Learn directly from Emmy Award-winning producer Lane Shefter Bishop!

“Your story/book seems like it would make a great TV series or movie!” Ever heard these words before? If so, join executive Lane Shefter Bishop, as she takes you through the process in this Stage 32 Next Level Webinar.

Over the last few years, Lane Shefter Bishop with Vast Entertainment has set up more than two dozen book properties – many of them only book proposals and early partials – with studios, networks and production companies throughout the entertainment industry. Underlying intellectual property is like gold these days. Great projects ‘based on’ or ‘inspired by’ literary material are constantly in demand. And by being in the center of this ‘content is king’ world, only Lane can give you the valuable insights towards making your story more sellable to the industry marketplace.

Experience Dealing with Book-to-Screen

Lane Shefter Bishop is a multi-award winning producer/director who has received numerous accolades including an EMMY, 6 Telly Awards, a Videographer Award, three Communicator Awards, a Sherril C. Corwin Award, an Aurora Award, a Davey Award, a New York Festivals Award and the DGA Fellowship Award for Episodic Television. Ms. Bishop is currently the CEO of Vast Entertainment, a book-to-screen company with numerous projects in active development.

How a Book-to-Screen Producer/Director like Lane works

85% of Lane’s projects come in as early ‘sneak-peeks’ at book proposals, stories and partials. Gone are the days when an entire galley was needed to pitch a property. Most of the time, it takes only 50-100 pages, a strong “hook” story and great characters for Lane to make a sale these days. Lane will talk about how someone in her position works:

• Book proposals
• Screenplays as book proposals
• Partials
• Why only books? – rate of return
• Why early? – getting around the bestseller and publisher stigmas

The Book-to-Screen Process

Not many folks know about or talk about what the process is really like going from book to screen. Because Lane has been involved from square one – finding the project, then herding it through the screenwriter and director search as well as the development process, all the way through physical production on set – she is able to share her valuable insights into how it all works, what you can expect:

• The value of underlying IP (Intellectual Property) - % of films now from previous materials
• Making screenwriter choices
• The “Creative Control” issue

What is a Book-to-Screen Logline?

A top-notch Logline is a writer’s most important asset – invaluable for query letters, for keeping laser focused on what makes a story unique, and for having the perfect elevator pitch ready to go. Lane is the leading authority on Loglines and her book Loglines: the Art of Selling Your Story in a Single Sentence published by McFarland:

• Answering “what is your book about?” – elevator pitch
• Helping your query letter

How to create a perfect Logline?

In writers conference seminars across the country, Lane has imparted her knowledge on how to create a perfect logline. Now she will share some of these secrets with you. Additionally, Lane will walk you step-by- step through sample loglines – showing poor examples, then changing them as you watch and learn:

• Protagonist
• Descriptives
• Uniqueness/Hook
• Stakes
• Length

Q&A with Lane

• Novelists
• Writers
• Poets
• Screenwriters
• Producers looking to learn the book or story pitch