21: Are You Targeting the Right Christmas Producer?
Screenwriter Karen Schaler discusses how to strategically target the right Christmas producers, ensuring your Christmas movie idea lands in the hands of those most likely to bring it to life.
20: Why You Need 70+ Christmas Script Ideas
Christmas script ideas are hard to come up with. Screenwriter and development exec, Cara Russell offers tips on how to generate more ideas, expanding your producer network and maintaining a healthy work-life balance.
19: How to Make Your Christmas Spec Stand Out
Unlock Christmas spec secrets with screenwriter Timothy Kuryak. Learn genre innovation, representation strategies, portfolio building, and writing for international markets.
18: Why Emotion Beats Originality in Holiday Scripts
Screenwriter Isabel Dréan, discusses why holiday scripts with heartfelt storytelling has more power than original plots in creating memorable Christmas movies.
17: How to Market Your Script For Success
Producer Jesse Ikeman of Vortex Media explains how to market your script to fit a networks brand, build industry relationships, and master the art of emotional storytelling for greater script success.
16: The Secret to Christmas Movie Magic Is Hiding in Plain Sight
Screenwriter Christine Conradt reveals why a protagonist’s lessons learned trumps plot resolution.
15: DIY Christmas Movie Finds Success
James Temple, an independent writer, director, and producer, explores the art of making a DIY Christmas movie.
14: Lifetime’s Christmas Movie Success Formula
Lifetime's VP of Scripted Content, Sapna Vyas, shares the success formula behind enduring Christmas movie hits.
13: How To Write Exactly What Producers Want
Australian-based producer/director Steve Jaggi advises writers on how to connect with producers. He reveals an easy way to write exactly what producers want.
12: Persistence Pays – Holiday Script Success
Holiday Script Success! After enduring 40 years of rejections, screenwriter Brian Ruberry finally found success by writing a holiday script.