It's a shame. I feel for the writers and production staff who are out of jobs.
But everything they did was poorly run. The contests were a joke, constantly extending deadlines to get a few more entry fees, then waiting months to announce even the semifinalists. For those who entered the Expo contest -- where prizes included trips or discounts to the Expo -- winners in the past were informed after the Expo was over, or at least too late to go to that year's Expo.
Personally, I've been a subscriber for the past three years or so, and over the past year, I haven't gotten a single issue on time, and it usually took me several phone calls to get a replacement issue.
The organization has certainly been in a decline for a while.
I was at the latest CS Expo and the BS he spewed during the "closing ceremonies" was Oscar worthy. Attendees asked questions about why and how the Expo could be so unorganized and he had a weak and barely plausible excuse for each question. I was shocked that he actually said some things didn't get done because he just didn't have enough time. There sure wasn't a lot of LEADERSHIP on that stage when he was giving those answers (and, yes, he was up there alone!!).
I enjoyed the magazine (and the Expo) and hope that maybe someone can take CS over that actually has a clue about how to run a business.
I was at the latest CS Expo and the BS he spewed during the "closing ceremonies" was Oscar worthy. Attendees asked questions about why and how the Expo could be so unorganized and he had a weak and barely plausible excuse for each question. I was shocked that he actually said some things didn't get done because he just didn't have enough time. There sure wasn't a lot of LEADERSHIP on that stage when he was giving those answers (and, yes, he was up there alone!!).
I enjoyed the magazine (and the Expo) and hope that maybe someone can take CS over that actually has a clue about how to run a business.
I'm still waiting on Bill to re-release the Actions of Screenwriting book. Can't be that hard to pay a publisher to print copies and then and sell the book on a website can it? Its been sold out for years now.
The Best Impersonation of Christian Bale Freak Out!!
I'm still waiting on Bill to re-release the Actions of Screenwriting book. Can't be that hard to pay a publisher to print copies and then and sell the book on a website can it? Its been sold out for years now.
And why are you bringing up Bill Martell in a thread about Creative Screenwriting? He doesn't even work for the magazine. I think this post needs to go in a different thread. Yes?
Through a killer head cold I am rewriting a chapter of SECRETS OF ACTION today and expect to have it finished around the end of the month - Kindle/Nook edition around then, and print to follow. Nov issue of Script has an excerpt from the new edition.
Okay, now back to Creative Screenwriting discussion currently in progress...
Not to forget the snafus they had delivering purchased dvds... took me 6 months of phone calls to get my products... never in the stores on time or at all some issues... 6 issues per year and they can't get their act together?
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