Screenplays sales

[Kirk Love]

For how much writers sell their screen plays for features?

[Guest]

$00.00-$2,000,000.00

 

R,

[Brian Dzyak]

$00.00-$2,000,000.00

 

R,

 

minus taxes minus WGA fees minus part of their soul

[Guest]

minus taxes minus WGA fees minus part of their soul

 

Write in the Bahamas, no taxes, not even sales tax. All you need is a computer.

 

Don't belong to the WGA.

 

Soul? People have that in this busiess?

 

You should have seen what I did with the last script I bought :D

 

Oh well I kept the title and the names of the two central characters at least. And the writer got the damn thing made!! B)

 

R,

[Kirk Love]

how do writers sell their stuff? is there some kind of "classifieds" boards?

[Guest]

how do writers sell their stuff? is there some kind of "classifieds" boards?

 

There are entire forums dedicated to just answering this question on the web.

 

R,

[Brian Dzyak]

This is a GREAT site: http://www.wordplayer.com/

 

 

Go here too: http://www.screenwriting.com/

 

 

Of course, you need this link too: http://www.wga.org/

 

 

 

Good luck!

[Walter Graff]

http://www.kcci.com/news/14918070/detail.html

[Kirk Love]

thanks so much for everyone's help!

[Alex Ellerman]

For studio films:

 

you generally hear "low six figures against mid six figures" for spec scripts from newbies, which is what i'm guessing you are asking. the numbers they announce in the trades are not always reliable.

 

much if not most of the big hollywood films are adaptations or assignments, and your numbers will vary from A-list screenwriters to lesser writers.

 

if you want to sell a script, you need an agent or a manager or possibly a lawyer with LA contacts. the industry is in LA, most people believe you need to live or spend some serious time in LA to sell scripts. there are exceptions, they are scarce.

 

 

for indie stuff, throw the above advice out the window. and be wary of the $1 option.