Re: Your take on this, please.
Only if you have told the person you will not submit elsewhere.
Without a commitment they will assume you are shopping your project around. If they were very interested, they would either option the work while they decide what to do or at least try to talk you into not sending it elsewhere until they make a decision.
There's nothing wrong with getting a bite from someone else and going back to the first party to give them an opportunity to commit. I spent a huge amount of time when I started scriptwriting holding onto scripts when someone expressed interest. I never heard from most of them again and the others were passes. These days, if they don't want me to shop a script around, they have to pay for the privilege. It's a business.
Sorry for the rant. I'm semi-retired from scriptwriting these days (I write and submit occasionally), as I got tired of all the BS and promises and near misses. Screenwriting is a tough world and there are many people who will exploit and attack any weakness they perceive in a writer. If I ever go back I'm going to assimilate properly and be all business and a complete a$$hole.
Originally posted by MargoChanning
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Without a commitment they will assume you are shopping your project around. If they were very interested, they would either option the work while they decide what to do or at least try to talk you into not sending it elsewhere until they make a decision.
There's nothing wrong with getting a bite from someone else and going back to the first party to give them an opportunity to commit. I spent a huge amount of time when I started scriptwriting holding onto scripts when someone expressed interest. I never heard from most of them again and the others were passes. These days, if they don't want me to shop a script around, they have to pay for the privilege. It's a business.
Sorry for the rant. I'm semi-retired from scriptwriting these days (I write and submit occasionally), as I got tired of all the BS and promises and near misses. Screenwriting is a tough world and there are many people who will exploit and attack any weakness they perceive in a writer. If I ever go back I'm going to assimilate properly and be all business and a complete a$$hole.
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