You’ve spent six months to a year breaking your story, outlining it, then sitting down to write the screenplay. You’ve finished your first draft. It’s far from perfect. Some people call the first draft “the vomit draft.” The important thing is – you finished it.
You might have been working a day job, writing when you could. You might have had to support a family, and had to make difficult sacrifices. It can be emotionally exhausting. Take time to reflect on what you’ve accomplished. Celebrate with someone close to you who understands how important this event is. Reward yourself.
Now I’d recommend taking a short break from this story and these characters. Put the script away and come up with some other ideas for screenplays. Having lots of ideas in various stages of development sort of bulletproofs you from rejection. If they don’t like the script you submit, you have many others.
What do you do next?
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