Reddit mentions of 2012 Writer's Market

There are a LOT of screenplays out there. Most of them will never get read by anyone important, let alone get made. Don't start trying to sell your screenplay until it is absolutely the best, most polished piece of writing that you can produce. Finishing your first draft is only one step on the road to producing a good screenplay, especially a comedy.

I recommend the following steps for moving forward:

1. Get some friends to read your script and give you detailed feedback. Look for people with different senses of humor.
   
   
2. Revise/rewrite based on what you learn in (1).
   
   
3. Do a staged reading. Cast your friends in the various roles in the script; give them some time to get familiar with the script, and then get everyone together and read/perform it. Record the reading if you can. Watch/listen to the recording afterwards; you'll notice things you didn't spot during the live event.
   
   
4. Revise/rewrite based on what you learn in (3).
   
   
5. Go buy a copy of Screenplay by Syd Field. Read it. Then read it again, carefully.
   
   
6. Revise/rewrite based on what you learn in (5).
   
   
7. Do another staged reading. Try to get different friend/actors this time.
   
   
8. Revise/rewrite based on what you learn in (7).
   
   9-A) Go buy a copy of The Writer's Market and start trying to get an agent.
   
   9-B) As an alternative, get involved in the indy film world in your region. Volunteer at a film festival or "work" on one of the many low-to-no-budget indy film productions. Try to get to know some directors and producers and get one of them interested in making your movie-- probably with your help.

This book: http://www.amazon.com/2012-Writers-Market-Robert-Brewer/dp/1599632268 is the Bible for contacting agents and publishers in the USA.

Pick up a copy of The Writer's Market (or borrow one from a library). It's a list of basically every publishing agent out there. There's a section for screenplays, and it will have the name of the agency, their contact info, and even what type of scripts they are looking for.

ed2010.com is a pretty good website to use, look in the section titled "whisper jobs". I've used craigslist for freelance work before and you just have to pick the right one and be smart about how contact and payment transactions are done.

Also, check out The Writer's Market. I'd recommend going to B&N or another bookstore and looking the book over. It has tons of magazines available for aspiring writers and notes how much they pay, when they accept proposals, tips on freelance writing and tons more awesome advice.

Good luck :)

You need to find an agent. Pick up a book called Writer's Market.

http://www.amazon.com/2012-Writers-Market-Robert-Brewer/dp/1599632268/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1318175323&sr=8-2