Re: Done Deal Pro Site
i have never said anything negative about this site and i don't appreciate you putting your petty, small minded-words, in my mouth.
i am here contributing what i feel i can, and certainly not stomping around on the playground acting like a bully when someone has an opposing opinion.
this site is not known for being a contest. my point, that you clearly missed, is without a reputation for "being" a contest, it has no leverage.
you're making my argument for me. they did not make it because they won a logline contest on Done Deal Pro. they did the work. that's why they succeeded.
i said, "no one in the industry is going to take a contest run on DDP as a valid resource for a high quality screenplay based on winning a logline contest..."
not quite the same as "not giving a rat's ass," is it? certainly not as inflammatory, one might argue, but hey you be you, boo.
DDP is a resource for industry information and writers helping writers.
people don't buy loglines, Joe, they buy screenplays.
Done Deal Pro is not known as a screenplay contest source. that's what i said. that was my point. it is not false.
your idea was a logline contest, Joe. having someone win a logline contest then have Will contact agents, manager, and producers. let's keep it in context shall we, here's what you wrote...
JoeNYC, if you think that winning a logline contest means you have a pro-level written script ready for the industry to see, you are wrong. it might, but you can't base that on the logline alone.
you can't just have a well written logline. you have to show you can execute a well-told screenplay before you contact agents, managers and producers. if you do not have both you lose all credibility. that is my point.
that's what you were presenting in your first email. that's the only one i read besides your shots at me for disagreeing with you.
have another donut.
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i am here contributing what i feel i can, and certainly not stomping around on the playground acting like a bully when someone has an opposing opinion.
this site is not known for being a contest. my point, that you clearly missed, is without a reputation for "being" a contest, it has no leverage.
Do you know how many non-pros, who became professional writers, were members on this site. A good many started as newbies, where they learned the craft, created and honed their loglines and scripts using insights and feedback from members.
The "reputation" that you speak of is what I was wanting to build with the "Wall of Congratulations" suggestion.
Oh, and the comment about no industry person will give a rat's ass about a logline from a DDP contest is again just accepting defeat without even trying. ?
Oh, and the comment about no industry person will give a rat's ass about a logline from a DDP contest is again just accepting defeat without even trying. ?
not quite the same as "not giving a rat's ass," is it? certainly not as inflammatory, one might argue, but hey you be you, boo.
DDP is a resource for industry information and writers helping writers.
You don't think if there was a unique, high concept logline that would make people go -- WOW!, every single person working in the industry would ignore it -- because DDP is not, according to you, a "valid source"
Done Deal Pro is not known as a screenplay contest source. that's what i said. that was my point. it is not false.
your idea was a logline contest, Joe. having someone win a logline contest then have Will contact agents, manager, and producers. let's keep it in context shall we, here's what you wrote...
JoeNYC
Maybe in the Logline contest only, members could select the top three and Will, or a volunteer could contact agents, managers and producers to inform them about the DDP site and its membership, mentioning the in-house contest and that we're inquiring if they would judge the winner of the top three.
Maybe in the Logline contest only, members could select the top three and Will, or a volunteer could contact agents, managers and producers to inform them about the DDP site and its membership, mentioning the in-house contest and that we're inquiring if they would judge the winner of the top three.
you can't just have a well written logline. you have to show you can execute a well-told screenplay before you contact agents, managers and producers. if you do not have both you lose all credibility. that is my point.
that's what you were presenting in your first email. that's the only one i read besides your shots at me for disagreeing with you.
have another donut.
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