The Path to Getting Your Screenplay Sold
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going to be to establish yourself with the players in your market.
5. A negotiation that leads to a deal.
There are two kinds of writers — those who have representation and those who negotiate their own deals. Obviously, it is much easier to have an agent negotiate on your behalf. But there are other alternatives. You can hire an Entertainment Attorney. Or you can negotiate on your own.
If you are working with a small production company, there may not be funds up front, which means you’ll likely be doing the negotiation on your own. Don’t worry. Just keep focused on making the deal.
That may sound obvious, but newcomers to this business are often trying to score the “million dollar sale” when the market only gives that in about 2% of the cases. Of course, those make the news and then everyone jumps
