There is nothing easy about breaking into this business. The first challenge is getting an agent, and even that is difficult.
I have written 3 screenplays so far, my first is entitled RB - for Running Back. Its a story about a young man named Jay who was an exceptional athlete in high school and was a stand out running back on his high school football team. Unfortunately in his senior year he gets hurt and all his dreams of College and the NFL are lost on one play. Ten years later what could have been haunts him as he goes through life in his boring job and it even affects his relationship with his girlfriend.
It turns out that his biggest fan in high school is also a great filmmaker and he puts videos out on YOUTUBE showing Jay's greatest breakaway runs in high school. These videos make getting over the past much more difficult for our hero and then the other player who caused Jay's injury gets out of prison and that leads to a climactic ending.
Jay's last name Franklin is the name of a good friend I met on my last ever contract in IT, Roland Franklin. Unfortunately Roland passed away back in May at only 48. It was a horrible shock.
During the last year I have gotten screen coverage for my script, which I don't recommend because its mostly about paying people to review your script and things don't go anywhere after that.
What I have done is probably the best and cheapest current way of at least getting some feedback about your work. Try www.fiverr.com and pay five dollars to have part or all of your screenplay critiqued by someone who has some experience and expertise with the art of screenwriting.
Screenwriting has been called the most difficult of all art forms to master.
As I have heard from others so many times; keep writing and creating every day.
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