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ACQUIRING SCREENPLAY RIGHTS
If you haven’t written your own screenplay, you will either have to buy one from someone who has written one, or hire someone to write a script for you. You may even have to buy someone’s script and hire the writer to rewrite it.
In this chapter you will learn how to:
• Purchase a screenplay. (See The Screenplay Option/Purchase, p. 74.)
• Hire a screenwriter. (See Hiring a Screenwriter, p. 82.)
• Adapt a script from a noval or comic book. (See Screenplay Adaptation, p. 88.)
• Purchase the right to sommeone's life story. (See Life Story Right, p. 94.)
BUYING RIGHTS
When you acquire literary property, such as the rights to a screenplay or the right to turn a book into a movie, you must pay special attention to ...
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