tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23907050.post3153665709805217220..comments2024-03-11T08:03:15.413-07:00Comments on STORMBLOG: Coverage Ink/Writers on the Storm Newsletter 12-11Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23907050.post-34870927552238813472011-12-14T15:41:25.202-08:002011-12-14T15:41:25.202-08:00Hello Anonymous Chumps. This be da Grinch. Don'...Hello Anonymous Chumps. This be da Grinch. Don't fool with no screenwriting contests. I've only won three, one of which got my green ass a manager, and two others which got me 10 large. My Grinch ass soon be on da Black List. Chump change. Who wansa be on some black list? Don't fool wid it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23907050.post-42727016133612884102011-12-13T20:49:18.296-08:002011-12-13T20:49:18.296-08:00Obviously Mazin and August know whereof they speak...Obviously Mazin and August know whereof they speak, and they're right in general, but also kind of missing the big picture. Of course if you are a slave to any one template or formula or book, you are limiting yourself and your writing will suffer. On the other hand, I have had more than one meeting where the producer said to me he wants the screenplay he's hiring me to write to follow Blake Snyder beat by beat. Do those guys need to know Blake Snyder? No they do not, because they're both big shots. But for the rest of us, you're damn right seminars and books are important. Because without them, many of us do not have a clue. Are there lame books out there? yes there are, but here are 5 that are NOT lame: The Writer's Journey, Save the Cat! Writing Screenplays that Sell, Breakfast With Sharks and How to Write Screenplays that Sell the Ackerman Way. For those guys to dismiss an entire world of screenwriting education because they personally don't need it is idiotic. Many do. <br /><br />As for the folks who are maintaining no one gets anywhere from contests, grow up. I chaired a panel at the Screenwriting Expo this year and four of the five managers and agents said they pay attention to contest winners. UTA signed Writers on the Storm's number two last year. Film Engine signed a guy from Script Pipeline. I'm getting calls and e-mails from reps every day wanting to read Wright or Wrong (this year's winner.) Debbie, or whatever your name is, yes there are plenty of crap scripts out there. So what? The cream rises. Next.<br /><br />JC<br /><br />JCAdminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01534734984797695775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23907050.post-1894442601475591492011-12-07T16:43:47.086-08:002011-12-07T16:43:47.086-08:00Anonymous,
lol
But Bill Murray Scrooge was the wo...Anonymous,<br />lol<br /><br />But Bill Murray Scrooge was the worst holiday film.<br /><br />This new generation don't know or care about Scrooge. Get with it Anonymous.<br /><br />Jim, you read any good Christmas spec scripts. lol BOOOORING!<br /><br />DebbieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23907050.post-12065059363195283182011-12-07T15:36:20.344-08:002011-12-07T15:36:20.344-08:00Thanx, Ghosts of Screenwriting Past, Present and (...Thanx, Ghosts of Screenwriting Past, Present and (Hopefully) Future. You inspire me. Now, who is that knocking on my door? Is it...<br /><br />Bah. Just some undigested Happy Meal. Humbug.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23907050.post-5137705829188523182011-12-07T12:45:49.120-08:002011-12-07T12:45:49.120-08:00Hi Ladies and Gents, wow, this John August podcast...Hi Ladies and Gents, wow, this John August podcast is making the round at the office. Everyone loves it. It's a revolutionary podcast about real screenwriting and what not to do. I'm sending this link to all the studios to share with their staff. And in fact, I'm talking to someone who might include this podcast in their film library.<br /><br />Here is the intro to his now famous blog:<br /><br />"Screenwriting gurus and so-called experts<br /><br />Craig and John look at why the books and seminars purporting to teach screenwriting are generally terrible, trying to reduce the hard work of the craft to a series of formulas and templates.<br /><br />It’s a rare podcast in which I sway Craig’s opinion whatsoever, but if you listen really carefully, I think he leaves the show just slightly less negative about screenwriting books than he started. It’s all about degrees with Craig.<br /><br />Plus, we get a visit from the LAPD, follow-up on residuals, and a bit more about unionizing videogame writers."<br /><br />http://johnaugust.com/2011/screenwriting-gurus-and-so-called-experts#commentsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23907050.post-7752124321309399522011-12-07T12:37:32.736-08:002011-12-07T12:37:32.736-08:00Anonymous5,
I agree, most script consultants are ...Anonymous5,<br /><br />I agree, most script consultants are blind. Blind leading the blind. <br /><br />Stay with the best.<br /><br />All the script advice you need is under Google - "John August, screenplays, screenwriter" - he's the best and the only one I listen to.<br /><br />www.johnaugust.com is the best. Clear, concise and a game changer. He has fans and the studios love him.<br /><br />All the best.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23907050.post-44362821979930035312011-12-07T11:20:21.948-08:002011-12-07T11:20:21.948-08:00And for all of you willing to open a site sent to ...And for all of you willing to open a site sent to you by someone listing themselves as "anonymous", I have another one for you:<br /><br />http://www.TrustMe/ThisIsn'tPornOraVirus.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23907050.post-7935465872290315402011-12-07T09:54:22.587-08:002011-12-07T09:54:22.587-08:00Christmas Gift to Jim, founder of Coverage Ink Sto...Christmas Gift to Jim, founder of Coverage Ink Storm Script Contest,<br /><br />This gift will save the screenwriting world.<br /><br />Is this link really a good gift to the script community from John August?<br /><br />http://johnaugust.com/2011/screenwriting-gurus-and-so-called-expertsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23907050.post-38562773493564674482011-12-06T17:51:18.454-08:002011-12-06T17:51:18.454-08:00Think some people are taking this a little too ser...Think some people are taking this a little too seriously.<br /><br />I enter these contests for feedback and to see how I stack up against the other newbies. Yeah, I'm learning and it helps not doing it alone. Everyone has to start somewhere. And no matter how freaking smart or talented you think you are, you need to get your material read by people you hope can give you a little bit of objectivity. Got to go to a lot of sources, becausse some of it's gonna be Dumbass POV opinions. But some of it just might give you a clue on how to knock some of the dust out of your writing. Anyone thinking they can write a great script just based on their own instincts or that they can do it without feedback probably hasn't written a great script.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23907050.post-56719874800579658512011-12-06T16:54:49.334-08:002011-12-06T16:54:49.334-08:00I'm just tired of hearing all this judgemental...I'm just tired of hearing all this judgemental negativity from people who can't personally produce a script worth selling.<br /><br />Get over yourselves!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23907050.post-28484261629120671282011-12-06T16:26:27.419-08:002011-12-06T16:26:27.419-08:00Blake Synder is dead, first anonymous jackass, sho...Blake Synder is dead, first anonymous jackass, show some respect dude, why you badmouth him. He was the one that inspired me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23907050.post-26035133026084782732011-12-06T16:24:39.765-08:002011-12-06T16:24:39.765-08:00OMG. HA HA.
