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  • How long until good news?

    For those who have had success getting signed by managers/agents or getting options from producers, how long after you sent them your script did they get back to you expressing their interest.

    The only success I ever had the producer get back to me 2 hours after I emailed him the script. I assume that's not normal, but now every time I send out a script and don't hear anything in a couple days I assume it's a pass.

    I got about 6 or 7 read requests pending now. It's been about 2 weeks. How much longer until they tell me how kickass my script is? Or is it already a pass?
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    Re: How long until good news?

    Originally posted by humand View Post
    For those who have had success getting signed by managers/agents or getting options from producers, how long after you sent them your script did they get back to you expressing their interest.

    The only success I ever had the producer get back to me 2 hours after I emailed him the script. I assume that's not normal, but now every time I send out a script and don't hear anything in a couple days I assume it's a pass.

    I got about 6 or 7 read requests pending now. It's been about 2 weeks. How much longer until they tell me how kickass my script is? Or is it already a pass?
    Come on. You know better than that. If someone sends you a bunch of stuff to read, do you always read it?

    I'd say give them a month. If you still haven't heard back from them, politely e-mail them and ask about it. Sometimes scripts get misplaced or they could be really busy working on another project.

    And above all, after you submit a script, move on to other people or other projects.
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    • #3
      Re: How long until good news?

      Yeah it depends.

      Two weeks here.
      Write.Sell.Repeat.

      Theoretically...

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        Re: How long until good news?

        Thanks for the response. I was just curious. I'm still busy querying. I used to get excited, but now every time I send out a script I assume it's a pass and immediately move on. I will start making sure I follow up with an email though if it's been over a month.
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        • #5
          Re: How long until good news?

          I always give them 2 weekends.

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          • #6
            Re: How long until good news?

            on a blind query, I was always told a month.

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            • #7
              Re: How long until good news?

              I sent a query in late June and just a week or two ago got a request... who knows...

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              • #8
                Re: How long until good news?

                i like to follow-up after a couple weeks, more as a reminder to read...

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                • #9
                  Re: How long until good news?

                  Originally posted by cvolante View Post
                  I sent a query in late June and just a week or two ago got a request... who knows...
                  I sent a query last December and got a request last week. There's no rhyme or reason. I never bugged them once...just wrote it off to another query lost in the ether. Nice surprise though.

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