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Young writers need to understand that there is an industry within an industry here. People that will show you the way. Give you coverage, organised a script contest, give you email addresses to query, run a blog, help you pitch, help you with your logline and so on.
Most of these guys are failed writers that are looking for a way to make a living.
Scott from SGC is a legit agent, he represented the writer of the movie Miss Sloane. So, he might help you get something going, if he likes the script.
However, probably the best course of action for any up-and-coming person interested in film is to make their own movie. Make it cheap and don't hope that you'll make any money, cause probably nothing will come of it unless you're very talented and know what you're doing.
Thanks to all. The feedback is what I felt. Hard to break in now. Two scripts done - no representation.
Interested scam last night that falls into Dave's notes.
Been sending Queries out to agencies. Some respond - some don't (Very few allow the query letter)
Anyway sent query to Management-sgc. Got an instant reply from scott that he doesn't accept anything without a recommend from a coverage person he personally knew. He then recommended one. (Gonna leave this blank) Looked on guys site and emailed him. His rates are slightly higher then others. Seems like a failed writer (I think one script optioned) but I may be wrong here.
When I mentioned others, he kept saying he didn't know them. Said it was to my betterment to use his guy because if I handed in a bad script - I'd never be read again - LOL is he kidding me.
So the coverage gets back - says basically he's read 10,000 scripts in his life. (When does he write) Now reads about 400 a year. And that if I wanted this for Scott don't do it because he only gives 2-3 a year a pass. BUT! He also said I needed if I wanted to present a professional crisp script. (As if he's the only guy that can do this)
I read somewhere where a good agent gets about 30-50 scripts / queries a week. If he passes these on to the other guy and splits profits that's a nice side job / scam.
Also he mentioned why would an accomplished agent give up two - three hours to read a script? THAT'S HIS JOB!
I do have a question about here. Is anybody worried about stolen work.
Yes - most "gurus" are failed writers.
Yes - it is extremely difficult to get a script read by a real professional/agent/studio - that is what lets the scam market thrive.
On your last question - "worried about theft."
Yes - that should always be a worry. However, it is the ultimate double edged sword. Without visibility, how does your script get read????
This will differ greatly among writers on this site and I don't think there is a wrong way or a right way. But this is what I do.
- Get a WGA number for every feature script I write - Add the copyrite warning to all my scripts - Keep every email documenting correspondence with anyone I deal with who has an interest in the script.
Beyond that - I try to get my work out there is broadly as possible. I post all my scripts here, Script Revolution and on my own website. I enter some in contests and have submitted several to agencies. Yes, someone may steal a script - but what is more likely is that they will steal the core concept/idea of your story. If you decide that you are not even going to share that - what are you left with???
Long winded way of saying I do not let the fear of theft deter my circulation of my work. Others will legitimately argue that that is a bad idea. For me, I see no other way to try to get a nibble.
It is a fact that the vast majority of scripts will never attract any interest. It is also a fact that the vast majority of aspiring writers will fail. But, from those who do succeed, how may end up writing flops and bad movies in general?
It would not be an exaggeration to say that most movies that get produced are indeed bad. About 600 movies are produced each year in the US. Yet most people can barely come up with one or two dozen of them if you ask them, and this is for moviegoers, the general public will most probably be unable to name six of them.
What I would suggest is to study these scripts and write to these standards. It might feel like "selling out" but it is not. You don't have to write what the audience will like, you have to write whatever you want to write in a way that the audience will understand. There is no better way to convey your message than to present it in a way that the majority of people will understand. Now if you don't have a message, then you are in screenwriting for the wrong reasons.
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