Reality check: your original spec screenplay is probably never going to get sold. But that’s okay because your primary goal is not to sell your script. The truth of the matter is that a career as a screenwriter is less about selling your great screenplay and everything about selling yourself. A good original screenplay with a unique and memorable voice is hard to come by, and just because the “power people” might not want to make your movie, they do want to meet the person who wrote a really great script.

Screenplay Genre: Drama / Horror Movie Time: 136 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT During an evening walk, Rosemary (Mia Farrow) and Guy (John Cassavetes) approach a crowd on the street. They see that Rosemary's neighbor friend has apparently committed suicide by jumping out of the apartment's window. (00:16:20)