Yes, those are the details i believe the readers want to hear... the
specifics.

I invite any member to chime in with their success stories as well,be
it a contest placing, snaring an agent,selling scripts, etc.

It's always encouraging to hear of others' victories while striving
for your own.

--- In thehollywoodcamerata@yahoogroups.com, <anthonyeward@...> wrote:
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> Hey man good info, but I think they mean, physically, how did you do it.
>
> For me, it was rough going. I realized early that there was an
inherent problem. The good agents that could recognize the genius in
my writing already had a zillion clients and the ones that didn't have
a zillion clients could not recognize good writing if it bit them on
the ass... twice.
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> So I dismissed both those groups and decided to target the ones in
the middle.
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> So I just sent a couple of my treatments and a finished script
around to some agents (though most say they don't accept unsolicited
scripts) and some movie studios. There is a lot of rejections and
waiting in doing this but if your work is good it will find it way
into the right hands. I stayed away from contest, mostly just because
I just don't really care much for them. But anyway, one agent finally
contacted me and I have been with her every since. She has been
getting me some decent exposure, partly, I suspect, because she is hot
(sounds sexist, but it's the truth, especially in Hollywood) and that
she's pretty good at her job.
>
> Sounds easy but this took me nearly 3 years to accomplish. Might
have been able to do it faster if I didn't live in Seattle, LOL.
>
> Anthony~
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> From: loveandcoffee
> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 3:27 PM
> To: thehollywoodcamerata@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [The Hollywood Camerata] Re: Yay!
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> The bottom line to doing this is writing a good screenplay. A lot of
> people don't take screen writing seriously as a technical craft or an
> art form. I didn't place in several contests with my Vietnam War
> script and I knew why. It was because my spelling and grammar was
> screwed up. Having a great story is only part of it. You are
> presenting yourself as a writer. Make sure all your commas are in the
> right place. Make sure your spelling is correct. As a musician I
> know that you can have a great song, but if that guitar is out of tune
> nobody is going to play your song on the radio. The same goes for any
> type of writing.
>
> Anyway, I hope that helps.
>
> Aaron
>
> --- In thehollywoodcamerata@yahoogroups.com, "Fitz" <it_fitz@> wrote:
> >
> > If you're willing to take the time, could you spell out for the group
> > exactly how you secured an agent. We'd all appreciated a fresh inside
> > view. Thanks.
> >
> > --- In thehollywoodcamerata@yahoogroups.com, loveandcoffee
> > <no_reply@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I am now represented by an agency that is ready to market my Vietnam
> > > War screenplay and I just placed as a quarter finalist in a contest.
> > >
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