1) Is Your Screenplay Unique and Original? When you’re submitting your script to agents and producers, you want to make sure that your screenplay is as original and engaging as possible
2) Format Your Script the Right Way – it’s important that when you submit your script it meets industry standards. That means your script has the right layout and structure.
3) Proofread – before submitting your screenplay to agents and producers, please make sure that you proofread your script.
4) Put Your Business Hat On – now you’ve finished writing your script and it’s time to get it out there into the big bad world. You want to submit this screenplay in time for dinner, but you need to think about something very important first… that is, where is the commercial appeal in your screenplay?
5) Get Your Query Letter Ready – writing a query letter doesn’t have to be difficult. A lot of screenwriters will try to submit a query letter that is pages and pages long. They want to cram every single detail of their story into the query letter. Please don’t do this. It just ends up making your query letter unattractive and too long to read.
*Liz Fairbanks has worked as a reader, development assistant, and talent agent in Los Angeles over the last seven years. Liz loves traveling, reading and yoga. Liz also works as a freelance consultant for Script Mailer (a company that connects screenwriters with agents and producers in Hollywood).