Screen-writer’s site or (I’m from Hollywood, you can trust me)

   I got a letter from a producer friend in Los Angeles…
   He’s built a website that allows unknown and unrepresented screenwriters to display their scripts to prospective buyers.
   He has also addressed many of the concerns with letting people see your work…he’s a good honest fellow, I trust him.

 read on.

Johnny-Boy,

Whatsup Dicus!!! So I’ve been working on a new website for a really 
long time, and now that it’s finally done…I need your help! First, 
let me explain what the site does…it’s a networking site for 
unsolicited screenwriters (basically, unknown writers without 
representation), called Guerilla Script. Both of us are no strangers 
to the hardships writers have to deal with in order to break into 
this town (not to say that it gets any better once we’re in…but 
it’s a starting point), so I’ve created a platform for unknown 
writers to get their scripts seen by industry professionals. I’m not 
reinventing the wheel by any means, there are already a few sites who 
have this model…mainly InkTip.com (ever heard of it?). But, my site 
will differ from InkTip in two major ways:
1.The writer will have complete control over who reads their scripts.
2. My site is free ; )

Now, what I need from you:
The site is brand new, and I need your help to test the site. I want 
your feedback on what is good, what is bad, and what needs 
adjustments, any bugs, etc. So I need as many of my friends to create 
accounts and upload their scripts.
Hopefully once the word is out, it will spread on its own and become 
a machine…but I have to start somewhere.

I found an investor that said if I can reach 500 scripts uploaded to 
the site, he will take out a FULL PAGE ad in one of the industry 
trades (Variety, Hollywood Reporter, etc…) for Guerilla Script! 
Which will then target the other end users and get a bunch of people 
looking at your scripts. Ya dig?

One of the biggest concerns people had when I was researching the 
concept of my project, was protection. Well, I figured out a way to 
make this site safer than if you were to give your script to somebody 
hand to hand. Here’s how it works. You create an account and upload 
your script…somebody looking for a project searches via criteria 
and yours shows up. All they see is the Title and the Tagline. If 
they are interested they click on the Tagline and it takes them to 
your Synopsis. If they like the Synopsis and want to read your 
script, they send you an Inquiry. You get this inquiry with all of 
their info, and you then have the option to:
A. Deny the request.
B. Reply to the request and establish a rapport with them.
C. Accept their request.
If you Accept their request it sends them a link to your script. When 
they click on the link it takes them to a Flash Reader where they can 
ONLY read your script online. They can’t download, print or copy 
it…just read it. Of course they could possibly take screenshots of 
every page…but if anybody goes through that much trouble to steal 
your script…you probably have a pretty dope script ; ) AND…even 
IF they do try to take it…all the rapport is recorded in a threaded 
email system that you have as proof. So the safety issue is as good 
as it can get online.

Well, what do you think? Actually, don’t answer that…just go to the 
site, create an account, upload a few scripts…and SPREAD THE WORD 
for me, would ya ; )

www.GuerillaScript.com