Sell Your Work with Julian Friedmann – 14th January 2006

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Top screenwriting agent gives the inside track on submission strategies, getting commissions and negotiating development and script deals. Make more money out of scriptwriting.

• Could you earn more from your writing?
• Do you spend enough time on the business side of your career?
• Do you prefer reading a book on how to write than on how to negotiate?
• Do you understand all the clauses in writers’ contracts?

In an intensive and comprehensive one-day Masterclass, Julian Friedmann will provide the basic grounding in the most important aspects of submission strategies, negotiating, contracts and career development for scriptwriters.

The day will cover:

• Negotiating all the basic script deals in practice
• Rates of pay for writers
• Submission strategies
• Working with (or getting) an agent
• Reading contracts

And will finish with the 50 top tips to provide writers with the knowledge and confidence to manage their business affairs. If you don’t have an agent this is crucial information; if you do it will provide all the questions you should be asking.

Biography

Julian Friedmann has been a screenwriting and literary agent for many years and has taught all over the world. He designed and set up training programmes for MEDIA, including PILOTS (for the development of long-running television series); and the MA in Television Scriptwriting at De Montfort University. He is on the Writers’ Guild Executive Council. He is the Editor and Publisher of ScriptWriter Magazine, author of How To Make Money Scriptwriting and editor of two volumes on Writing Long-Running Television Series.

Feedback from Inventing Stories & Treatments with Julian Friedmann – 30th July 2005

• Enjoyable, intensive day. Informative and satisfying. Delivered what was promised.
• Really inspired, engaging lecture – well executed! Thought-provoking and not too negatively-focused!
• Love it. Very professional and useful.
• It’s informative and well delivered by someone who obviously knows their subject.
• Interesting and authoritative.
• At last a class that gives practical advice.
• It is very intensive, informative, useful and helpful.
• A wealth of information from a very knowledgeable and entertaining speaker. Fantastic value and a really useful day.
• Useful, helpful and practical on both craft and business levels.
• Informative, interesting, entertaining and clear.
• Easy to understand and follow. Comprehensive. The agent’s insider knowledge is extremely valuable. The masterclass has had an impact on my opinion and the way I’m going to go forward.
• Very positive. Practical, time-saving, sensible advice; both reassuring and stimulating.