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I'm really excited as after many years of plugging away, I've managed to get onto a top notch screenwriting talent scheme in the UK run by Chris Jones of London Screenwriting Festival fame. The only flip side is that it costs £997 to do the training, and I've been turned down for the only bursary th...
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I know I should be feeling happy as I've placed in a couple of competitions as a Quarterfinalist - once in the Emerging Screenwriters Action & Adventure Screenplay Competition for my sci-fi dystopian drama P Gen and more recently in the Page Turner Faith Based competition for my period drama. Howeve...
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I wonder, too. Several of my scripts have placed me as quarterfinalist, but the needle didn't move. So, yes, I often wonder as well if it's worth mentioning.
This is sort of the way that I've been going around with my own work: Find a competition, enter, accept any notes that are offered/given, and use those for either new drafts/revisions, or on where I t...
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This is a fascinating insight into the process. One thing I've found interesting is that on Coverfly your rank for a script can go up even if you don't place in a competition. Apparently that's because the underlying score card is good. I find that encouraging because not all competitions will score in that way.
I think a lot of the inconsistency stems from all of these coverage services and contests are their own beasts with their own internal cultures and whatnot; under those circumstances it's not surprising that they don't all fit together sensibly.
I love the comment you made about work being what we do, not who we are. It's so easy for our identity to get wrapped up in what we do. You've written a wonderfully wise article, thanks. I only wish it was possible to schedule posts on Tiktok!
I'm in the process of switching over from Amazon to Direct to Digital as a self-publishing service for my upcoming "Sojourn" books, and I was just wondering if anyone else here has had a positive experience with Direct to Digital or any other self-publishing service besides Amazon before I dive in....
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I us IngramSpark to publish both books and digital formats. https://www.ingramspark.com/
Amazon and it book sellers rob us authors bilind! My books list for $19.95 and $24.95. My cost for printing on d...
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Thanks for the helpful comments. I've had four books for content creators published by Michael Wiese Productions which is a great company that specializes in the media industry. One co-authored childr...
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Are you sure it's not Draft2Digital? If so I use then for my ebooks. They have a great and simple setup process and fantastic distribution. For print, I use KDP and Ingram because each have different...
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Found this fascinating, especially as I only watched this episode a week or so back so it's all very fresh to me!
Great episode of an all time show.
This is a very encouraging article, Michael, as talent will out. However, to get noticed by succeeding in competitions has a huge financial cost, which is also a big gamble too. It's not easy without big bucks to get the help and attention you need to get your scripts to the best state they can be.
I hear you but it's cheaper than film school!
I found it so freeing to be given permission not to do long character outlines but to focus on character action and reaction in scenes. I instinctively know this makes sense, but the idea of character profiling is also quite deeply ingrained.
Personally, I prefer doing character outlines, because character traits determine their actions and reactions! (I prefer to make them in spreadsheet format -- as I've done, for example, with some Thom...
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Katherine, thank you so much for saying this! Isn't it funny how sometimes we feel like someone needs to give us permission to do things differently?
This is great, Sean. I love the way you've taken all the failures and turned your perspective around so that they've become stepping stones to success. I'm certainly encouraged!
Katherine, if we look at each step as failure the depression will mount and we certainly will quit. Changing our perspective is a MUST. It's about staying power, getting the job done and simply keep m...
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Absolutely!
Sounds like an incredible project, James!
Thank you for your kind words, Katherine!!
Such a helpful, practical blog, Sarah. Thank you! I might consider audio first for my period drama, which puts producers off due to the cost.
I'll keep plugging away with my specs! Great article, thank you.
Keep plugging away!
Thanks for this great story of how community at its best can come together and create art!
That's what we are here for, Katherine!!! Thanks for reading my post!!!
A very wise article, Bruce. Thanks for sharing your insights. There's a difference between taking on something in order to be validated and taking on something that we really believe in. The issue of time management, as you say, is also so important.
Katherine, you are so right. Sometimes our ego wants to make the decision for us. Thus the old expression, "Think with your head, not with your heart."
I am Fana Ka. Born and raised in Kenya, Africa. A top 'silent' Stage 32 member but hope to be making some purposeful 'noise' now.
A link to one of my songs [Oh Son] here:-
This is a profound platform that truly keeps a flame burning. ...
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Hi Fana! Happy to see you step into the limelight!
Welcome Fana! Nice to meet you. Glad you're here.
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