Looking for a screenwriter..

BrandoD

The outline to the script is done. Simply need a professional (or aspiring professional) screen writer, who can bring it to life.

I've been kicking this outline around on and off for about 5 years, and am now ready to get it developed.

As for pay, we can break it down to 6 parts. Paid after each part.

Drama/Action/Thriller/Romance.

smcgiff

Would be interested in seeing how this develops.

Best of luck

BTW, what's stopping you from writing this yourself?

Is it the mechanics of script writing that's putting you off? If you are a writer then studying a few scripts will get you up to speed fairly quickly. There are also books that can help with the the format.

Ahbegob

How long is the outline? A page?
The next stage probably is a treatment not a script. Perhaps this is what you mean? This treatment or more detailed outline could then be turned into a script.

The treatment will also raise a few red flags- like is the idea feasible on a budget. What's the workarounds? When these practical issues are addressed- then the script can be prepared.

Is this idea a cinematic movie, is it a TV movie, is it a short?

As for pay. Who pays? Is it you or do you have financing in place. If the pay aspect is tenuous then you probably won't get a pro involved unless they liked the concept and saw it as a viable proposition.

I don't know what you mean by 'drama/action/thriller/romance.' Which is it?

Please understand, I am not being negative- I think your idea needs more details to make it appealing to a screenwriter. I mean- if they are doing the bulk of the work and there's no deal in place- then they'll just develop their own ideas and claim 100% ownership.

Basically- you need to sell this idea to a screenwriter. What's in it for them? Is this an idea that will almost certainly be developed into production? Do you own Ardmore studios? Can you pay for the development yourself? You get the idea.

Hopefully the above remarks help- they're intended to be positive please do not consider them in any other way

stories

Some of these questions do need answering but the top one for any screenwriter would be
1 genre (to determine if it's something the writer has experience or interest in)
2 development status (as in any production companies approached or interested any funding applied for or received)
3 funding - the hows and whens and whos of same - people do work for "passion" projects but skilled people do not work for free and screenwriting is a skill that takes training and talent.

If you're interested in replying to me about this please do. I have a background in training, editing and writing for the screen.

stories

Do you mean this is literally a 6 parter for tv? Or are you talking about the drafts and polishes of the script? The standard writing contracts would offer two or sometimes three drafts and a polish after notes - this would be of a feature. In television it's slightly different as you are talking more about the treatment and pilot episode scripts and other "selling" docs which are part of the package.

But script development and script writing are two different yet related things - the former is developing story, world, characters, arcs etc
The latter is putting that together scene by scene on the page - often this involves at least two skilled professionals and a third person (the producer/creator/director) working together.

Anyway - that's all I can give you without knowing anything about the project, hope that is of help :-)