About the Book:

A fully revised guide to turning your movie idea into a treatment that can persuade even the most jaded movie producers.

As Hollywood insiders know, the first step in selling your story idea for film or television is preparing a treatment, the brief pitch that sells the concept to a busy producer or agent. Now including updates on the latest trends in the industry, writers-producers Kenneth Atchity and Chi-Li Wong tell readers everything they need to know to create an effective and saleable treatment, one that incorporates such key elements as conflict, likable characters, plot twists, a climax, and visual drama.

Using dozens of the latest examples from actual productions, Writing Treatments That Sell distinguishes between scripts designed for feature films, episodic television, and made-for-TV movies, and shows step-by-step how to prepare a selling treatment for each. Also included is essential information on copyrighting and acquiring rights along with a comprehensive glossary of industry terms. This book is essential for anyone hoping to get a foot in the door of the exciting scriptwriting business.

What people say:

"At last-someone wrote the book every screenwriter has needed for years. It can make the difference between success and failure in the industry." — Linda Seger, author of Making a Good Script Great and From Script to Screen

"Essential material for the beginning screenwriter and the established writer, both." — Dale Pollack, Producer: Saturday Night Fever

"With 'Writing Treatments That Sell', Ken Atchity and Chi-Li Wong have written much more than a book on film treatments. It's an essential guide for handling structure, characterization, conflict, and all the other craft concepts that writers have to know, as well as an incredibly useful outline of what makes this crazy business tick. To top it all off, their energy and passion for writing and story-telling is infectious." — Steven Womack, Author: Chain of Fools.

About the Authors:

Kenneth Atchity (Ph.D., Yale) is a self-defined "story merchant" — writer, producer, teacher, and literary manager, responsible for producing 28 films and 14 books, including A Writer's Time.

Chi-Li Wong began as story editor and analyst then, after specializing in treatments and acquisitions, became Vice President of Development and Production at Atchity Entertainment.