Okay here's a hypothetical question - and emphasis is on the hypothetical, as I realise I'm getting quite a way ahead of myself (sensible answers please).
Let's say I've finished a screenplay. I've refined it, redrafted, had it proof-read and I'm happy it's where I want it to be. It reads on paper like a big budget, high-concept affair (the kind of thing I like to write).
So who do I take it to? Do i find an agent, or do i just start sending it to production companies? Can I contact directors or producers directly? Do I stand any chance at all - as an unpublished, unrecognised writer - of having this picked up and read?
Say I've already mailed it to production companies and I've heard no response 6 months later, do I, as the original creator, then reserve the right to go and find an artist and get it adapted as a graphic novel instead?
.....discuss?
Let's say I've finished a screenplay. I've refined it, redrafted, had it proof-read and I'm happy it's where I want it to be. It reads on paper like a big budget, high-concept affair (the kind of thing I like to write).
So who do I take it to? Do i find an agent, or do i just start sending it to production companies? Can I contact directors or producers directly? Do I stand any chance at all - as an unpublished, unrecognised writer - of having this picked up and read?
Say I've already mailed it to production companies and I've heard no response 6 months later, do I, as the original creator, then reserve the right to go and find an artist and get it adapted as a graphic novel instead?
.....discuss?