WRITING TREATMENTS THAT SELL (New! ) How to Create and Market Your Story Ideas to the Motion Picture and TV Industry Editor: Kenneth Atchity and Chi-Li Wong Softcover per copy cost $16.00, with pre-payment, plus $12.00 shipping and handling. A comprehensive guide to the crucial first step in selling your script, Second Edition As Hollywood insiders know, the first step in selling your story idea for film or television isn’t writing a script—it’s preparing a treatment, the brief pitch of a story that sells the concept to a busy producer or agent. In this accessible, entertaining guide, writerproducers Kenneth Atchity and Chi-Li wong tell readers everything they need to know to create an effective and salable treatment,one that includes such key elements as conflict, liable characters, plot twists, a climax, and visual drama. Using dozens of examples from actual productions, Writing Treatments That Sell distinguishes between scripts designed for feature films, episodic television and madefor- TV movies, and shows step-by-step how to prepare a dynamite treatment for each. Also included is essential information on copywriting original ideas for screenplays, as well as acquiring rights to adaptable books and true life stories. This revised edition includes numerous samples treatments, comments from producers, directors, agents, and successful screenwriters, and updated information on the growing cable television market. With a comprehensive glossary of industry terms, an overview of the various entertainment markets, this book remains an absolute must for anyone hoping to get a foot in the door of the exciting scriptwriting business. “At last—someone wrote the book every screenwriter has needed for years. It can make the difference between success and failure in the industry.” – Linda Seger, author of Making a Good Script Great and From Script to Screen