Nicholl Fellowship 2012 open for submissions

[P-jay]

Re: Reader Comments

Mr. Beal,

I have another silly question. Some writers submit two or three scripts. Does any writer get more than one comment posted in a given year, (assuming the comments don't come from the same script).

Thanks.

[gregbeal]

Re: Reader Comments

Mr. Beal,

A couple of silly questions.

I know there are a good number of scripts eligible to have a reader comment posted, and that you can't post a comment from even a tenth of those reads, but do you ever post more than one comment about a script?

And if you had posted a comment about the script of a finalist/winner, do you tell them? Not who said it, just that that specific comment referred to their script?

Thanks

Nope and nope (at least not that I remember, nor do I remember anyone asking).

[Hilander]

Re: Reader Comments

Mr. Beal,

A couple of silly questions.

I know there are a good number of scripts eligible to have a reader comment posted, and that you can't post a comment from even a tenth of those reads, but do you ever post more than one comment about a script?

And if you had posted a comment about the script of a finalist/winner, do you tell them? Not who said it, just that that specific comment referred to their script?

Thanks

[jtwg50]

Re: Nicholl Fellowship 2012 open for submissions

I entered a zombie romcom that I'm feeling really good about. That, I think, is the ultimate genre mashup for a discerning readership. Time will tell.

[froonly]

Re: Nicholl Fellowship 2012 open for submissions

To use the freeware PDF utilities - such as "Primo PDF" per Comic Bent's recommendation - you use the print command. That in turn activates the utility, embeds the fonts (including those whacky cover page ones the agent round-table says you shouldn't use ) and produces the PDF.

For as long as it's been out - Final Draft is pretty weak in the font selection and thereby font embedding aspects. Maybe they'll catch up to Movie Magic in their FD 9 release -- along with the version tracking / outline features so appealing with MM.

Except that Primo does work with a pdf *file*.

[Unfinishe]

Re: Nicholl Fellowship 2012 open for submissions

Greg,

Not sure if someone's mentioned this already, but since each script will receive at least two reads, I'll be curious to learn how many quarter-finalists or above, if any, had a negative read in the first round.

[YakMan]

Re: Nicholl Fellowship 2012 open for submissions

Unfinishe

don't print.
use Save as PDF.

To use the freeware PDF utilities - such as "Primo PDF" per Comic Bent's recommendation - you use the print command. That in turn activates the utility, embeds the fonts (including those whacky cover page ones the agent round-table says you shouldn't use ) and produces the PDF.

For as long as it's been out - Final Draft is pretty weak in the font selection and thereby font embedding aspects. Maybe they'll catch up to Movie Magic in their FD 9 release -- along with the version tracking / outline features so appealing with MM.

[froonly]

Re: Nicholl Fellowship 2012 open for submissions

Unfinishe

don't print.
use Save as PDF.

[Rhodi]

Re: Nicholl Fellowship 2012 open for submissions

Glad to help. Good luck in the contest!

[Unfinishe]

Re: Nicholl Fellowship 2012 open for submissions

Eh...HOW...did this happen? I called-in at 340KB tops. Did you submit a - scanned - pdf with color photos??? Curious...?

No.

When I "print" a PDF, final draft gives me an "invalid printer" error. I had downloaded Simpo PDF Creator lite which generates the 2.5 MB files.

I had tried other programs, but this was the only one that worked. Off Rhodi's comment, I downloaded CutePDF, which made a 300kb file. I'm happy see my bitching here was not completely pointless.

[Anagram]

Re: Nicholl Fellowship 2012 open for submissions

Holy shitballs, I almost screwed up.

I'm in a different time zone, and I'm still not sure how I miscalculated.

I was just leisurely doing a last spell check, logged onto the Nicholl page NINE MINUTES LEFT!!

I've never had any internet purchase go smoothly so I figured I was screwed, it was over, better luck next year.

I sweated two pounds off in six minutes, almost broke my keyboard, spent an insane thirty seconds looking for my wallet, tripped over the %#!&* chair and somehow got it through.

Now it's time to break out the snapple.

[gregbeal]

Re: Nicholl Fellowship 2012 open for submissions

Eh...HOW...did this happen? I called-in at 340KB tops. Did you submit a - scanned - pdf with color photos??? Curious...?

Final Draft 7.0 has a known glitch - it creates immense PDF files.

Upgrading to 7.1+ or adding Cute or 995 or Primo solves the problem.

[Rhodi]

Re: Nicholl Fellowship 2012 open for submissions

My theory is that he scanned with a photocopier.

Unfinishe - there are free programs (CutePDF, PDFCreator) that can convert your fdr into a pdf. Typical size is around 250kb.

Well, we're down to the last 10 minutes. Best of luck to all fellow DDers who entered this year!

[YakMan]

Re: Nicholl Fellowship 2012 open for submissions

Kind of ****ed me over with the 1MB limit. Really? 2.5 is way, way too big?

Eh...HOW...did this happen? I called-in at 340KB tops. Did you submit a - scanned - pdf with color photos??? Curious...?

[Unfinishe]

Re: Nicholl Fellowship 2012 open for submissions

Kind of ****ed me over with the 1MB limit. Really? 2.5 is way, way too big?

I won't go into details but Final Draft has been really evil on my new, printerless machine, so I had to impose upon others, which sucked. Got it in though -- please, hold your applause.