Selling Your Screenplay in Today’s Market With Lee Jessup
FREE WEBINAR
Wednesday, November 4th, 5 PM PST
What you'll learn
- Development and screenwriting business expert Lee Jessup walks you through how to navigate the new frontiers of the screenplay marketplace
- Discover who’s buying, from studios and streamers to independent financiers, and how a spec moves from producers to packaging to a sale
- Find out what makes a screenplay actionable, and whether yours is better suited for representation or for going straight to producers
- Assess whether you’re rep-ready and what an agent or manager actually does for your career
- Put together everything you need to take your feature or TV pilot out: logline, pitch deck, synopsis, and TV bible
- Hear real spec-sale case studies and the paths emerging writers use to get their work discovered
- 15 minute Q&A
- Presented by Lee Jessup, moderated by Final Draft’s head of Customer Success, Alex Switzky
About this webinar
"Where do I sell my script?" 30 years ago, this was a tough destination to find. Today, between huge mergers, disruptive streamers and entirely new entertainment platforms, it's even tougher. You'll need a guide to show you how to get through today's chaotic and varied market. Career coach Lee Jessup, a 30-year industry veteran, former Director of Development, author, and adjunct Business of Screenwriting professor, is here to help.
Lee will map out the current landscape of buyers, from which major studios will still buy on spec, to going for streamers hungry for content, and the growing power of independent financiers. You'll learn how to build a package around your project so it's armored against all objection, and break down contracts, options, and most importantly, when you actually get a check.
You'll also get a breakdown of which path is right for your script and if you should look for representation or try pitching yourself, as well as a full checklist of materials you'll need to get your script sellable.
The script marketplace moves fast. By the end of this webinar, you'll be ready to keep up.
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.