Speed Write Your First Screenplay: From Blank Spaces to Great Pages in Just 90 Days

by Mark Victor Hansen, Steve Gottry

Imagine this! You sell a “spec” screenplay to a major Hollywood studio. Maybe this is a new idea that just occurred to you, or perhaps it’s some¬thing you’ve thought about for some time. Of course you realize that hundreds of thousands of books are published every year but fewer mov¬ies are produced and a self-produced movie is rare. But fortunately for aspiring screenwriters there are many newer entities buying and making original motion pictures today, including Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, and the History Channel.

If you want to compete with established screenwriters you’ll have to STUDY, WORK HARD, and NEVER GIVE UP. You’ll need HONEST CRITICS and possibly a WRITING PARTNER. But once you begin the process, you will love it! You’ll feel energized and who knows, you might even become obsessed with writing. Perhaps you want to share what you’ve learned about life and your beliefs or perhaps you want to design your own characters and create a story to place them in. Either way, when you’ve finished you will be so proud of what you’ve accomplished. So grab this book and your diary or journal, your laptop, a tablet or a few blank sheets of paper. Find a quiet place to work, pour yourself a liquid refreshment, and start to fill in the blanks. You can start over as many times as you want. Just keep writing and get ready to share your screenplay with the world!

76 pages, Paperback

Published October 12, 2021

About the author

Mark Victor Hansen is an American inspirational and motivational speaker, trainer and author. He is best known as the founder and co-creator of the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" book series.


Mark Victor Hansen was born to Danish immigrants, Una and Paul Hansen. He grew up in Waukegan, Illinois. He graduated from Southern Illinois University in 1970 with a B.A. in speech communications.

Along with business partner, Jack Canfield , Hansen is best known for creating what Time magazine called “the publishing phenomenon of the decade”. Chicken Soup for the Soul books are one of the most successful publishing franchises in the world today, with more than 500 million books sold internationally and more than 100 licensed products. The name “Chicken Soup” was chosen because of the use of chicken soup as a home remedy for the sick. The first Chicken Soup book, published by Health Communications, Inc., sold more than 2 million copies. There are now over 500 million copies in print and in 54 languages worldwide.

In 2005 he co-wrote, along with Robert Allen, the book "Cracking the Millionaire Code" in which he highlights several self-made millionaires such as Bob Circosta, Michael Dell, Bill Gates, Alexander Graham Bell, Oprah Winfrey, and others, using them as examples of how to build wealth.