Ultimate Houde
UC's Resident Genetic Recombinator
I aim to get published with something. Somehow, somewhere, I aim to do it.
Now I have a story. A good one in fact, that people read and enjoy and give me feedback to make it better. The story itself has been put through several revisions and whatnot, to be what it is today, which is so far a pipedream.
I will change this.
I browsed websites, and checked out facts, and settled on sending my works to one company, and hopefully I will get recognized. We shall see if that day will come.
I settled on Dark Horse. I have seen them give people like Mike Magnolia a try, and now he publishes a successful book. Plus, from their website they felt like they give new writers a shot. So, I felt inspired to give it a try.
So I looked at their website, searching for submission guidelines, and lo, I found them. Now, my work is copyrighted, I wouldn't be doing this if it wasn't, and noticed that some companies won't even glance at your work if it is copyrighted. That makes little sense to me. I looked at their first rule, which is a signed release, so they can look at it, yet if a byproduct comes out from it, and not by your approval, you have every right to sue them. This also gives them the right to defend themselves in court, yadda yadda yadda. Looks normal to me.
The second one, which was a complete synopsis, threw me for a loop. My stories, in my head, is a planned 24 episodes, or ten page stories. Somehow, I need to summarize this in a manner which not only portrays my story effectively, yet also shows how complex it is.
And I have a five page limit.
This will be the difficult one. Not only that, but I will need people to read this to make sure it conveys what I'm trying too. That requires proofreaders.
Who will be informed of every little detail of my plot. This not only upsets me, but throughly annoys me. But it will need to be done, because as we all know, I suck at grammar and spelling, and those are what needed here. So I would like to send out a call for proofreaders of the summary, two to three would be the max here. I haven't even started this yet, so it would probably be a couple of months. And you will be spoiled of the outcome of the story.
Moving onto the third one, is a ful script. If you are scripting a short story, they want a full script of the series. IF you are attempting a series, they want the first eight pages. I realize this is to show that you can write a script. I already talked to Mooney about this, and feel I can give it a shot. I plan to script out the full first issue. This too will require proofreaders. And once again, I send out a plea for help here.
So, I am at the beginning stages. For those who don't know what I am planning on sending, it is Blairwood. I would like one of the mods to close that thread as well, as I will probably not be posting in it for sometime in the future. But leave it viewable please.
This thread I will use to keep you guys updated on the progress of the story.
Now I have a story. A good one in fact, that people read and enjoy and give me feedback to make it better. The story itself has been put through several revisions and whatnot, to be what it is today, which is so far a pipedream.
I will change this.
I browsed websites, and checked out facts, and settled on sending my works to one company, and hopefully I will get recognized. We shall see if that day will come.
I settled on Dark Horse. I have seen them give people like Mike Magnolia a try, and now he publishes a successful book. Plus, from their website they felt like they give new writers a shot. So, I felt inspired to give it a try.
So I looked at their website, searching for submission guidelines, and lo, I found them. Now, my work is copyrighted, I wouldn't be doing this if it wasn't, and noticed that some companies won't even glance at your work if it is copyrighted. That makes little sense to me. I looked at their first rule, which is a signed release, so they can look at it, yet if a byproduct comes out from it, and not by your approval, you have every right to sue them. This also gives them the right to defend themselves in court, yadda yadda yadda. Looks normal to me.
The second one, which was a complete synopsis, threw me for a loop. My stories, in my head, is a planned 24 episodes, or ten page stories. Somehow, I need to summarize this in a manner which not only portrays my story effectively, yet also shows how complex it is.
And I have a five page limit.
This will be the difficult one. Not only that, but I will need people to read this to make sure it conveys what I'm trying too. That requires proofreaders.
Who will be informed of every little detail of my plot. This not only upsets me, but throughly annoys me. But it will need to be done, because as we all know, I suck at grammar and spelling, and those are what needed here. So I would like to send out a call for proofreaders of the summary, two to three would be the max here. I haven't even started this yet, so it would probably be a couple of months. And you will be spoiled of the outcome of the story.
Moving onto the third one, is a ful script. If you are scripting a short story, they want a full script of the series. IF you are attempting a series, they want the first eight pages. I realize this is to show that you can write a script. I already talked to Mooney about this, and feel I can give it a shot. I plan to script out the full first issue. This too will require proofreaders. And once again, I send out a plea for help here.
So, I am at the beginning stages. For those who don't know what I am planning on sending, it is Blairwood. I would like one of the mods to close that thread as well, as I will probably not be posting in it for sometime in the future. But leave it viewable please.
This thread I will use to keep you guys updated on the progress of the story.