How do you get a book published, or a story produced in a movie?

Question by Heath R: How do you get a book published, or a story produced in a movie?
I have tons of movie ideas, and I mean tons, okay not tons, but at least a dozen some are bad, and some are good, and some are really good. I want to turn all of them into movies some day, if I make it big in Hollywood. But about half of them I’d really like to turn into a book first. I’ve already written four books with an average of 150 pages, (by the way, I’m 15 years old), I have about half a dozen half way finished, and another half dozen, maybe more, summarized for future work. I just can’t stop thinking of them.
Anyway, back on topic, I need to know how to get a publisher, (If at all possible an inexpensive one) and how to pitch me idea to him, or whatever you do. I just need to know the steps to make my stories into books.
And if at all possible, I would like to make contact with producers in Hollywood, but I don’t think Yahoo Answers stretches that far.
Thanks!!!

Best answer:

Answer by tanishka
The publishing should not cost anything. You have to find a literary agent in your area (google) and then send your manuscript to them. If they think it is good (they have experience and they’ll know if your story is good enough) then they’ll contact a publisher and let you know what to do. Any good publisher and literary agents (which are not scams) will not cost you money.

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