tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23907050.post115679104922928641..comments2024-03-11T08:03:15.413-07:00Comments on STORMBLOG: Thoughts from Behind the CurtainUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23907050.post-86594327040389779842009-04-09T08:50:00.000-07:002009-04-09T08:50:00.000-07:00I've talked to a number of friends who've judged f...I've talked to a number of friends who've judged for Scriptapalooza and the sloppiness they display by blanketing the town with scripts is pretty indicative of how they run their operation. They don't care about actually helping their writers so much as the ability to say their scripts are being read by so-and-so and such-and-such agency on their website.Michael Ferrishttp://www.scriptawish.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23907050.post-1158558956035824002006-09-17T22:55:00.000-07:002006-09-17T22:55:00.000-07:00Annoyed, you make a good point. But I wasn't reall...Annoyed, you make a good point. But I wasn't really trying to slam a competitor, but bring up what I believe is a valid point. How does your suspicion of our contest diminish the validity of my logic--that scripts should be as good as they can be before they're sent out? I have nothing against Scriptapalooza, and in fact I think their taste is very good.<BR/><BR/>Now let me take a moment to comment about Moviebytes. I read the comments posted by some folks, and I have to say I agree with them. here's the response I posted on Moviebytes:<BR/><BR/>Hey guys, I'm the founder of Writers of the Storm. Let me quickly respond to a couple of the comments here. First off, of course the contest is a promotional tool for Coverage, Ink, just as every other coverage service's contest is a promotion for them, too. So I'm not exactly sure how that invalidates the contest. Now had it been the case that we only advanced Coverage, Ink clients, then that would be meaningful. But in fact, only one of our top ten--Brad Henning, who wrote Heavens to Betsy--had been a previous Coverage, Ink client. The rest all entered the contest cold. In fact, not a single CI client who sent in their script during the contest period made it to the top 10.<BR/><BR/>As for the usefulness of the mini-analysis comments, I take these comments to heart. We've had a nice debate going on at our blog (www.coverageink.blogspot.com) about this, and while some people thought the mini-analyses were cool and helpful, others--like some of you who posted here--thought they were iffy to full-on useless. I take these criticisms to heart and frankly view that as a personal failure on our part. I know we're not going to please everybody. But by the same token, as a writer, I would not want to get 4 lines of vague and generic feedback either. Damn right I'd be disappointed, too. <BR/><BR/>We have had several meetings to address this issue and are trying to come up with a more innovative solution for the next go-round. I also offered, on the blog, to personally read the first 30 pages of any script where the writer felt they'd been unfairly dismissed or gotten useless feedback, and i did wind up reading about 4 scripts. While I agreed with the judges' opinions, in some cases I did agree the comments were vague and I offered pages of notes to clarify. <BR/><BR/>To sum up, yep, we are a coverage company. It's what we do. And the contest is a part of that. But at the end of the day we are still a company run by writers, for writers. And we will keep trying to get it right. <BR/><BR/>--JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23907050.post-1157669912977988522006-09-07T15:58:00.000-07:002006-09-07T15:58:00.000-07:00I would think it extremely unprofessional to trash...I would think it extremely unprofessional to trash your competitors, Mr. Cirlie, don't you? It's not like your contest has been any picnic. Just looked at the feedbacks on Moviebytes, and they were far from pretty.<BR/><BR/>Most of the commentators, you will note, are highly suspicious of your contest, and trashing a well known, and respected screenplay competition, only adds to the suspicion!<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/>AnnoyedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23907050.post-1157057971202912862006-08-31T13:59:00.000-07:002006-08-31T13:59:00.000-07:00I have a friend who has an MFA from UCLA and is st...I have a friend who has an MFA from UCLA and is still scrambling to find work just like the rest of us, so I don't think that's worth jack!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23907050.post-1156854725064119352006-08-29T05:32:00.000-07:002006-08-29T05:32:00.000-07:00Ah yes... Contests. Love'em...Not.What Fascinates ...Ah yes... Contests. Love'em...<BR/><BR/>Not.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/2006/07/what-fascinates-you.html" REL="nofollow">What Fascinates You?</A><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.unknownscreenwriter.com/2006/07/what-fascinates-you-finale-last-sword.html" REL="nofollow"> What FASCINATES YOU? --finale... Last sword in the horse.</A><BR/><BR/>UnkAMERICAN RESTOPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04494241660914270458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23907050.post-1156808555876301092006-08-28T16:42:00.000-07:002006-08-28T16:42:00.000-07:00But what does that say for those guys who got all ...But what does that say for those guys who got all that eduication and still have to enter contests. if i spend 20 grand on a masters at usc or whatever i'd like to think it helps get a job working in the biz! i wonder why these guys are entering contests is all i'm saying...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com