What Are the Odds?
I read today somewhere on an agent's site that they receive 10,000 queries a year and only accept 20. TWENTY. Some odds, huh? If you do the math, and i do, because i'm a math geek for you, that's a .2% chance of getting picked. Not a 2% chance, but POINT 2 PERCENT, which is far less than even 1%. However, however, however, i must point out, that those odds are far greater than, say, the odds of winning the lottery, which, i actually thought was the same. So there. My odds are already getting better.
I read today somewhere on an agent's site that they receive 10,000 queries a year and only accept 20. TWENTY. Some odds, huh? If you do the math, and i do, because i'm a math geek for you, that's a .2% chance of getting picked. Not a 2% chance, but POINT 2 PERCENT, which is far less than even 1%. However, however, however, i must point out, that those odds are far greater than, say, the odds of winning the lottery, which, i actually thought was the same. So there. My odds are already getting better.
posted by Quill Chick at 8:22 PM
1 Comments:
Of course, if the story is good enough or concept is perfectly marketable, the odds are in favor of the screenwriter over the buyer of the lottery ticket.
I know in California, my odds are better with screenwriting, only because retirees with their houses already paid, for seem to be the ones that get the major lotto jackpots.
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