A friend recommended a writer to me and, since I love the friend, I agreed to read the writer’s work.
I read it and, unfortunately, it wasn’t that good. When I emailed the writer to tell her this, she said, “Oh, I wish I had sent you my script on the Blacklist.” (The Blacklist is yearly list of the best scripts in Hollywood, voted on by production executives.)
The question is: Why didn’t she?
Because by the time she offered this second script to me to read, I didn’t want to because I had read another script of hers that wasn’t great.
If you have a script that is fantastic and is on the Blacklist as opposed to one that you know might not be as good, then ALWAYS, ALWAYS send the great one! I can’t stress this enough!
Because if something is fantastic, I am much more likely to read the second one than if I read something that is bad and am asked to read a second sample.
Producers, execs, agents, managers and everyone else are going to judge you on the first thing they read. Not many will give you a second chance. Make sure you always put your best foot forward!
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