“10 Tips: Write an Unsellable Screenplay”

HT to @UnkScreenwriter for finding this link, a good reminder of some basic things not to do when writing a spec script:

1. DO NOT use 12 pt. Courier font.

2. DO NOT have lots of white space on the page.

3. MAKE IT LONG.

4. HAVE NO IDEA where you’re going with the story.

5. SAY IT, don’t show it.

6. DO THE DIRECTOR’S JOB.

7. DO THE ACTOR’S JOB.

8. DO THE PRODUCER’S JOB.

9. USE OTHER PEOPLE’S intellectual property.

10. “…and in the darkness BIND them.”

Go here to read the whole list and further discussion about each point.

What other surefire ways are there to write an unsellable screenplay?

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