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It all depends on whether or not you're an unpublished writer. If you're new, the agents/production companies will jack you around a little. Most likely it will be anywhere around $25,000 to $50,000 for your first. However, if it's really good, it could be over $100,000. It just varies.

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You have an idea of screenplay how can you sell it?

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A screenplay is a product. It tells a story. You can write the story as a pitch, as a treatment, as a novel or as a screenplay. Both are required in order to tell your story on film.


Write a screenplay need an agent?

If you've written a screenplay, an agent can help you sell it. Selling it yourself may or may not be your strong suit.


How do you cast yourself in your own screenplay if you're not the director?

Unless you make it a condition of your contract when you sell the screenplay, it won't be up to you. When Sylvester Stallone sold the screenplay for "Rocky" he required that he would play the role.


How much Bollywood screenplay writers get paid?

Bollywood screenplay writers get paid in lakhs . They do not get paid as much as actors. They certainly hold a lot of importance in the movies.


What to do after copy writing your screenplay?

Once you have written, edited and copywrited your screenplay, you can safely sent it out into the world. Whether you would like to find a production company to make a film from the screenplay or an agent or manager to sell your screenplay, you must have a query letter. To write a basic query letter, include the title, logline and a short synopsis of your screenplay, and any relevant information about yourself in the letter. Then, start sending queries out to production companies, agents or managers to ask if they would be willing to read your screenplay.


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How do you become a screenplay writer?

Write a screenplay.... Then shop it....


What do you do after you write a screenplay?

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What film won the Oscar for Best Screenplay in 1986?

Original Screenplay- Hannah and Her Sisters Adapted Screenplay- A Room with a View


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How do you contact movie producers to sell your screenplay without a agent?

Check out Zoetrope.com. Its primary purpose is for writers to workshop their works and Screenplays are scouted and optioned from that site.