Heh. I rather suspect it's hard for anyone to get a Superman script into print.
Anyway--I remember growing up watching the Batman series on TV and reading the comics. The disparity was amazing. I'm not sure any comic book hero has undergone more revisions in character, although Superman probably comes close.
I'm not worried about getting printed! Far from it. I want them to look at it and say, "Yeah... we're not gonna do that but how about you do this instead."
"This" being a chance to write something and get paid for it.
It's a little easier if you send it to someone specific than blind sending it to some general address. Especially if you have no experience to speak of.
And no one, no one, will look at an unsolicited script. And to send one shows you have no idea what you're doing.
Best one can hope for is sending in a letter of inquiry and hoping for the best. Along with the bazillion other letters of inquiry they get. Finding an "in" increases your odds but it's not a guarantee. And as someone with no previously established experience I need all the help I can get.
Heck, Willow sent a letter of inquiry to Marvel and never heard back and she has far more writing credits to her name than me!
I know how it's done. And sending an unsolicited script is the exact opposite of what I need to do.
Funny, I've been told by others that what you do is write a script that you don't expect to be published, and submit it to show you can finish something. But I'm not the expert.
You do write a script you don't expect to get published. That's correct. But you don't send it in unsolicited. No publisher will read an unsolicited work for obvious legal reasons.
By far the best way to go about things--and this is what I did--is to get published somewhere else first so you can come to the comics publisher with credits to your name. It doesn't have to be other comics; it can even be writing for your local paper, which is a fairly easy gig to secure. I've never heard of a script being accepted from someone with no publishing history. The absolute best thing you could do for yourself, Kevin, is write a couple of articles about comics for a magazine or newspaper or comics news site (not a blog). That's a great excuse to interview people in the industry so that they know your name, and to have published pieces to show editors.
And yes, Marvel did reject me several years ago. They seem to be looking for very specific voices/styles--and heck, it's working; they're raking in money hand over fist.
2.21.2008 3:51pm
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Anyway--I remember growing up watching the Batman series on TV and reading the comics. The disparity was amazing. I'm not sure any comic book hero has undergone more revisions in character, although Superman probably comes close.
"This" being a chance to write something and get paid for it.
And no one, no one, will look at an unsolicited script. And to send one shows you have no idea what you're doing.
Best one can hope for is sending in a letter of inquiry and hoping for the best. Along with the bazillion other letters of inquiry they get. Finding an "in" increases your odds but it's not a guarantee. And as someone with no previously established experience I need all the help I can get.
Heck, Willow sent a letter of inquiry to Marvel and never heard back and she has far more writing credits to her name than me!
I know how it's done. And sending an unsolicited script is the exact opposite of what I need to do.
Of course we all lose our tempers now and then. Dean freely admits to being imperfect in this regard, which is why regulars to this establishment will generally be cut more slack than people who we don't know very well.
Still: behave like an adult, or go find somewhere else to play. Thanks.