Scriptwriter looking for help

[ellebud]

After the script is written you have to WGA it. I will tell you the odds of representation is little. No production company will open an unsolicited script. I can also tell you that unless you have a VERY unusual spin (all other things being conquered) you will be smack in the way of legal challenges because the script has been done...and done.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by ellebud

After the script is written you have to WGA it. I will tell you the odds of representation is little. No production company will open an unsolicited script. I can also tell you that unless you have a VERY unusual spin (all other things being conquered) you will be smack in the way of legal challenges because the script has been done...and done.

He's writing the script for someone, he's already hired not writing solo and trying to sell it to a studio or production company.

I don't know the ins and outs of Writers Guild but it would seem that this is a non-issue for the OP?

[ellebud]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

He's writing the script for someone, he's already hired not writing solo and trying to sell it to a studio or production company.

I don't know the ins and outs of Writers Guild but it would seem that this is a non-issue for the OP?

Yes and no. If a script turns up, written by X, and is produced and released here....and it has similarities to some other project....and makes some money (this is crucial) lawyers await.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by ellebud

Yes and no. If a script turns up, written by X, and is produced and released here....and it has similarities to some other project....and makes some money (this is crucial) lawyers await.

I'm confused as to why you think it's going to be similar to any other project? He's trying to portray an accurate rush. As MysticCat pointed out, if he successfully does that it will be unlike any other project in the history of man. He also stated that the rush experience was only a small part of the script. Where is this statement coming from?

[AZTheta]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

I'm confused as to why you think it's going to be similar to any other project? He's trying to portray an accurate rush. As MysticCat pointed out, if he successfully does that it will be unlike any other project in the history of man. He also stated that the rush experience was only a small part of the script. Where is this statement coming from?

AlphaFrog, I didn't get that inference from what ellebud wrote. The way I interpreted it, she was giving a general explanation and answer to previous posters' questions/remarks/comments about WGA and unsolicited scripts in general.

and agzg - that is one great Hallelujah graphic. Plus I learned a new word in this thread: fora is the plural form of forum. (say that five times, fast).

[aephi alum]

Originally Posted by preciousjeni

*giggle*

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Hey, I bet it means he understands the difference between alumnus, alumna, alumni and alumnae.

Wow. Somebody besides me paid attention during high school Latin.

In a nutshell:

NPC formal sorority recruitment (previously called rush): Potential new members (PNMs, previously termed rushees) visit all chapters, then rank their favorites. Sororities invite back whomever they like (for instance, they might invite back everyone who meets their minimum GPA... the specifics of membership selection are confidential). PNMs then re-visit those chapters that invited them back, up to a set maximum, and then rank their favorites amongst those chapters. Lather, rinse, repeat until a PNM goes to preference parties for 2 or 3 chapters and ranks those chapters according to her preference. The next day, she (hopefully) receives a bid to one of those chapters. A PNM may be cut by all chapters before pref, or may only be invited to one pref party. There is also informal recruitment, where a sorority wants to add a few new members and will invite a few friends of members to meet everyone else in the chapter - and some of those women may receive bids.

IFC rush: You have 2-3 days to visit chapters you're interested in. At my school, you would be "flushed" if you visited a chapter that didn't want you as a member - a brother (usually rush chair or president) would "suggest" that you visit other chapters as you would not be getting a bid from the chapter you were currently visiting. This is so that you wouldn't waste time hanging out at a fraternity where you didn't have a shot. (And my car is starting to drift over the dashed white line on the road, so that's all I'll say.)

NPHC, LGLO, MCGLO rush: For me to say anything about their rush would involve my car drifting over the double yellow line, never mind the dashed white line, so I will definitely be holding my tongue here.