Re: Script competitions: Interviews
I haven't been here long enough to know how high tensions run. If you're trying to insinuate I'm angry, I'm not. I'm just surprised at some of the responses.
First, someone says I'm giving bad advice where I didn't give any. Then someone questions why some nobody like me would be interviewed when the whole thing is essentially a survey that anyone could have taken. (Jim posted a request for people to interview right here at this very forum.) Now someone says I do nothing but enter contests when I specifically said in the interview that I didn't think writers should rely on them.
First off, I write stuff for myself and other independent filmmakers. Secondly, I know people in Hollywood who will read my stuff if I have something they may be interested in. I find those avenues more productive than blindly querying all over the place.
Since, however, I seem to be in the minority here, rather than risk coming off as angry and defensive, I'll just gracefully bow out of the discussion. I apologize if I increased tensions on the boards.
Originally posted by figment
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First, someone says I'm giving bad advice where I didn't give any. Then someone questions why some nobody like me would be interviewed when the whole thing is essentially a survey that anyone could have taken. (Jim posted a request for people to interview right here at this very forum.) Now someone says I do nothing but enter contests when I specifically said in the interview that I didn't think writers should rely on them.
First off, I write stuff for myself and other independent filmmakers. Secondly, I know people in Hollywood who will read my stuff if I have something they may be interested in. I find those avenues more productive than blindly querying all over the place.
Since, however, I seem to be in the minority here, rather than risk coming off as angry and defensive, I'll just gracefully bow out of the discussion. I apologize if I increased tensions on the boards.
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