Last night I had the strangest dream. I was reviewing the Nichols contest script scores. I saw that some of the scripts scored as high as 83, and the same script would get a 40 the next time. And then the script would get a 50 after that.
Some scripts just got low marks the first time out. My script was one of them. I got a 39. I remember panacking in the dream, not for the script that was not going to make it to the next round, but the one I'm working on now.
In my dream, it occured to me that maybe I don't know how to write. I don't have good ideas. And then I asked myself, what can I do to make the script I'm working on now the best it can be. But I couldn't answer because if my score was a 39, I was not the person to ask advice of. So speakly plainly when you respond. And if you are compelled to answer a great story, then tell me what a great story is. Should I modernize the tale of Opedius? That's a great story.
So what the hell am I missing? What's the point? What are the key factors that makes a script advance or sell or get notice? Because no matter how good I think I am getting, it doesn't speak to the question of how far I am away from success.
Some scripts just got low marks the first time out. My script was one of them. I got a 39. I remember panacking in the dream, not for the script that was not going to make it to the next round, but the one I'm working on now.
In my dream, it occured to me that maybe I don't know how to write. I don't have good ideas. And then I asked myself, what can I do to make the script I'm working on now the best it can be. But I couldn't answer because if my score was a 39, I was not the person to ask advice of. So speakly plainly when you respond. And if you are compelled to answer a great story, then tell me what a great story is. Should I modernize the tale of Opedius? That's a great story.
So what the hell am I missing? What's the point? What are the key factors that makes a script advance or sell or get notice? Because no matter how good I think I am getting, it doesn't speak to the question of how far I am away from success.
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