I wrote a screenplay. I'm looking for suggestions on how to have my script read and evaluated by a Hollywood agent or anyone in the entertainment industry. I do not live in Hollywood and I do not know anyone in the business. Thank you.|||First things first, before you market your screenplay, register it with the WGA and/or copyright it. (See www.wga.org and/or www.copyright.gov for how.)
Second, be sure you're ready. Screenwriters' first sales average out as their NINTH script; first scripts tend to be pretty bad, although the screenwriter doesn't see it that way until s/he's written several more.
It's not unusual for an agent or production company to like your work but have no use for the script they've seen. You want to be able to say "Yes" when they ask, "Got anything like a romantic comedy, or a family movie?" It's highle recommended that you have at least three highly polished screenplays in three genres before you start marketing yourself.
When you're ready, you want to get the most recent HCD, the Hollywood Creative Directory, agents edition. Pore over it, determining which agents are seeking works similar to yours in genre and tone. Check their sales records online. (There are lots of scams and idea thefts.) Write a kick-azz one-page query letter "selling" your script. Enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope.
Don't sit back and wait for the big call or letter. Odds are it won't come. Instead, get busy writing your next screenplay.|||Check out the site:
http://www.scriptblasters.com|||DO NOT SEND IT TO HOLLYWOOD. You have to get an agent. A friend of mine has an uncle in Hollywood....his uncle is just a cameraman's assistant. He said that scripts are stolen all the time and it's so hard to take them to court and win. Find an agent....and I wish the best of luck to you!
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