Writing Sample: Sales Letter to a Reseller…

It’s easy to get tossed in the “round file” when entering the Hollywood maze. Fear not — the affordable writers’ solution has just arrived.

Dear Purchasing Agent,

Everybody dreams of a better life. And everybody believes they can write. These days the dream they’re chasing is not literary acclaim for writing the great American novel, but financial success through writing the next hot Hollywood screenplay. That’s where ____________ comes in. It provides perfect script formatting at an unbeatable price.

“Tab” and “Enter” are the only special keys the user needs to know. Forget about clunky Control-Keys and Alt-Keys. Writer’s that choose our software are able to stay in that creative right-brain mode — keeping their fingers on the keyboard and letting the emotion flow into their story.

Here are five reasons to carry ______________:

• One out of five individual’s consider themselves a writer
• Interest in the movie business and becoming a screenwriter is growing at an astonishing rate
• It’s 1/3 of the cost of other stand-alone script formatters on the market
• It’s the least expensive, easy to use, stand-alone script formatter on the market
• Our professional version of the software has under five (5) percent in returns

Can we interest you in a product that one out of five customers that enter your store would be interested in? Well, we certainly hope so. But only you can decide whether this software makes sense for your organization.

Enclosed is an evaluation copy of the software (when asked for a serial number, type “reviewcopy”). Please call me to place an order or further discuss this great selling opportunity.

Since _____, Over 85% of the Academy Award Nominations and Emmy Awards went to production companies that use __________ software. Why carry anything else?

Sincerely,

Johnny Smith

XYZ Software Inc.

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About surrealist11

Writer. Born David J. Evangelisti in Colorado. David has lived in New Mexico, Colorado, Ohio and California. Enamored with movies from an early age, he enrolled in San Jose State University’s Journalism program. While studying journalism, public relations and filmmaking, he wrote and directed two films: “A Day in the Life of a San Jose Cockroach” and “Theft of a Shopping Cart” (in the vein of Vittoria De Sica’s “Bicycle Thief”). David earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism, concentration in Film, from San Jose State University. He began working in the areas of sales and marketing as a writer. In addition, he has written travel articles, travel memoirs, advertising copy, comedy bits, feature film scripts, personal essays and short stories. To date, he has written three unproduced feature film scripts: “Treading Water”, “The Other Cinema” and “A Sympathetic Lie”. From 2003-2004 he was an official taster for the Royal Academy of Wine Tasters. The Royal Academy attempted to create an unbiased wine rating system available to every winery, vineyard or wine distributor across the United States and around the world. This blog is a compilation of the following: a slang dictionary; personal essays; comedic rants; travel memoirs; literary journalism; feature articles; recipes; restaurant reviews; wine reviews; slice-of-life vignettes.
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