How to option material to adapt as a Screenplay

Hollywood is obsessed with IP. You can get in the game yourself if you find a book, short story, or non-fiction piece that you want to turn into a script. Here's how.

For better or for worse, a TV show or movie is much more likely to sell if it’s based on another piece of material that was previously published in some capacity.

But you don’t have to wait for a producer to offer you an Open Writing Assignment.

As a writer, if you find a book, short story, or comic that you want to turn into a screenplay, you can option…