I just recently signed up here as this is my first post. I am an unpublished writer seeking some additional direction. Perhaps someone here may have a suggestion.
I have written a dramatic script which I am hoping to sell to the television market as a serial. Because of the different forms of media, this could also include online distribution. In my attempts to market the script, I have run the gamut from contacting productions companies, TV networks open to proposal, and agents (one with whom I did work).
Now that I’m back to square one, so to speak, I am trying to decide my next step. One thing that I did in the past was contacting production companies specifically in New England. The reason was because the bulk of the story is set in a fictional Massachusetts town with my thought process being that using any area of New England as well as its people would make it realistic. Moreover, this would help give a boost to the local film community in those regions. I have also contacted producers in Canada, in part because a few of my characters have ties to that country, but also to broaden my horizon of opportunities. While it may be true that the odds are stacked against you to “break into” Hollywood, it would behoove me and others to widen the scope of options. Perhaps my story is not best told through the eyes of Hollywood anyway.
While Hollywood is the place to be and the supplier of a lot of content, the distributers should not put all of their eggs in one basket. If the big one comes and California sinks, from where will we get our entertainment? The music industry finally learned the hard way that you cannot ignore new ways of distribution and that artists no longer need the “big deal” from a major. You can make your own recordings and distribute them online. In my case, I’m not a filmmaker nor is there any particular film community where I am, so I am seeking professionals to help. That does not mean that I want to move to every location where there might be action. In the old days, that may have been the case, but I think that in the age of the Internet and social networks, the content providers should be open to new ideas. Why should there be the “Catch-22” of hiring an agent, most of which you cannot obtain unless you have certain credentials, because that is the requirement for getting the attention of the Hollywood and New York media? It is also not my desire to make a career out of screenwriting, but rather to have my script optioned and perhaps a subsequent one related to this potential serial.
Over the years, I have made some contact within the New England film and theater communities, including actors and producers. I also have a few people within my network of friends and acquaintances that have some connection to those in the entertainment industry in Hollywood. Still, I do not want to be bothersome to them. I am reexamining this approach, but would be interested to learn of other possibilities, especially those that I may not have considered. Please let me know your thoughts.
I have written a dramatic script which I am hoping to sell to the television market as a serial. Because of the different forms of media, this could also include online distribution. In my attempts to market the script, I have run the gamut from contacting productions companies, TV networks open to proposal, and agents (one with whom I did work).
Now that I’m back to square one, so to speak, I am trying to decide my next step. One thing that I did in the past was contacting production companies specifically in New England. The reason was because the bulk of the story is set in a fictional Massachusetts town with my thought process being that using any area of New England as well as its people would make it realistic. Moreover, this would help give a boost to the local film community in those regions. I have also contacted producers in Canada, in part because a few of my characters have ties to that country, but also to broaden my horizon of opportunities. While it may be true that the odds are stacked against you to “break into” Hollywood, it would behoove me and others to widen the scope of options. Perhaps my story is not best told through the eyes of Hollywood anyway.
While Hollywood is the place to be and the supplier of a lot of content, the distributers should not put all of their eggs in one basket. If the big one comes and California sinks, from where will we get our entertainment? The music industry finally learned the hard way that you cannot ignore new ways of distribution and that artists no longer need the “big deal” from a major. You can make your own recordings and distribute them online. In my case, I’m not a filmmaker nor is there any particular film community where I am, so I am seeking professionals to help. That does not mean that I want to move to every location where there might be action. In the old days, that may have been the case, but I think that in the age of the Internet and social networks, the content providers should be open to new ideas. Why should there be the “Catch-22” of hiring an agent, most of which you cannot obtain unless you have certain credentials, because that is the requirement for getting the attention of the Hollywood and New York media? It is also not my desire to make a career out of screenwriting, but rather to have my script optioned and perhaps a subsequent one related to this potential serial.
Over the years, I have made some contact within the New England film and theater communities, including actors and producers. I also have a few people within my network of friends and acquaintances that have some connection to those in the entertainment industry in Hollywood. Still, I do not want to be bothersome to them. I am reexamining this approach, but would be interested to learn of other possibilities, especially those that I may not have considered. Please let me know your thoughts.
