Firstly, I'm a scriptwriter in South Africa and have been writing scripts for roughly just over a year. I really stumbled upon the writing thing by accident when I started writing for fan fictions. I didn't realize I'd love it so much. I then decided to try my hand at the script effort which I thoroughly enjoy. I have some questions if I may.
1. From a writer's POV, is putting in camera angles and shot directions, etc acceptable? I started out writing thing that and then changed it completely to just write in what you might call "descriptive" format. The general consensus I'm getting is that directors don't enjoy you telling them how to do their job. Does anyone have any thoughts on this, and if this is true, when do all the camera directions come in to play? Who writes those in to the script?
2. Agents. I have had a nightmare trying to find me an international agent. It seems virtually impossible for some IN the states to find an agent there, let alone a poor fart like me in South Africa. I was almost scammed a few weeks back by a David L Mocknick, but thankfully had the presence of mind to do some research on the dude before I gave him any cash. What would be a good way to go about getting an agent? 95% of them seem to accept writers "by industry referral" only.
3. Following on from that, how would one get a job as a writer on a writing team of a presently established or "post-production" TV show?
4. How can I get someone to read my scripts and constructively crit them without forking over an entire month's salary? I have not been able to find anyone in the business who is willing to read my scripts apart from a few networks who turned me down via a cute "thanks but no thanks" letter, so basically I don't really know if I'm any good. I don't want to waste another year doing this if I just plain suck at it, ya know?
5. Does anyone have Josh Schwartz's telephone number? LOL
Sorry if I'm asking questions that have already been asked and answered some place else, but I did search through most of the threads and didn't turn up much that satisfied me.
Thanks,
Grant.
1. From a writer's POV, is putting in camera angles and shot directions, etc acceptable? I started out writing thing that and then changed it completely to just write in what you might call "descriptive" format. The general consensus I'm getting is that directors don't enjoy you telling them how to do their job. Does anyone have any thoughts on this, and if this is true, when do all the camera directions come in to play? Who writes those in to the script?
2. Agents. I have had a nightmare trying to find me an international agent. It seems virtually impossible for some IN the states to find an agent there, let alone a poor fart like me in South Africa. I was almost scammed a few weeks back by a David L Mocknick, but thankfully had the presence of mind to do some research on the dude before I gave him any cash. What would be a good way to go about getting an agent? 95% of them seem to accept writers "by industry referral" only.
3. Following on from that, how would one get a job as a writer on a writing team of a presently established or "post-production" TV show?
4. How can I get someone to read my scripts and constructively crit them without forking over an entire month's salary? I have not been able to find anyone in the business who is willing to read my scripts apart from a few networks who turned me down via a cute "thanks but no thanks" letter, so basically I don't really know if I'm any good. I don't want to waste another year doing this if I just plain suck at it, ya know?
5. Does anyone have Josh Schwartz's telephone number? LOL
Sorry if I'm asking questions that have already been asked and answered some place else, but I did search through most of the threads and didn't turn up much that satisfied me.
Thanks,
Grant.
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