Anybody have any idea what percent of wga registrations are shorts compared to features? I would think shorts exceed features. I ask because I saw a figure from googling that 40,000 scripts are registered with wga each year, meaning there is a glutton of registered scripts. And thus a bit demoralizing to wannabe feature screenplay writers (like me and others).
But I have to think that many to most of those registrations are shorts, and some must be reregistrations (wga registration expires after 5 years and requires renewal). Perhaps somewhat comforting is a figure I have heard from Michael Hauge (screenwriting consultant/guru) that 95% of submitted scripts do not follow proper story structure and formatting.
So I suppose if I were to guess at some voodoo, and this is total voodoo with no credibility in the number crunching whatsover...that 40,000 might be 35,000 new registrations. If maybe 20,000 of those are feature screenplays and only 5% follow proper story structure and format, we have 1000 formula screenplays being registered each year. Still a lot, but easier to consider than 40,000. Of course this leaves of Lib of Congress Copyright Office registrants.
But I have to think that many to most of those registrations are shorts, and some must be reregistrations (wga registration expires after 5 years and requires renewal). Perhaps somewhat comforting is a figure I have heard from Michael Hauge (screenwriting consultant/guru) that 95% of submitted scripts do not follow proper story structure and formatting.
So I suppose if I were to guess at some voodoo, and this is total voodoo with no credibility in the number crunching whatsover...that 40,000 might be 35,000 new registrations. If maybe 20,000 of those are feature screenplays and only 5% follow proper story structure and format, we have 1000 formula screenplays being registered each year. Still a lot, but easier to consider than 40,000. Of course this leaves of Lib of Congress Copyright Office registrants.