Writing Movies for Fun and Profit: How We Made a Billion Dollars at the Box Office and You Can, Too!

Robert Ben Garant · Thomas Lennon

Jul 2011 · Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

This isthe only screenwriting guide by two guys who have actually done it (instead of some schmuck who just gives lectures about screenwriting at the airport Marriott); “These guys are proof that with no training and little education, ANYONE can make it as a screenwriter” (Paul Rudd).

Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon’s movies have made over a billion dollars at the box office—and now they show you how to do it yourself! This book is full of secret insider information about how to conquer the Hollywood studio system: how to write, pitch, structure, and get drunk with the best of them. Well…maybe not the best of them, but certainly the most successful. (If you’re aiming to win an Oscar, this is not the book for you!) But if you can type a little, and can read and speak English—then you too can start turning your words into stacks of money!

This is the only screenwriting book you will ever need (because all other ones pretty much suck). In these pages, Garant and Lennon provide the kind of priceless tips you won’t find anywhere else, including:

-The art of pitching
-Getting your foot in the door
-Taking notes from movie stars
-How to get fired and rehired
-How to get credit and royalties!

And most important: what to buy with the huge piles of money you’re going to make!

Writing Movies for Fun and Profit will take you through the highs and lows of life as a professional screenwriter. From the highs of hugging Gisele Bündchen and getting kung fu punched by Jackie Chan to the soul-crushing lows of Herbie: Fully Loaded.

Read this book and you’ll have everything you need to make your first billion the old-fashioned way—by “selling out” in show business!

A portion of the authors’ proceeds from this book are being contributed to the USO of Metropolitan Washington, a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to serving active duty military members and their families in the greater Washington, DC, region.

Ratings and reviews

Common play Store u haved earn a lot try to give a return gaviour fr those who is not able to pay by there bad nd sad condition give u a expample like me i have nth search fr a job witch not able to find in this summer but still never giving up by this life big wish was to earn this much witch don't have to tell wow it's expensive not in my limits but at list the founder m talking to u give some respect nd take some by giving ur love to those whose not happy by the ammount whose not able to offerd b gantel i hope u r like u have money u create this company no this big company plzzz it's a small wish witch ever one have b gentle i hope ur having a good day nd good health massage fr the founder of play Store . One more thing I think no one will show or forword this massage but not to worry i will take the screenshot nd I'll post in fb Instagram +Twitter hope the massage will get to him soon god bless hole world ..

No wonder these guys made all kinds of money, they are fantastic writers! I am new to screenwriting, so I was looking for a book that would give me a genral direction to go in since I neither of my degrees are in writing. The book is written to be very informative AND entertaining. It gives you a lot of great guidance on the kind of mind-set you should have at every step of the way. Very well done! Now let's just hope I can get a script sold and put their advice to work.

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About the author

Thomas Lennon attended the Tisch School of the Arts, where he cofounded the influential sketch comedy group, The State. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, actress Jenny Robertson, and their son, Oliver.