Five Steps to Writing Screenplays That Sell with Lee Jessup
FREE WEBINAR
Tuesday, September 15th
What you'll learn
- Development and screenwriting business expert Lee Jessup walks you through the five key steps to making your script industry-ready.
- Ensure your concept is undeniable and both fits in to what audiences want and stands out from the rest.
- Learn the formatting and writing techniques that will get you past the gatekeepers.
- Create a list of supporting documents to make your script the complete package.
- Navigate the crowded world of coverage, competitions and fellowships to get the strongest advantages.
- Tackle your networking strategy and how to develop your contacts to get your script into the right hands at the right time.
- 15 minute Q&A.
- Hosted by Lee Jessup, moderated by Final Draft's head of Customer Success, Alex Switzky.
About this webinar
You've reached FADE OUT, and your script is written. But that's just the first step. Turning it into a script that sells requires a lot more.
Career coach Lee Jessup, a 30-year industry veteran, former Director of Development, author, and adjunct Business of Screenwriting professor, will show you the five steps that move a screenplay from Final Draft into the hands of people who can buy it: concept, execution, vetting, pedigree, and exposure strategy.
Lee covers what makes a concept actionable and how to understand your comps and brand. She'll dig into the craft, formatting, and page-count standards readers expect. You'll learn the supporting materials you'll need (logline, pitch, synopsis, deck, series bible); how and when to get notes; which competitions, labs, and fellowships are actually worth your money, and how pedigree functions as a culling mechanism in the open marketplace. Finally, Lee will show you how to get yourself and your script out into the world: passive versus proactive paths, industry contacts, pitching events, queries, and approaching representation.
By the end of this webinar, you won't just have a great script. You'll have everything that makes it a story irressistible to Hollywood, and the evidence that you're the best person to tell that story.
About Lee Jessup
Lee Jessup is a career coach for screenwriters, specializing in guiding emerging and professional scribes toward long-standing and prolific screenwriting careers in both TV and feature writing.
Lee has provided consulting services to NBC International, the Universal Writers Program, the Final Draft Big Break Contest and Inevitable Foundation, and is an adjunct professor with the David Lynch Graduate School of Cinematic Arts.
Her one-on-one coaching clients include everyone from showrunners and studio writers to contest winners, TV writing fellows as well as writers just starting out. She is the author of the best selling books Breaking In: Tales From the Screenwriting Trenches and Getting It Write: An Insider's Guide to a Screenwriting Career.
About Final Draft
https://www.finaldraft.com/products/final-draft-cloud
Used by both aspiring writers and professionals alike, Final Draft formats your screenplay to entertainment industry standard so you can focus on what you do best - writing. Final Draft recently launched Final Draft Suite, a subscription that includes the fully-featured Final Draft 13 desktop app and the brand new Final Draft Cloud browser app for writing on the go. New to Final Draft? Click the above link to sign up for your five day free trial!
About John Trefry and Ramfis Myrthil
John Trefry and Ramfis Myrthil are award-winning producers with deep experience helping filmmakers move projects from script to screen across short films, features, television, festivals, and distribution. John is the founder of 4WT Media, where he has produced work across film, television, documentary, and branded content, with projects screening at more than 100 festivals worldwide, including SXSW, Tribeca, and Raindance. He recently served as Co-Executive Producer on My Killer Father: The Green Hollow Murders for Paramount+. Ramfis is the founder of Ramfis Productions, with credits including Cicada, acquired by Strand Releasing, and A Boy, A Girl, and A Dream, acquired by Samuel Goldwyn Films. He also helped guide Ricky from Sundance short to Sundance feature to theatrical distribution, reflecting the exact short-to-feature pathway this mentorship is designed to support. Together, John and Ramfis help filmmakers turn standout short scripts into production-ready film packages with the strategy, clarity, and execution needed to create opportunities beyond the page.
About Final Draft’s Big Break Contest
If you’ve already written your first screenplay you are probably very familiar with Final Draft, the number-one selling screenwriting software on the planet. Used by both aspiring writers and professionals alike, Final Draft formats your screenplay to entertainment industry standards so you can focus on what you do best - writing. The Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest is one of the most respected in the business, with past winners going on to be repped by big agencies and managers and see their scripts optioned and sold.