7. Try and get a convincer
A convincer is something that tells the reader or listener that you are not crazy. Having an agent for a writer is a convincer. Having a named actor signed to your film is a convincer. Winning a BAFTA, an Oscar, Cannes, Sundance or Berlin are convincers. Getting a named producer to mentor you is a convincer. Don’t blag that you have a convincer if you do not (and don’t oversell something as a convincer that isn’t – ‘a top producer read my script and liked it’ for instance), always be honest and straight.
