i’ve seen on 2 writing forums that people have already received notifications if they made it into the 2nd round. if you applied and haven’t heard yet, then i think it’s safe to say you didn’t make it this year. i didn’t get a call either. i’m just writing my 30 spec to apply for next year’s batch of fellowships.
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i’ve been emailing cold queries to some agents and managers, and so far, i’ve gotten 3 responses.
one manager said my script sounded interesting, but he couldn’t take on any new clients. still, it was nice to get some sort of response back.
then 2 agents replied and requested my script. i pitched my office spec that i wrote for the nickelodeon fellowship, and also mentioned that i had also written a short script “brobot” that placed 4th in slamdance several years ago. both agents requested i send the “brobot” script along with the office spec. i’ve heard that agents want to read original material these days, so i’m glad that script is coming in handy for something.
i’m not sure if anything will happen from the script requests, but it’s good to know that it’s possible for an unknown writer with no connections to get read.
after i sent off all my queries pitching my office script, i wondered if i should instead be pitching my spec of how i met your mother. i’ll have to ask some people which script is stronger.
after finishing as a finalist in the nickelodeon writing fellowship, i feel like my skill level is at a point where i can now focus on the business end of things, and that starts with trying to find an agent and/or a manager. unfortunately, i have almost no contacts, which is the main downside of not having a job in the industry.
since i don’t have contacts, i have to resort to emailing cold queries to agents and managers. you can find the emails of people with resources like hcdonline.com. i’m trying to just target agents and managers who focus on tv writing. i know the chances of getting someone to actually request a script off a cold query are pretty slim, but until i have a better option, that’s what i’m doing. i’ll post if anything comes from it.
i finally finished the outline for my 30 rock spec. the logline is based on a tracy storyline so that was set, but i was having trouble getting the liz storyline nailed down. i felt like there were just a bunch of events happening to move the plot forward, but that it wasn’t resonating emotionally.
the show is pretty zany but i still wanted at least her storyline to have some emotion, like the season 2 finale where liz thinks she’s pregnant, then is disappointed she’s not and decides to adopt.
i also didn’t want to start writing pages until i had the ending really nailed down. with the last 2 specs i wrote (the office, himym), i started writing with only a vague notion of the ending and it ended up costing me a lot of time later on, especially with the how i met your mother script.
so my outline is done and ready to go. i’m going to try to get a first draft done within a month, and then polish it up by the deadline for next year’s batch of fellowships, the first of which is nickelodeon in jan/feb.
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