WriteMovies.com:
Serving the filmmaking and writing communities since 1999
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Dec. 15/2008
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WriteMovies Helps You Share Your Project with the Film/TV Industry at
Large!

Dear Writer,

As a thank you for your trust in us, we want to give you free publicity
by sharing any of your success stories (scripts optioned, bought,
produced- writing assignments, agents secured, novels published, etc.)
with studios, agencies, and production companies.

Over the last ten years, thousands of writers have chosen WriteMovies as
a springboard to make their dreams a reality by participating in
contests and using our consulting services; this is just one of the ways
we want to say thank you!

There are still those of you who haven't sent us your success stories,
and we would like to ask you to please get in touch with us at
author@....

We will be providing free industry publicity for you, which will
increase your international exposure dramatically, and we look forward
to adding you to our growing list of writers who have gone on to enjoy
mainstream success. That means that we'll be sending out your info to
hundreds of studios, production companies, and agencies.

Not only will you be featured in newsletters such as this one, but also
on our website, contest events, and much more! (Let us know if we can
give your e-mail address to contact you directly). If you succeed, we
succeed. Contact us now!

Wishing you the best life can offer,

The WriteMovies Team
Alex, Annette, Lisa, Julia, Dianne, and Zack

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The Pros at WriteMovies Want to Help YOU Turn Your Project Into an
Award-winning Piece of Work!

Our team boasts such accomplished consultants as Alex Ross, who
discovered Andrew Niccol ("The Truman Show") and provided script
consulting for Iris Yamashita ("Letters from Iwo Jima"), among others
and Carol Baum, whose writing credits include "Father of the Bride" and
"Buffy the Vampire Slyer" just to name a few. But not only are our
consultants top of the line, they get results! Here are just a handful
of writers who have gone on to enjoy mainstream success:

Marcus Folmar:

Contest winner with "The List". The movie was produced featuring Wayne
Brady, Sydney
Poitier, Illeana Douglas & Brad Dourif. It was acquired for distribution
by Warner Bros. Check out the trailer at
http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/328290/The-List/trailers

Read an interview with Marcus here:
http://www.writemovies.com/aboutus/news/folmarinterview_text.htm

Iris Yamashita:

Contest finalist with "Letters from Iwo Jima". The movie was directed by
Clint Eastwood
and nominated for an Academy Award.

Charlie Jett :

Contest winner Charlie recently co-produced the independent comedy
feature film, "2 Hitmen," released on DVD November 2007, and associate
produced the independent horror feature, "Dead and Gone" released July
1st, 2008 on DVD from Lionsgate Films. He is currently line producing
the short comedy film "Missing in Action" by 2 time Emmy Award Winner
and "Tron" screenwriter, Bonnie MacBird. He is also working on producing
the horror feature "Pain" with "Dead and Gone" director Yossi Sasson and
screenwriter Harry Shannon. Charlie is also completing his first
children's novel.

Jon Rosten:

LevelBlue Productions has announced that its feature "Valley of
Angels"
(http://www.writemovies.com/aboutus/news/valleygrandprize_text.htm) has
been awarded the Grand Jury Award for Best Feature at the NY Int'l
Independent Film & Video Festival held in Los Angeles.The feature,
written and directed by Jon Rosten, premiered at the festival. The
script had previously won the Grand Prize (top script of 1,000 entries)
in the Writemovies.com International Screenwriting Competition (under
the title 'The Edge of Nowhere'). It was lensed by ASC award-winning
cinematographer Armando Salas.

Rick Fonte:

His screenplay "The North Puddle" was just named to the top five of the
Screenwriter's Expo Screenwriting Contest. Winners are announced Sunday!


In the last month 4 European writers (all contest winners/finalists),
also hit gold with publishing deals and script options. Our perennial
success story Cornelia Kempf is going from strength with her historical
epics now being sold all over and translated into several languages.

You make us proud!

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The 20th WriteMovies and TalentScout Management International Writing
Contest
http://www.writemovies.com/contests_text.htm

Sponsored by Final Draft

Deadline Dec. 17th, 2008

Dont miss the boat because, once the magic number has been reached, we
close the contest. Only one thousand entries will be accepted. Out of
close to three hundred "contest sites," WriteMovies is one of only a
handful that has produced movies, plays, and novels from winning
projects.Production companies, studios and agencies contact us all the
time about our winners. We are in touch with all of the studios as well
as over 800 production companies in the US, France & Germany, all hungry
for quality material. We are highly pro-active not only for our writers
to find work but also with regards to writers' rights.

Submit YOUR project here!
http://www.writemovies.com/contests/contestsubmit_text.htm

Those of you who entered projects for contest number 19, please click
here http://www.writemovies.com/contests/contest19results_text.html for
updates on winners!

A/Exposure Contest

How does 500,000 dollars sound? How about having your script highlighted
on our homepage to over 1,000 industry professionals a day for one month
plus script notes by one of the top script consultants in the industry?
This and more could be yours with the A/Exposure contest! We work with
some of the best known producers around the world who are willing to pay
first time writers such as yourself up to $500,000 to option your
screenplay, book, play, or article. Sound interesting? It gets better!
If any of the producers are interested, you get to keep ALL of the
option money with no fees from us. That's right, all of it. We do the
grunt work by submitting your script to various production companies and
studios, hosting your script on our homepage, and muh more. All entries
will be considered for representaiton by TalentScout Management, and the
winner is additionally eligible for up to $70,000 in option money from
our sponsor, RossWWmedia Corporation. Our sites are visited by over
250,000 producers, studio exes, directors, actors, and writers annually
from all over the world, increasing your chances on an international
scale and giving you the extra edge that you and your script deserve.
Visit
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for more information!

Need practice pitching?

Pitch your script to Tom Craig - former Exec. Sr. VP at Universal
Studios, responsible for movies like "Shakespeare in Love". Tom will
give you the feedback that you need to sell your pitches. Read more at
http://www.writemovies.com/writerscommunity/pitchyourproject_text.htm

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Want to know what makes producers, studio execs. & agents decide for or
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documents. Avoid the red flags. Write to sell.

"This is a must for any writer who wants to understand how their
material is perceived by a buyer. It is invaluable". - Tom Craig, former
Universal Studios Senior Executive VP of Production ("Shakespeare in
Love",
"White Palace", "Beethoven"). Read more at
http://www.writemovies.com/writerscommunity/studiomanual_text.htm

Read the latest hot scripts:

One of the largest constantly updated collections of produced studio &
indie scripts available on the net, for free, available here:
http://www.writemovies.com/writerscommunity/simplyscripts/scripts_1.htm

AFI Wrap-Up:

The annual AFI festival based at the Arclight Cinema in Hollywood this
year presented an exciting and very significant number of superb films.
You can read the rest of the article by Dianne Brooks and see the list
of winners here at: http://www.writemovies.com/articles/AFI.html
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Issue: 179

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What are our customers saying about us?

I was a finalist in your 11th International Competition. I often include
this in my cover letters and it has opened many doors. I am now a
working writer with a horror in production with a Tokyo studio, plus
another project receiving funding from the British Arts Council body
-Film Agency for Wales. Part of this success is due to your competition.
- Jon Mitchell

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We would love to add you to this exciting list of satisfied customers!
E-mail one of our consultants now at author@...

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What makes us proudest is when we hear back from you and get to share in
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Enjoy.

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