I won’t get into the why and why nots here (I think you should), but here’s a great article on that very topic. Copyright Office, which costs $30, but you can’t file it electronically like you can with the WGA. It costs $20 and your copyright is good for your life or 70 years (whichever is longer). The first thing I did, and people have debated this significantly, was I registered the script with the Writers’ Guild of America (West) so that we had our copyright established.
#Indie screenplays wanted how to#
So in my last post, I talked about how Rick and I finished “According to Plan” and we had to figure out how to market it. I have often go back to this book to find ways to improve a script I’m working on. But no excuses, right? You can always find time to write! There’s a great book that I read by Pilar Alessandra, a writing consultant in L.A., called “ The Coffee Break Screenwriter.” The basic premise is that you can take ten minutes out of every day and use that time to essentially write a script, improve it, consider changes, etc. Sign up for our weekly newsletter above to get weekly updates sent to your inbox.Been traveling a lot and the holidays are here, so the writing has slowed down.
#Indie screenplays wanted series#
We started a new weekly series where we highlight a screenwriter and post a collection of most if not all of their work in one online resource. Victor Frankenstein by Max Landis (David Entertainment).The Secret Li of Pets (Universal Pictures).My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (Universal Pictures).Kubo and The Two Strings (Focus Features).
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – (FOX Searchlight).Thank You For Your Service – (Universal).Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer – (Sony Classics).Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down The White House – (Sony Classics).The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) – (Netflix).The Man Who Invented Christmas – (Bleeker Street).The Leisure Seeker – NEW (Sony Classics).Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 – NEW (Marvel/Disney).Films Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool – NEW (Sony Classics).FTKMF (First They Killed My Father) – (Netflix).Battle of the Sexes – (Fox Searchlight).Ruben Brandt, Collector – (Sony Classics) – NEW.The Sisters Brothers – ( AnnaPurna) – NEW.The Happy Prince – (Sony Classics) – NEW.Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – (Sony) – NEW.Old Man & The Gun – (Fox Searchlight) – NEW.Never Look Away – (Sony Classics) – NEW.If Beale Street Could Talk – (AnnaPurna).Crazy Rich Asians – (Warners Bros) – NEW.