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When it comes to selling a script, reaching out to production companies can be a surprisingly effective strategy in terms of how to sell a script. It’s an often overlooked strategy because, to be honest, most people don’t know where to start. A copy of the Hollywood Screenwriting Directory would be particularly helpful in this endeavor, because if you have the latest edition, it’s filled with up-to-date listings of production companies in New York and California, which are a great place to start selling a screenplay. and what are the best ways to contact them.
Here are several important things to keep in mind if you are going to use this strategy to sell a script:
Research the company before you call: Make sure the production companies you call have a history of making the kind of movies you want to make. Know who you’re dealing with and who you’re selling a script to before you even pick up the phone.
Get your pitch in as quickly as possible: Contrary to popular belief, a writer’s biggest enemy isn’t writer’s block, it’s the words “We don’t accept unsolicited material.” You have to try to present the idea to them before they can tell you.
Don’t give up: this, again, is self explanatory. If you stay in this business, even for a short time, you will hear a lot of no’s, that just comes with the territory. Eventually, though, if your pitch and script really have anything to do with them, someone will want to work with you.
Keep Calm – Remember, the person answering the phone is just an employee of a larger company and is a person who is just doing their job. If you’re aggressive, manic, or overly excited, you’ll scare them off and end up back where you started.
Pay attention to how they respond: no matter how the tone goes, whether it’s good or bad, there’s always something to shine through from the experience. It’s important that you take notes (or at least mentally) and try to figure out why your presentation was received the way it was.
In short, there is a lot of variation in the use of this particular method, and it does take some time, but it’s never a bad place to start, so keep that in mind as you go through the process.