Thursday, December 01, 2011





Elms + Sanders are in the "Wright"






Jim C.

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Anonymous said...

Im mildly dismayed to see another haunted mine script in the top 3. Might be a good read, but the concept is far from refreshing. Anyway, no offence, congrats to everyone.

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Admin said...

Yes, "Black Damp" was one of our finalists a few years back, but fortunately those two scripts have few other similarities. hey, there are a million haunted house movies and a million werewolf, zombie, vampire, etc., and they're all exactly the same. So ultimately, a haunted mine - again? Sure, why not?


Anonymous said...

Dear Anonymous #2:

Point #1 -- Screenwriting contests have only gained real prominence over the past decade. If you know writers who were coming up before that, they weren't likely to have had much access to competitions.

Point #2 -- Anyone looking at contests as the Fast Train to Success is missing the point. They are great motivating factors and learning experiences for new and developing writers.

I personally know DOZENS of WGA writers. A number of the newer ones have, at some point, entered contests.

And yes, winning or not winning didn't do a lot for them...but contests encouraged them to take a step back from their material and evaluate it in a way that helped them to bring it up to the next level.

Admin said...

Good point, Anon #4! So many writers think their stuff is good to go, when in reality, it ain't. It always boggles my mind how with our contest or the CS Open, that is the first exposure so many of them have to getting any sort of feedback on their script. Not to plug Coverage Ink, but seriously, there are lots of coverage companies and even free options like Trigger Street, so it's a little baffling. And there are also plenty of writers we've seen who take our notes and then... do nothing. That's their option, of course, but at some point if you're not getting where you want to be with your writing, getting objective feedback is a great place to start.

Jim C.