Explains the processes of developing, pitching, and submitting stories. The book includes such unique information as a 10-point checklist for a completed script, the eight most common reasons why a script can be rejected, what really happens to a script once it's submitted, how to navigate within the industry, and much more.
Yoneda is an industry veteran, currently under contract to Paramount TV in their Longform Division, and an independent script consultant whose clientele includes several award-winning writers.
Wallace began writing screenplays in the mid-1980s, and in 1985 she won an Academy Award for co-writing the movie Witness. She has written and co-written several other films, including the award-winning HBO film If These Walls Could Talk, the CBS movie of the week Borrowed Hearts, and the ABC movies of the week Lovers of Deceit and Alibi.