Five Steps: from blank page to movie release

by Nancy Smith

There are five steps between the idea for writing a screenplay and its successful release as a movie to theaters: 1. write the screenplay, 2. sell the screenplay, 3. fund for the movie, 4. make the movie and 5. distribute the movie. Most books about the writing/filmmaking process deal with one step or a portion of one step. This short book manages to be comprehensive. It’s about one process with five complicated, integrated and challenging steps. It’s an overview for anyone who wants to work in the film industry or any of its ancillary professions.

190 pages, Paperback

Published October 4, 2018

About the author

Nancy Smith is a writer of novels (The Universal Vaccine, The Slow Kill, and Tainted Harvest), screenplays, and short stories. She is also a film maker and screenplay analyst in Austin, Texas. She has worked on more than 30 narrative film productions and has won more than a dozen awards or publications for her short stories and screenplays.