood insiders know, the first step in selling your story idea for film or television is preparing a treatment, the brief pitch that sells the concept to a busy producer or agent. Now including updates on the latest trends in the industry, writers-producers Kenneth Atchity and Chi-Li Wong tell readers everything they need to know to create an effective and saleable treatment, one that incorporates such key elements as conflict, likeable characters, plot twists, a climax, and visual drama.