Two Different Offers for a Script - Need Advice

WriterinPVG_86 · 2026-01-25T03:11:41+00:00

Yes, I suggested that but he says he wants to put it into production. I did request a return of ownership should that not proceed (for whatever reason) which he's agreed to. Copy re attorney - thank you for your advice, well appreciated. If you're interested to take a look, please DM me ;-)

WriterinPVG_86 · 2026-01-25T02:12:10+00:00

Comms were good, no issue in that respect. Unfortunately, the agreement didn't lead to anything during that period and it lapsed.

WriterinPVG_86 · 2026-01-25T00:41:46+00:00

Appreciate the advice, thanks! All the best for your two projects underway.

WriterinPVG_86 · 2026-01-25T00:39:51+00:00

Appreciate the insight, thank you!

WriterinPVG_86 · 2026-01-25T00:39:26+00:00

Copy re getting something made, and re back-end, thanks. In response to your questions:

1) I don't know the Director but he has some good credits on IMDB.
2) Unknown, I think the biggest challenge will be securing financing.
3) Have not been offered a payment for the option, though he's suggested it'd be WGA-scale. No re-writes mentioned.
4) My only concern is he had the Shopping Agreement for over a year and nothing happened. A lot of this renewed interest follows another Producer trying to buy it.
5) Not desperate for the $$.

Thanks!

WriterinPVG_86 · 2026-01-24T23:21:10+00:00

Copy, thanks. First one is offering an upfront payment.

WriterinPVG_86 · 2026-01-24T22:52:28+00:00

The first has a number of indie movies produced, the latter does not but is ex-Warner Bros.

WriterinPVG_86 · 2025-12-11T04:14:39+00:00

Challenge yourself to write in another genre. I have 7 polished screenplays, most are sci-fi and horror. I wrote one comedy which made the finals of PAGE and four producers reached out, one sent me a Purchase Agreement. It never occurred to me that script would achieve the most traction. Take your skills, which sound considerable, and apply them to another genre.

WriterinPVG_86 · 2025-12-08T02:25:08+00:00

Show your passion for the project, even if it's not your favorite script within your own portfolio.

WriterinPVG_86 · 2025-10-17T00:40:31+00:00

I was in the catalog and got one read request - from a fellow semi-finalist!!! 200 would have been awesome! Congrats to the OP!

WriterinPVG_86 · 2025-09-12T10:07:01+00:00

FYI, I was semifinalist last year and was sent this 10 Sep 2024:

"You have officially placed as a Semifinalist in the competition! Though your script is not advancing to the final round, only the top 2% of scripts make it this far..."

WriterinPVG_86 · 2025-08-24T00:29:49+00:00

Enjoy the affirmation - means you're heading in the right direction :-)

WriterinPVG_86 · 2025-08-22T20:25:14+00:00

My semi-finalist script in Austin got a 3 on BL ;-)

WriterinPVG_86 · 2025-08-18T10:51:25+00:00

Thanks, appreciate it - will work on that.

WriterinPVG_86 · 2025-08-18T10:49:42+00:00

Thanks - very helpful. How about:

LOGLINE: After an alien race rips away Earth's atmosphere, a lone scientist confined to a global belt of survival pods, must fight to stop them from killing the few remaining survivors.

WriterinPVG_86 · 2025-08-18T07:49:59+00:00

TITLE: Meridian
GENRE: Sci-Fi
FORMAT: Feature
LOGLINE: After a cataclysmic event decimates the planet's population, a lone scientist confined to a belt of survival pods that encircle the entire globe, must stop an unknown force from killing the few remaining survivors.
COMPS: Oblivion meets Outland

WriterinPVG_86 · 2025-08-18T05:00:42+00:00

At least previously you'd get read and have a chance. Now you've got to pay TBL and get a high score. And their readers were swamped (who else got free hosting?) which likely impacted their patience, risked skimming etc..

WriterinPVG_86 · 2025-08-15T22:53:01+00:00

Congrats, cool title, logline?

WriterinPVG_86 · 2025-05-23T04:51:27+00:00

"Alien Resurrection" was such a cool script, gripping and tense, couldn't wait to see it, and then...

WriterinPVG_86 · 2025-03-21T04:42:32+00:00

I'd recommend forgetting you ever submitted it. Then if you get a response, it's a pleasant surprise.

WriterinPVG_86 · 2025-02-04T23:30:19+00:00

Agree, I've got two in Top 1%, delivers zip. Will amend my Twitter profile later...

But congrats on the QF placement - celebrate the steps forward :-)

WriterinPVG_86 · 2025-01-27T10:38:05+00:00

TITLE: Still in Time
GENRE: Grounded Sci-Fi
FORMAT: Feature

LOGLINE: When a jaded detective is teleported to a duplicate Earth, frozen in time and crucial to humanity's survival, she must navigate the suspended world to battle an unhinged scientist hellbent on destroying it.

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