Submission Spree

Now I’ve got myself back to writing, the same old demons have returned. ‘Why haven’t I secured a professional production when I’ve had such great feedback on my productions to date?’

Don’t worry, this isn’t going to be a ramble about how the industry is against new writing, or a ‘feel sorry for me, I’m an aspiring professional playwright that just needs a break’. This time I’m going to do something about it.

On visiting a few playwrights’ forums (and a number of writers’ forums for that matter) I have discovered this concept of Submission Sprees.

The idea is that over a 30 day period, you devote your efforts to pitching your work. Such events are normally done as a group effort to keep each other motivated – but I’ve decided to do it on my own, rather than have to wait for the next spree to start.

I’m going to pitch agents, theatres and production companies (both professional and amateur). My aim is to post at least one submission a day for the next 30 days.

I’ll also have to do quite a bit of phoning around, as some of the contacts I have found stipulate that I would need a professional recommendation (something else I have bleated on about in the past). Here’s my opportunity to make that happen.

I shall endeavour to blog frequently, telling all about the progress I have made. But I don’t know if I should name each of the people/companies that I pitch…

I’ll make my first pitch today, so I’ll blog again today and see if I’ve made up my mind to name people by then.

Time to post the first pitch!