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Posted by: Stacee, April 6th, 2019, 9:34pm
Hello all! I am new to posting here, but I've read so many amazing things (as I've lurked for a little less than a year!) I am a screenwriter and have my first optioned piece for Netflix! Thank you for allowing me into your universe of screenwriting. Hopefully I can collaborate with some of you!

:) :)
Posted by: Mr.Ripley, April 6th, 2019, 9:38pm; Reply: 1
Welcome aboard.

Congrats on the option. Hope everything turns out well. Read anything you like and provide your honest review, be it negative or positive. Feel free to post up work. And Hope you enjoy it here.

Mind telling us a little bit about yourself such what you like to watch and what genres interest you?

Gabe
Posted by: Stacee, April 6th, 2019, 9:42pm; Reply: 2

Quoted from Mr.Ripley
Welcome aboard.

Congrats on the option. Hope everything turns out well. Read anything you like and provide your honest review, be it negative or positive. Feel free to post up work. And Hope you enjoy it here.

Mind telling us a little bit about yourself such what you like to watch and what genres interest you?

Gabe


Oh for sure! I just started watching the marvel show the gifted, but a lot of different genres intrigue me.

My optioned show can be found: http://www.tvlockwood.com... I am writing two other shows, too and they're completely different genres than the one being optioned... Just hope my writing is good enough. Once my new two pilots are finished I will most definitely post them up. :D
Posted by: Mr.Ripley, April 6th, 2019, 9:54pm; Reply: 3
Cool.

Can’t wait to see it.

Forgot to mention it but If you have any questions, ask away. A lot of people here are willing to help out.

Enjoy

Gabe
Posted by: Zack, April 6th, 2019, 10:14pm; Reply: 4
Welcome to the gang, Stacee. And congrats on the option! That's really awesome. I'll be sure to keep a look out for your work.
Posted by: James McClung, April 6th, 2019, 10:20pm; Reply: 5
Hey there, Stacee. Welcome. Hope you enjoy your stay. Big congrats on the option!
Posted by: LC, April 6th, 2019, 11:03pm; Reply: 6
Hi Stacee, and welcome to SS.

Wow! You sound like you're already ahead of the game with an Option to Netflix. Congrats on that.

To help you negotiate the site the following links:

https://www.simplyscripts.net/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?m-1124159895/s-0/

https://www.simplyscripts.net/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?b-screenwrite/

And, follow Recent Posts for what's current.

You sound busy but if you're interested it looks like a Simply Scripts One Week (Anonymous) Writing Challenge  is on the horizon.

Stay tuned...

:)

Posted by: ghost and_ghostie gal, April 7th, 2019, 12:00am; Reply: 7
Welcome, Stacee,  

Hello back... Writers are a separate creature than other people. It's awesome to have a place like this where we can kind of gather and understand each other. -Andrea
Posted by: LC, April 7th, 2019, 12:11am; Reply: 8
I was just going to add: Any questions feel free to ask, but I have my own question, Stacee...

What was the process for getting an Option with Netflix??
Posted by: eldave1, April 7th, 2019, 10:34am; Reply: 9
Welcome, Stacie - and congrats on the option.
Posted by: Philostrate, April 7th, 2019, 1:41pm; Reply: 10
Hello Stacee,

Welcome to SS and big congrats on the option, sounds amazing.
Posted by: khamanna, April 7th, 2019, 2:43pm; Reply: 11
Very cool! Congrats and welcome :)
Posted by: Night_Writer, April 7th, 2019, 6:18pm; Reply: 12
Congrats on the option!  Very nice.
Posted by: Matthew Taylor, April 8th, 2019, 4:46am; Reply: 13
Welcome aboard!

Congrats on the option - very exciting!

This is a great community so good decision to sign up - see you around

Matt
Posted by: AnthonyCawood, April 8th, 2019, 5:55am; Reply: 14
Welcome aboard and congrats on the show option!
Posted by: Stacee, October 16th, 2019, 10:44pm; Reply: 15

Quoted from LC
I was just going to add: Any questions feel free to ask, but I have my own question, Stacee...

What was the process for getting an Option with Netflix??


Sorry for the late reply!

It was all through my agent! It's a lengthy process and it's taking months, but it'll be all worth the wait if they proceed with it! I wouldn't write more than just a pilot script if you're writing a series.  Don't pick the cast, don't do anything over the top with it. Make sure you have your story bible/pitch ready, too, because it's VERY important.

I haven't gotten in with a movie, yet. I haven't finished my script for it, but I plan on producing that. Movies are a lot easier to get revenue back for investors than television series are, so movies are a better bet in the long run.

I've had a lot of people turn me down and tell me to make my tv series into a movie, but I didn't. I just kept improving the script and it's now in a powerful place. (Reminds me of Stranger Things)
Posted by: LC, October 17th, 2019, 2:12am; Reply: 16
Stacee, thanks so much for the reply and thanks for the elaboration.

I'm thinking you must have done something great to get that Agent in the first place. It's a chicken and egg situation with a lot of us writers.

All the very best with the Option. Hope all comes to fruition and we can all watch it.

SS is a great place for getting exposure for your work, meeting (at least virtually) other writers etc.

I hope you'll post some of your other work sometime soon, even if a WIP

Here: https://www.simplyscripts.net/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?b-workinprogress/
Or, here:   https://www.simplyscripts.com/submit_your_script_new.html

Any other questions feel free to ask.  ;)
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