Writing and Selling Thriller Screenplays: From TV Pilot to Feature Film

Description

The lowdown not only on getting your thriller feature script on the page, but getting it in front of producers and investors. From premise to resolution, the book guides you through the craft of thriller writing, citing classic thrillers such as Psycho, The Shining, The Sixth Sense and Fatal Attraction and lesser-known gems like Red Eye, Desperate Measures, Impostor and Deviation. Considers how the screenplay might be sold to investors, looking at high concept ideas, pitching, packaging and the realities of film finance.

Lucy V. Hay is an author, script editor and blogger who helps writers via her Bang2write consultancy. She is the associate producer of Brit thrillers Deviation (2012) and Assassin (2015), both starring Danny Dyer, and has consulted on a huge number of award-winning films over the past decade. Lucy is head reader for the London Screenwriters' Festival and has written several novels, including her crime fiction debut The Other Twin (2017, Orenda Books) and two other books for the Creative Essentials series: Writing & Selling Drama Screenplays and Writing & Selling Thriller Screenplays. She lives in Devon with her husband, three children, five cats and a bunch of African Land Snails.

Trust Lucy Hay on the film and TV business. In her trademark cut-to-the-chase style, she meticulously sets out what the public likes and the industry wants and crucially, concludes with invaluable in-depth career strategies for getting your scripts read and you into the industry. The go-to book on thrillers. Keep one on your desk -- Linda Aronson