You’re going to want to write a “stack buster.”
I was talking to a development executive last week. They were bemoaning the giant stack of screenplays they had to read over the weekend. I was trying to find a way to ask them to check out my latest script.
It was a back-and-forth that happens to every screenwriter at some point in their lives. At a certain moment, I knew I wasn’t going to be able to send him my script, so I instead asked him how he would decide on what to read first. He told me he always started with the shortest scripts, unless there was a real “stack buster.”
It was right about then that I learned a brand new term for my screenwriting glossary.
Do you know what a stack buster is? I had to stop the conversation right then and ask.
What’s a “stack buster” screenplay?
Basically, a stack buster is a screenplay that has a logline or pitch from the agent that is so fun, so interesting, and so good that people prioritize reading it right away.
These scripts skip the line.
Author: Jason Hellerman
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
