By working on projects that won't sell no matter how well written they are, writers can waste years trying to "break in." and see their books published, their scripts produced. After good writing of a HIGH CONCEPT idea that will attract major stars to the film adaptation, nothing is more important to your accelerated advance than 1) KNOWING YOUR MARKET: what we're looking for, right now, and what we're not looking for, and 2) writing with CASTABILITY in mind. 3) THINK AMERICAN! CONTEMPORARY! MAINSTREAM AUDIENCE! As a service to our Internet friends, we'll be updating this feature to keep you posted on what agents, publishers, and producers are looking for and what they're NOT looking for right now. Yes, the trends are cyclical.

:::.............................. MARKET TRENDS WHAT'S HOT Action Thrillers Smart High Concept Comedies High Concept Romantic comedies with a twist Contemporary take on a classic High Concept Self-promoting franchise Action Comedy WHAT'S NOT Mob Middle East - Iraq stories Westerns Super Heroes without rights to an underlying property: franchise, comic, graphic novel etc. Horror Programmers