Nicholl Fellowship 2012 open for submissions

[iggy]

Originally Posted by gregbeal

No, there is not a formatting category.

What are the categories?

Thanks!

[LateNightWriter]

Originally Posted by gregbeal

Sorry for any confusion or anxiety.

We're not planning on sending confirmation emails as all of the information can be found easily and much earlier in your Nicholl account.

When you complete your end, the account displays Submitted beneath your title.

When we have processed your entry, the account displays Confirmed beneath your title.

When Confirmed appears, your script number is displayed in the Copy for your Records.

Whew! Thanks, Greg!

Late Night Writer

[AlexNoa]

Originally Posted by gregbeal

No, there is not a formatting category.

Yep, I should've known -- Nicholl is that good.

[iggy]

Can anyone answer how the Nicholl is judged (please)?

Thought they evaluated the script as a whole and gave it a "good" or "sucks" and then put it with the other scripts that are good or suck. Then kept doing that til they were narrowed down.

This category idea's got me bewildered.

I wasn't going to enter this year because of plot problems at the end of Act 2. But if the other aspects are the best I can make them should I enter? Definitely not going to win or make semi's with a script with plot problems, right?

But now I don't know how heavily that'll weigh in the scoring. If I knew the categories they score on it'd be easier to determine whether to spend the cash.

Thanks.

[emily blake]

While searching for threads that answer your question, Iggy, I found THIS THREAD that YOU started, in which Greg tells you about the process.

[iggy]

Originally Posted by emily blake

While searching for threads that answer your question, Iggy, I found THIS THREAD that YOU started, in which Greg tells you about the process.

Wow! Completely blank on that! Thanks.

[NikeeGoddess]

Originally Posted by iggy

This category idea's got me bewildered.

I wasn't going to enter this year because of plot problems at the end of Act 2. But if the other aspects are the best I can make them should I enter? Definitely not going to win or make semi's with a script with plot problems, right?

the categories mean nothing in the long run. all genres have equal weight.

but i would suggest to you to save your money at this point since it's not a contest that gives feedback or a scoring card. try Page -- their last submission date is the same, but you can get feedback... i think.

[iggy]

Originally Posted by emily blake

While searching for threads that answer your question, Iggy, I found THIS THREAD that YOU started, in which Greg tells you about the process.

Wait... I see Greg explained in that thread that a strong positive score is an 80 or above.

I don't see the categories they rate to arrive at the total score.

[iggy]

Originally Posted by NikeeGoddess

the categories mean nothing in the long run. all genres have equal weight.

but i would suggest to you to save your money at this point since it's not a contest that gives feedback or a scoring card. try Page -- their last submission date is the same, but you can get feedback... i think.

Oh, I didn't mean genres. I mean categories to score like dialogue, formatting (but Greg said there's no formatting category in the Nicholl), etc.

[gregbeal]

A recommendation:

Don't worry about categories.
Don't worry about competitions.
Don't worry about readers.
Don't worry about agents.
Don't worry about managers.
Don't worry about producers.
Don't worry about executives.

If you must:

Worry about finding and developing a great story.
Worry about writing the best script you can write.
Worry about writing your next script - and the one after that.