New Screenwriter’s Survival Guide; Or, Guerrilla Meeting Tactics and Other Acts of War – Adams, Max (Paperback)

Are you looking for the secret decoder ring owned by all successful screenwriters? Or at least a map with a spot marked X? Sit down with Max Adams. In this new and updated edition of “The Screenwriter’s Survival Guide,” Max Adams goes back into the trenches to cover today’s do’s and don’ts to get your screenplay read, sold and produced.

Her authority is unmistakable. After scooping up the prizes at a number of prestigious screenwriting competitions including the Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting and the Austin Film Festival, Adams launched her Hollywood career with a splashy spec sale and would go on to be labeled “Red Hot Adams” by “Daily Variety” after selling three pitches over a Christmas holiday. The book shines with Adams’s streetwise attitude and is packed with 65 chapters on subjects including pitching, meetings, the etiquette of getting read, using social media, and the care and feeding of agents — among many more.