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[CRiMS0N]

I've completed work on a screenplay I've been writing, however I'm not sure where do I go from here. Does anyone have any advice for getting in contact with the right people to have it looked over and possibly moved into production??

I appreciate any suggestions/ advice anyone is willing to throw my way... Thank You

CRiMS0N

[Ron Aberdeen]

Hi CRiMSON

I only started writing last year and found two web sites most useful.

The first is Kevin Spacey’s TriggerStreet where you can post your script and receive reviews on it.

Expect hard critique to start with particularly on presentation but if you are serious about becoming a writer the site will help you develop.

The address is www.triggerstreet.com

The other is InkTip. On this site you can post your script (this one costs $50 a script for 6 months), it is designed to protect the writer and your script must be registered at somewhere like WGA. (costs $20).

Producers, directors and studios have access to site for free, after they have registered and proved their accreditations.

I started putting scripts on this site on the 1st of April last year. Through it I have had two commissions to write for renowned producers after they read some of my screenplay on the site. Both films go into production this year.

The address is www.inktip.com

Good luck

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rja said:

your script must be registered at somewhere like WGA. (costs $20).

WGA? Got a link for it?

[Ron Aberdeen]

It's really difficult to find this link - if you type in WGA in Google - guess what - www.wga.org/ shows up.

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rja said:

It's really difficult to find this link - if you type in WGA in Google - guess what - www.wga.org/ shows up.

Funny guy.

[Ron Aberdeen]

No. Intelligent!

[CRiMS0N]

Hey Ron,

I really appreciate the heads up about triggerstreet.com, I've already checked it out. However I'm still pretty leary about posting an entire script on the page. Have you heard of an instances of dishonesty, people stealing scripts or anything of that nature?? I've had people steal work from me in the past, so I've become kind of jaded in this respect....

Thanks Again
CRiMS0N

[Ron Aberdeen]

I’ve posted several screenplays on the site and had no problems. I agree it is a worry but you have to take some risks in life.

First I register the concept as a treatment, normally 8 to 12 pages, on WGA (Writers Guild of America). Then I register, when completed the script.

Then post on TS. I also include the WGA number on the title page.

Currently there is about 2,400 screenplays up on the site and I’ve managed to get two of mine into the Top Ten.

More importantly the reviews have helped me improve my writing in several ways.

Presentation, dialogue and character development. Also by reviewing other writer’s work, it’s made me more aware of my own weaknesses.

I now work with two members of TS on separate collaboration projects and have completed one horror with one of them, which is now up on InkTip.

Through Skype I have weekly conversations with them for zilch, which is great being based in the UK and both of them in the US.

Another site which is interesting is MovieJigsaw, www.moviejigsaw.com, this is a UK site where people can submit ideas for scripts and writers, such as myself can bid (not money but what your terms are). If the idea creator accepts your bid you get the idea to convert into a script.

So far I’ve pick up three great ideas and completed two scripts from them. Currently I’m working on the third idea.

If MJ likes your work they will add it to their promotion list.

By using TriggerStreet, InkTip and MovieJigsaw, in just over one year I’ve gone from thinking about the idea of writing for a living to, writing for a living.

I’ve completed ten solo scripts, two collaborations, two commissions (for theatrical release and for money) and landed a contract to write a 13 episode Sci-Fi Horror with a two hour pilot. (more money).

It is worth considering that about 120,000 scripts are registered a year, that’s not including the ones that are not. Less than 1,000 of those will be made into a movie.