KevlarJersey

Thank you very much for taking the time to answer my question. I will be sure to stick to original content and hope to get representation through that, and I will always copyright my work before anyone sees it. Great advice, but also disheartening to hear how litigious things are becoming.

Hello Professor Uslan,

My question is actually in two parts and, though it is not based on our course, it is about superheroes and movies. First off, I am an aspiring script writer, focusing mostly on superhero scripts, and was wondering if there was any advice you could give to someone looking to get any traction in the industry as a writer with no connections?

The second part of my question is more specific to my experience trying to enter the industry. I had written 3/4 of a script on the origins of the X-men member, Gambit. The script had been through revisions and I was nearly completed what I had hoped was a next to final draft (with the final being some minor polishing). I stopped writing the script when I discovered that a writer had just been hired for the project. So, my question in this case is, must a spec script be completed before sending in a query to the producers/stars/or their agents, or is it acceptable to send the query and subsequently a treatment before the script is complete, and at what point of script completion would it be acceptable to do so?

Thank you for your time and thank you for bringing us this course on superheroes and pop culture.

Sincerely,

Jeff