Screenplay

by Peter Maher
28th June 2019

Finding Annie is my debut novel self published only last month. A range of people have suggested that it would make a good film. I guess I need a screenplay, but how do I do this with zero experience? Are there people out there prepared to collaborate in such an enterprise? Is there a process of submitting a novel to a film company with a view to their commissioning a screen play? Help and guidance would be greatly appreciated.

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If you wrote a novel with zero experience, I'd have thought you should be able to put together a screenplay, too.

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Jonathan
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Jonathan Hopkins
06/07/2019

My advice is, ‘Find a good agent’. They will do all the work for you - and negotiate film or TV rights on your behalf.

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Edward Richardson
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Meant to add go into Opportunities on the bbc web site. The course is run by the University of Anglia, or East Anglia.

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