Screenwriting : Amazon studios closing open submissions by G.R. Barnett

Or in other words: Well, crap.

So I just got an email from amazon studios saying that they're shutting down they're open call for scripts. :( It makes me feel sad because I wish I had struck while the iron was hot, when I first learned of them back in 2011 and sent in my script then and maybe I would've gotten something produced by now, or at least gotten compensated for it. Back when Amazon was in the business of discovering undiscovered writers. That's not to say that I never submitted anything, I finally did submit something last year and it was rejected but I can't help but feel like if I had submitted my script and struck while the iron was hot, I'd have gotten a lot farther, career-wise, by now.

I was just so paralyzed by the fear of rejection at the time. I take it personally, and I know you're not supposed to but it happens, that's just who I am.

Sigh. Anyway... just a little vent to get things out of my system. I know I'm not the only one affected by this, I'm sorry that some of you guys won't get the chance to submit your ideas either. This was the only place that accepted open submissions and now that's been closed off to us. :( I hope some other studio picks up the slack. Sigh. Some of us unknowns would like a format like that. Oh well.

-G.R.B.