Hello All!
I wrote a script a while back that caught the attention of an Emmy nominated producer. There was no option or purchase agreement. Just a verbal "let's make it zing, then we can send it out". After months and months of back and forth and several drafts, I didn't feel like we were getting anywhere, so decided to put this script on the back burner.
A few months later, the producer reached out to me to see if I had any interest in diving back into that script. I was super busy and didn't have the energy or interest, so I politely told him as much.
Flash forward to a couple weeks ago. The producer emailed me to tell me that he had a meeting with a director and that he pitched my script to said director. The director liked the idea and wanted to read it, so the producer asked if I was cool with that. Not surprisingly, I was very cool with that.
Turns out, the director is really into the script and the three of us are getting together on the phone next week to discuss (I'm in the Midwest and the director is currently out of the country).
I have a decent enough relationship with the producer, but the director is (recently) DGA nominated, repped at CAA and has worked on some pretty high-profile shows/films with some pretty high profile actors over the past few years. And he's a really good writer to boot!
I have no representation and I'm feeling a little out of my league. Any advice for this unrepped, rookie writer?
I wrote a script a while back that caught the attention of an Emmy nominated producer. There was no option or purchase agreement. Just a verbal "let's make it zing, then we can send it out". After months and months of back and forth and several drafts, I didn't feel like we were getting anywhere, so decided to put this script on the back burner.
A few months later, the producer reached out to me to see if I had any interest in diving back into that script. I was super busy and didn't have the energy or interest, so I politely told him as much.
Flash forward to a couple weeks ago. The producer emailed me to tell me that he had a meeting with a director and that he pitched my script to said director. The director liked the idea and wanted to read it, so the producer asked if I was cool with that. Not surprisingly, I was very cool with that.
Turns out, the director is really into the script and the three of us are getting together on the phone next week to discuss (I'm in the Midwest and the director is currently out of the country).
I have a decent enough relationship with the producer, but the director is (recently) DGA nominated, repped at CAA and has worked on some pretty high-profile shows/films with some pretty high profile actors over the past few years. And he's a really good writer to boot!
I have no representation and I'm feeling a little out of my league. Any advice for this unrepped, rookie writer?
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