I want to work on a script about an historical event. How can I get started? I'm very new here.
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An amateur looking to start getting my ideas going
Hi there, I'm an amateur writer who has always been interested in screenwriting. I have tons of ideas and some outlines scattered all over the place, in my head, on my computer, in notebooks in my office, etc... I just love to write and in 2015, I'm going to follow Stephen King's advice and just wri...
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I'm not a writer, but from one Stephen King fan to another, Greetings!
Good luck!
Welcome aboard, Tony!
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@ Dan -- very astute you are (all the time)!!!
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What Dan Guardino says. Get started by writing a number of scripts based on your own stories. Then once you've sold one of those original screenplays, hustle your historical piece on the producer who bought it, though best to wait until that script gets made and does well at the box office.
My extended question is : does anyone know Ron Howard, or anyone who does know him, and can we just assume for him how he is going to behave when approached?
You can't copyright a historical event, what do you mean Dan?
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I've had some meetings with Imagine on some of my scripts in the past, you can easily get to them. But they want what they don't already have. There are a couple of Shackleton scripts bouncing around....
Expand commentI've had some meetings with Imagine on some of my scripts in the past, you can easily get to them. But they want what they don't already have. There are a couple of Shackleton scripts bouncing around... my friend John Hill sold one about a decade ago. There have been a couple made (also about a decade ago). The trick is to find the event that hasn't been made yet.