Too bad instead of posting, she might ...OMG. HA HA.<br />Too bad instead of posting, she might finish 10 pages on her script.<br />LLO post, and some Jim.<br />LNAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23907050.post-86398493660277603422011-12-06T16:22:56.914-08:002011-12-06T16:22:56.914-08:00Guys don't listen to these clowns. Work hard a...Guys don't listen to these clowns. Work hard and believe. Dreams to come true. I got an agent and manager. So it does work. Stay strong and work hard.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23907050.post-89858329802239804102011-12-06T16:17:04.044-08:002011-12-06T16:17:04.044-08:00Hey Anonymouses,
Get a life. No Readers or Contes...Hey Anonymouses,<br /><br />Get a life. No Readers or Contests are designed to help, you. The reader, the writer and the Contest givers, are all(of course they are lol) lost in the space called dreamland.<br /><br />ha, hope you are not those bitter readers out there, they don't get laid, just get married to an elephant and an ant and a lion,lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23907050.post-16263498134363032782011-12-06T16:11:05.620-08:002011-12-06T16:11:05.620-08:00Anonymous, if that's your real name.
It's...Anonymous, if that's your real name.<br /><br />It's all a waste of time. Just do what you are destined to do, stop listening to SCRIPT CONSULTANTS. Listen to your heart and destiny. Script Consultants want to become stars when they are nothing. They tweet and tweet and tweet and tweet and blog and blog and blog and post and post and post...<br /><br />If they want to be popular and be a star, why don't they become an actor and write for TV?<br /><br />Stop wasting time. <br /><br />Judy the Butch that will<br />steal your girlfriend,LOLAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23907050.post-84651871767248124172011-12-06T12:22:55.564-08:002011-12-06T12:22:55.564-08:00In my past job, I worked with dozens of readers, a...In my past job, I worked with dozens of readers, all would-be writers working on their craft. They were bright, talented, determined...all with one other thing in common -- not a single significant script sale among them to this day.<br /><br />It's tough. Writing is a long process, especially when trying to develop a style in a vacuum. Contests and coverage services help to fill that void.<br /><br />When readers find themselves so overwhelmed by their own creative frustrations they can no longer give constructive criticism, those readers need to move on. Attacking other struggling writers in anonymous blogs is just a pathetic display of their own personal bitterness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23907050.post-47476002099348017852011-12-05T16:43:51.720-08:002011-12-05T16:43:51.720-08:00Frankly, I havn't read one good script from th...Frankly, I havn't read one good script from these script contests.<br />TBAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23907050.post-21108113528217738932011-12-05T16:37:42.328-08:002011-12-05T16:37:42.328-08:00hEY ADMIN and JC,
I know you know how to format s...hEY ADMIN and JC,<br /><br />I know you know how to format scripts.<br /><br />But why don't you tell us' the real shit about screenwriting?<br /><br />Give us the real shit?<br /><br />Tell like it is...<br /><br />What makes a good shit piece of writing?<br /><br />repping repping , debbie ,YAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23907050.post-65826315792192511632011-12-05T16:34:10.820-08:002011-12-05T16:34:10.820-08:00Hi, its Debbie in the house, woo woo...
Yes scrip...Hi, its Debbie in the house, woo woo...<br /><br />Yes script contest are waste of time.<br />I take lots of sweat to contact winning writers from Nichol Tramp and Scripta-poo-poo-za and Assten... and read their shit scripts...<br />Their winning reads like bird shit stuk on leaves in the Niles.<br /><br />Sorry for being gross.<br /><br />But these winning scripts are for the birds who quack like quacks. They purple red and orange and yellow SUCKY SHIT!!!<br /><br />Did anyone read the list of scripts Martin Scorcesse is reading right now? I rest my case ..woooooooo wooooooooo<br /><br />Represent RepresentAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23907050.post-56026305478270977832011-12-02T17:08:35.879-08:002011-12-02T17:08:35.879-08:00Tell that to Jeremy Shipp, whom we got signed to U...Tell that to Jeremy Shipp, whom we got signed to UTA earlier this year after he was runner-up in our contest. Next.<br /><br />JCAdminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01534734984797695775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23907050.post-40589191376220382442011-12-02T15:49:13.718-08:002011-12-02T15:49:13.718-08:00And to quote one of my least favorite people, Blak...And to quote one of my least favorite people, Blake Snyder, "I think screenwriting contests are a colossal waste of time" (Pg. 173 "Save The Cat") - Maybe. Maybe not. But have to admit, of the dozen or so WGA writers I know, not one of them has ever even entered a screenwriting contest, let alone won one".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com