Hi all! Huge apologies if this has been covered in the past on Stage 32. I'm not seeing anything in the archives, so here goes my query: My writing partner (in NYC) and I (in Santa Barbara, CA) have just finished our first screenplay along with a very cool pitch deck. SO NOW WHAT? (haha) Our underst...
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Maureen Mahon -- awesome awesome comments, thank you so much. (And yeah, we registered it with the Copyright Office several months ago...that was probably the easiest thing we've done, haha.) This is such valuable information!
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Dan Guardino -- WTF? You've had some crazy success, huh?? Wow. Good for you. So -- it's best to avoid calling agents when I have only 1 script to offer or talk about, right. But re the selling of your...
Expand commentDan Guardino -- WTF? You've had some crazy success, huh?? Wow. Good for you. So -- it's best to avoid calling agents when I have only 1 script to offer or talk about, right. But re the selling of your first screenplay via a query letter, was it your first (completed) screenplay or your first sale of a screenplay? I'm sure, based on what you said, that the agent relationship came only after you had a few scripts to show around. (?) Thanks for your comments!
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Leonor -- haha, I couldn't possibly correct you if you were wrong, in any sense whatsoever!! But applying for a grant, eh? ...hmmm...I'll see what I find out and we'll go from there! Very Best of Luck to you also!!
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Robert, Pat, and Sam -- Thank You All for your insights here; excellent information that there's no way we could have guessed. So contests are still an excellent way to simply gain exposure -- that makes such obvious sense (duhhh) -- this information is GOLD, you guys. xoxo
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I didn’t get my manager until I had 8 projects written and two of those projects are fully packaged.