On one of the screenwriting forums I frequent, one
budding scribe who was fed up with the script comp route, asked, "How you get your work seen/sold if you live 1000
miles from Hollywood?" I dashed out a quick, brief response that he actually
found helpful. Maybe you will too.
It's tough, but with technology these days, it's a
heck of a lot easier than it was 20 years ago. Again, it starts with a GREAT
script; a script that is marketable and worthy of being made into a movie. Then
you'll need a great pitch, a great query. Not good--GREAT. Then you need to
send those queries out...to producers, to agents, to managers. Not a dozen or
two dozen, but 100+. Remember, this is a numbers game. If you send, say,
150 queries, you'd be doing pretty good if you got 10 responses: "Yes,
send me your script!" or "Feel free to call me!" This is how it
starts. Not easy, but that's how it is. Hopefully you can make some good
connections this way. If you do, come out to Los Angeles for a few days
(assuming the connections are in L.A., of course) and start meeting people,
have meetings, take 'em to lunch. Again, not easy, but this is how it works.
Getting back to script competitions: If you must enter any of them, enter one
or more of the top 5 (Nicholl, etc.). If you can win or place high, you can get
some notice...and this could lead to some very good things. Again, it's a
numbers game: the more you do and the more you put yourself--and your GREAT
scripts--out there, the better your chances of success. Hope this has been
helpful. Good luck!
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