If there is one absolute in Hollywood, it is that NOBODY READS. That fact alone creates quite a conundrum for the screenwriter. Nobody reads? The truth is that when a new spec screenplay comes into an agency or production company, its first stop is definitely not straight to a producer’s or agent’s desk. A director certainly won’t read it. And actors, forget about it. But there has to be somebody who reads it, right? Readers read. And who are readers? They are the secretaries, the assistants, the interns. They are the undervalued and underpaid (and sometimes unpaid)…

Screenplay Genre: Action / Adventure / Fantasy Movie Time: 178 minutes 1. INCITING INCIDENT Using the ring, Bilbo Baggins disappears from the festivities of his 111 birthday and returns to his home to pack up before leaving the Shire. However, the Wizard Gandalf waylays him, reminding Bilbo to leave the ring behind. When Bilbo refuses, calling the ring "my precious", Gandalf reminds Bilbo that he is trying to help him. Bilbo drops the ring, leaving it for his nephew Frodo, and departs. (00:20:02)