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So, I didn't make the top ten, but I did make the top 15 (five honorable mentions).
Some of you may recall that I posted the original 5 pages of The Devil's Elbow in the Anonymous Script pages a while back. I received some great feed back from writers on this board as well as from my writer's group. And after rewriting it several times, I submitted the pages.
I wanted to offer my experience to those who might be considering entering this competition. I entered because I was really interested in the development package with is its 'reward' for making the top ten. But if you really believe you can deliver the goods, I'd like to recommend you consider the strategy I took.
If you enter early enough, you can pay $10 extra to receive feedback. This is offered as an industry standard assessment. It also provides, what I consider, very helpful constructive criticism.
I entered early enough that I was sent my review back a few weeks before the close of the actual contest and below are the results of that draft:
These are the possible scores: POOR FAIR GOOD EXCELLENT
CONCEPT - excellent
PLOT - excellent
PACING/STRUCTURE - good
FORMAT - excellent
CHARACTER - excellent
DIALOGUE - excellent
OVERALL - excellent
Then, out of a PASS, RECOMMEND, CONSIDER it received a CONSIDER and was placed in the pool in which the top ten would be selected. They said that I could chose to leave my submission as is, or submit new pages. I felt the overall notes were valid and set out to rewrite the pages and (at a reduced, but additional cost) I submitted the revised pages prior to the deadline.
Now, if you think you can get into the top ten, I would recommend this approach if the reward has enough value for you, because it's a steep price to pay for 15 pages, clocking in at $90. You just have to keep in mind that at the top it's going to be (and should be) a close horse race.
Below are the final 15 pages I submitted if anyone's interested in reading them. I plan to continue to write the entire script when I complete my rewrite of another spec I'm working on.
Genre: Crime/thriller
Title: The Devil's Elbow
Original Logline: this will change as I set out to write my spec.
A corrupt detective with one month left to live tries to make all the wrongs right in a wobbly road to redemption, becoming the cop - and the person - they always wanted to be in the process.
Pitch: In the vein of D.O.A.
It would've been cool to meet Sheldon Turner and meet with Benderspink, ah well, so it goes.
And, of course, a heartfelt congratulations to the top ten finalists and the other four honorable mentions.
Cheers,
FA4
Here's a dropbox link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ac0jo9ne0r...ow05.24.14.txt
I just have to say I'm pretty smitten with myself for figuring out how to create a Dropbox link all by myself-- there's still hope!
So, I didn't make the top ten, but I did make the top 15 (five honorable mentions).
Some of you may recall that I posted the original 5 pages of The Devil's Elbow in the Anonymous Script pages a while back. I received some great feed back from writers on this board as well as from my writer's group. And after rewriting it several times, I submitted the pages.
I wanted to offer my experience to those who might be considering entering this competition. I entered because I was really interested in the development package with is its 'reward' for making the top ten. But if you really believe you can deliver the goods, I'd like to recommend you consider the strategy I took.
If you enter early enough, you can pay $10 extra to receive feedback. This is offered as an industry standard assessment. It also provides, what I consider, very helpful constructive criticism.
I entered early enough that I was sent my review back a few weeks before the close of the actual contest and below are the results of that draft:
These are the possible scores: POOR FAIR GOOD EXCELLENT
CONCEPT - excellent
PLOT - excellent
PACING/STRUCTURE - good
FORMAT - excellent
CHARACTER - excellent
DIALOGUE - excellent
OVERALL - excellent
Then, out of a PASS, RECOMMEND, CONSIDER it received a CONSIDER and was placed in the pool in which the top ten would be selected. They said that I could chose to leave my submission as is, or submit new pages. I felt the overall notes were valid and set out to rewrite the pages and (at a reduced, but additional cost) I submitted the revised pages prior to the deadline.
Now, if you think you can get into the top ten, I would recommend this approach if the reward has enough value for you, because it's a steep price to pay for 15 pages, clocking in at $90. You just have to keep in mind that at the top it's going to be (and should be) a close horse race.
Below are the final 15 pages I submitted if anyone's interested in reading them. I plan to continue to write the entire script when I complete my rewrite of another spec I'm working on.
Genre: Crime/thriller
Title: The Devil's Elbow
Original Logline: this will change as I set out to write my spec.
A corrupt detective with one month left to live tries to make all the wrongs right in a wobbly road to redemption, becoming the cop - and the person - they always wanted to be in the process.
Pitch: In the vein of D.O.A.
It would've been cool to meet Sheldon Turner and meet with Benderspink, ah well, so it goes.
And, of course, a heartfelt congratulations to the top ten finalists and the other four honorable mentions.
Cheers,
FA4
Here's a dropbox link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ac0jo9ne0r...ow05.24.14.txt
I just have to say I'm pretty smitten with myself for figuring out how to create a Dropbox link all by myself-- there's still hope!
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