Agent 99 - Online story telling

This post is about industry events and insights but the first thing I want to say is... why weren't there more writers there?

I looked though the delegates and writers formed a very small slice of the pie. Yes this means that there was less drinking with writers to be had but it also meant that the Festival was SATURATED with producers and directors (ones who actually make movies) agency folk with a liberal sprinkling of journos. Not to mention sales agents and distributors. The place was heaving with movers and shakers and real bankable talent.

Well here is my distilled wisdom from day one of the Script Factory's 'Serious Screenwriting':

Point one: First write an OUTSTANDING spec screenplay
Point two: Just keep writing
Point three: Yes it is difficult to get your scripts to the people that matter, mainly because the system is SETUP THAT WAY. Get used to it.
Point four - go to point one...

The first point is for everyone. This is the minimum you must do. Yes it's incredibly hard but yes you must do it.

A direct copy and paste from the Shooters email list which is in itself a direct copy and paste from Creative Screenwriting Weekly, but this is great.

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, writer of 'The Lives of Others' on the writing exercise from his first year at film school that gave rise to Das Leben Der Anderen...

Last night I thought I would try an event from the New Producers Alliance - yet another of those small outfits that London seems to have limitless numbers of.

The reason I went to a development session was that I had been thinking about doing a bit of development on the side, almost for fun like. And did I change my mind on this or what?!