I got invited to join a newly formed screenwriter’s circle last week.
Received an email today saying they loved the work, but it was too good - which would leave me at odds with the rest of the group.
Man, I wish they were producers.
Screenwriting : ‘Nice’ Rejection Email... by Vic Burns
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Weird...
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Strange compliment for sure...
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Ask them for a second chance. "I can do worse. I promise. Tell me how bad it needs to be, and I'll give you all the dreck you can handle."
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Too GOOD? That doesn't make sense!
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If I ran the group I would want someone better than everyone else, so that we could secretly pick their brain and learn how to improve our work. You get better at a sport by playing against someone better - someone who challenges you and forces you to do better.
Weird.
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My basic philosophy is to always play pool with someone who can beat you.
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Best rejection letter ever.
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That sounds like a newly formed screenwriter’s circle of idiots.
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I've come across those sorts of groups before and I never understand it, by keeping everyone at the same level, they can't improve.
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Just about writer's groups, I write poetry and I wrote a poem once, many, many years ago for a friend who had just had their first child. Another friend suggested I join her writing group, which I did. I showed them the poem and the comment that came back was (and this is no word of a lie) - 'How can you write about having a child, when you don't have a child yourself?' I was flabbergasted. My reply... 'How did Shakespeare know what it was like to kill a King?' Suffice to say, I left the group.
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Owen Moffat - True dat, but they’d also be liars in that instance, and they seem like nice people.