Scott Kirkpatrick is the Director of Distribution for MarVista Entertainment, a Los Angeles based production and distribution company that produces original Lifetime and SyFy channel films, co-produces TV movies with Disney and Nickelodeon, and has managed international TV deals on major franchises including Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Digimon, and Julius Jr. Scott has also produced and directed TV series and feature films including Eye for an Eye, Muslims in America, and Roadside Massacre.

DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE - A Crazy Little Thing Called Hollywood Logic

CHAPTER TWO - "So, What's it About?"

CHAPTER THREE - Writing Your Feature-Length Spec Script

CHAPTER FOUR - How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Write for Television

CHAPTER FIVE - Close Encounters of the L.A. KindCHAPTER SIX - To Live and Write in L.A. CHAPTER SEVEN - Hollywood: And Beyond the Infinite

APPENDICES

Appendix I: Script Coverage

Appendix II: The Non-Union 'Writer-for-Hire' Agreement

Appendix III: The Non-Union 'Option/Purchase' AgreementGLOSSARY

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Writing for the Green Light shines a light on why the studio system works the way it does and how you can use certain industry secrets to your advantage. The book provides a competitive edge by navigating through dozens of everyday events that are rarely- if ever- discussed in most screenwriting books. It reveals what genres tend to be the most in-demand and desirable to studios, as well as why the system works the way it does and how readers can use these unwritten rules to their advantage.