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"For over the past two years I've been a recipient of Paul's weekly
screenwriting newsletter. The advice and insight he offers has
been great, helping me craft the art and polish my material. So when
I learned that Paul was openly accepting loglines, I jumped on it
right away. To my surprise, he responded in a few days of receiving
my script with favorable comments. Now that Paul has offered to represent
my work, I have newfound confidence when it comes to establishing
my career. It looks as if this may be the beginning of a beautiful
relationship."
Contel Bradford
Detroit, Michigan
"To paraphrase that great cross-over Russian comedian
(perhaps the only one) Yacov Smirnof: "Wow, what a concept!" Screenwriter
Paul Lawrence is repping my screenplay without any exclusive contracts
or money up front. No, he's not officially an agent, but he is a
screenwriter with contacts in the industry who knows a great script
when he sees one and is willing to push it on my behalf. Borrowing
from real estate, he calls his contract an "Open Listing" and
like its namesake in that business his contract gives himself one
year to sell my screenplay-- without tieing me up with exclusives.
If I sell it on my own, cool, no problem. But if through his efforts
he sells it first, he gets a commission. Sounds fair to me, that's
why I signed on the dotted line. Suddenly, it all looks so very possible." D.C. Copeland,
"Once Upon A Time In Harlem."
Other Screenwriters Who Are Signed Up With the
Paul Lawrence Productions, Inc. “Open Listing Agreement” include:
• Lawrence Riggins who is a produced writer with a screenwriting
credit for Jean Claude Van Damme's “Replicant”, a $20 million dollar
production.
• James E. Schutte, a published novelist's screenplay “The
Bunyip Archives”
• Mike Maxwell's “Star Crossed”
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