I don’t recommend it, at all, but it’s more common than you’d think. Some screenwriters work on a single screenplay for decades.
#WHERE CAN YOU PUT YOUR SCREENPLAY ONLINE OFFLINE#
Written just one script ever? Keep it offline In my view, there is some utility to be gleaned in doing so, but that utility is limited, and it pales in comparison to the method I can whole-heartedly recommend, which I’ll describe towards the end of this article.īut first, I’ll share some tips on keeping your ideas safe and your intellectual property protected when sending your screenplay out into the wild west of the internet or to any script directory or service that promises the potential of exposure. Is getting your screenplay out onto the web a bad thing? Not necessarily. So what’s a screenwriter to do? Pay the “new gatekeepers” like the Black List and Inktip in hopes of getting her script read by one of these services? It would seem so, if you’re not paying attention to the real world - the world beyond your mouse and screen. This new type of web-Hollywood hybrid - the screenplay directory - has become, in essence, the new middle man in the spec script trade Inktip and The Black List have somehow convinced scores of new writers that they’re the new gatekeepers, by claiming to be a fast track to the real gatekeepers - that is, the first readers at studios, production companies, and agencies. But for a writer to post their script on a site which promises the potential of exposure and the potential of access -companies like Inktip and The Black List - has become a dismaying new trend from where I sit. It’s one thing to send your script to a script coverage company like mine for feedback, or to agents and producers directly, or even to the one or two legitimate script contests out there. There simply was no point to do so, other than for us to share our work via email or in discussion boards, should we be so bold.īut now, uploading screenplays to be listed on a website seems like something many writers are oddly comfortable about. Not long ago the question of whether or not to upload your screenplay to an online service like Inktip or Blacklist, or a forum, paid or otherwise, was a decision that no screenwriter had to make.
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