Registering scripts

[dn33]

When sending scripts to the WGA for registration, Should be three hole punched with two brads?

[LuckyPenny72]

Welcome to the board DN!

Two holes with brads, usual paper, and front card stock. I think their current log time is about 2 weeks. Complete instructions are on the WGA website. Good Luck to you and welcome!

LP

[Bill Marquardt]

Whoa, there Lucky! You must not have read the WGA site. Here is a cut and paste:


The Registration Office must receive:
1) One (1) unbound, loose-leaf copy of material on standard, 8 1/2" x 11" in. paper.

2) Cover sheet with title of material and all writers' full legal names.

3) Social security number (or foreign equivalent), return address and phone numbers of authors.

4) Registration fee: WGAw and WGAE members, $10. Non-members, $20"



Unbound, loose-leaf with a cover sheet.

[dn33]

Does unbound mean that the pages aren't connected at all? No brads? No binding?
It's confusing to a beginer. Different websites give different variation on format and everything else.

[write4food]

I just registered a script a couple of weeks ago. I received the registration back within one week. I just put it all in an envelope...no brads, no rubber bands.

Hope this helps.

Write4food

[GirlinGray]

Scripts are "bound" with brads. All professional submissions you make are bound with brads. To agents, to producers, etc.

The WGA is not a "professional submission." It is a registration service. You are registering the script with them. You send the script to them unbound, per their registration policies.

[akaRichie]

May I add a newbee question? What are brads?

[spidey12]

Richie,
Brads are those little fastener thingies that you bend down in the back to secure your script.

[Couchguy]

Brads can be secured with janets, which are those little metal disks the brad slips through...then you bend the brad legs back to keep the brads and janets in place. I swear this is solid advice.

Your pal,
Couchguy

[LuckyPenny72]

Now you have the gall and audacity to tell me that our answers have to be CORRECT to post them. Jeez Louise.

I may come across as an infintile idiot but I am really not as I did read the WGA website. I incorrectly sent in a screenplay which had a clear front and back cover with a velo-bind. I attached a seperate letter with the information they requested (address, ssn, etc.) - the only thing I did correctly was the paper. I still received the registration numbers though. I did not want someone else to make the same mistake. Live and learn.

Sorry about dishing out such crappy, pissy and miserable advice - it will never happen again!
(wink)

LP

[Meltdown]

Easier cheaper and faster if you can do it over the internet (They have secured method to do so)

Sending via internet aqlso works as a new type of copyright too.

Had great success going this route. Saves me postage too!

meLTdoWN

[akaRichie]

Couchguy + Spidey - Thanks.

[Couchguy]

Because I am not evil, I must tell you that janets are not, in fact, the little brass disks that secure brads. They are a reference to The Rocky Horror Picture Show, in which Janet was Brad's girlfriend, and, as played by Susan Sarandon, had one incredible rack. As far as I know, you do not need to secure your brads when sending them to producers, agents, and so on. And brads are not needed for WGA submissions. However, the WGA does prefer 18# paper rather than the standard 20# paper, due to the lower storage costs required for 18# paper (lower weight, greater tolerance to humidity, less acidic, and not as prone to spontaneous combustion as 20# paper, thus lower insurance costs). Most of the major paper dealers will carry 18# paper, but you probably will not find it in your local drug store.

Good luck with your submissions!

Oh, and some producers will prefer a 24# paper, rather than the standard "over the counter" 20# paper that just anyone can buy with little effort. Call in advance to see if your producer is one of those picky ones. As far as I know, most agents still accept 20# paper, if they accept your screenplay at all.

Again, good luck with your submissions!

Your pal,
Couchguy

[GirlinGray]

Okay, Couch, THAT was evil.

I am so cracking up.