QUERY LETTER TEMPLATE
From scriptopus.com/screenwriting-query-letter

Fill each gap, then delete the labels and the notes in (brackets).
Keep the whole email under 200 words.

SUBJECT
Query: [TITLE], a [pages]-page [genre or format]
(With a referral: Referred by [Name]: [TITLE], a [pages]-page [genre or format]. If their submissions page gives a subject line, use theirs word for word.)

GREETING
Dear [their name],
(Check the spelling, and that they still work there.)

WHY THEM
[One sentence: a client whose scripts are close to yours, a film they made, or something they have said they want to read.]
(True, and true of this person only. A referral goes here, by name.)

LOGLINE
[One sentence: who it is about, what happens, what they must do and what stands in the way.]

THE STORY
[Two or three sentences on where it goes after the set-up, in the tone of the script.]
(Hold the ending back.)

ABOUT YOU
[One or two lines: what makes you the writer for this script, or a result chosen by someone outside your family.]
(Leave it out if there is nothing yet.)

THE ASK
Would you like to read [TITLE]? It's a finished [pages]-page [format], and I can send it today.

SIGN-OFF
Best wishes,
[Full name]
[Email]
[Phone]

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BEFORE YOU SEND

[ ] I've read their submissions page, and done what it asks.
[ ] Their name and company are spelled right, and they still work there.
[ ] It's under 200 words.
[ ] It offers one script, with no attachments or links.
[ ] It goes to one person, from my own address.
[ ] It's logged in the tracker.