Unless the job demands you are located in a specific city, there is no point in listing your location. This way, they know it’s NOT spam.Īvoid revealing your location. So no matter what, whether you found a job through an industry contact or craigslist, let them know from the start. They want to know that you came through us. We take great pride in our writers and success stories, and so do our clients. This is something we encourage ALL of our Screenwriting Staffing writers, both FREE and PREMIUM, to do when applying through our site. Saying something like… “I boast a 75K network.” What does that even mean? And if it’s SO large, why have I NOT heard of you.Īlways tell the employer where you found them. I have seen this more often than not on screenwriting r ésumé and profiles.

The question I always hear producer’s asking is, “If you have so many scripts, why can’t you sell them?” Of course, selling a script is very hard, but do keep in mind anyone can write a screenplay, so unless you are just starting with little to NO experience, it’s not important how many scripts (and the titles of your scripts) you have written if they are all still unproduced.īragging about your network. I see this a lot on resumes and Linkedin profiles. If you have NOT sold a screenplay before, be careful when boasting about your 20+ spec scripts gathering dust. Like the “CREDITS” section, ONLY list up to 3 and note any awards or celebrity attachments to the project. You do NOT need to list how much you were paid. Be sure to list your job title (Co-writer, Script Doctor, Story Ideas), the project's duration, and the company/producer who commissioned you. A producer always likes to know someone rolled the dice on you already, and it paid off! This is where you will list your previous commissioned screenwriting jobs. If you have NOT had any produced work, but have had scripts optioned and/or purchased, go ahead and list them here, following the same format.ĬOMMISSIONED WORK. Attach the Youtube or Vimeo link to your resume. ONLY have 1 script produced to screen? No worries. In that case, you can write: OVER 12 scripts produced to screen, including features, shorts, a web-series, and an infomercial, for example. Suppose you have had a collection of scripts made (commercial, shorts, music videos), but none would be familiar to the average person.

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