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Writing the Killer Treatment: Selling Your Story Without a Script

The most commonly heard phrase in Hollywood is not “Let’s do lunch.” In reality, you’ll more often hear: “Okay, send me a treatment.”

A treatment — the snapshot of your feature film or TV script — reveals your story’s structure, introduces your characters and hooks and is often your first, and only, opportunity to pitch your project.

There are dozens of books on how to write a screenplay. This is the only book that takes you through the complete process of creating treatments that sell. It includes:

  • Developing believable characters and story structure
  • Understanding the distinctions between treatments for screenplays, adaptations, sitcoms, ‘Movies of the Week’, episodic television and soaps.
  • Useful exercises that will help you improve your craft as a writer
  • Insightful interviews with Oscar® and Emmy® winners
  • Tips and query letters for finding an agent and/or a producer.
  • “What Every Writer Needs to Know” from the Writers Guild of America, West

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Meet the Author: Michael Halperin

Michael Halperin worked as an Executive Story Consultant for 20th Century Fox Television and on staff with Universal Television. He has written and/or produced numerous television episodes and documentaries, and is the author of Writing the Second Act: Building Conflict and Tension in Your Film Script. 

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