"The horrah. the horrah."
I took to the plunge. I entered several screenplay contests. After sitting back for a couple of weeks I decided to give my entry a read. On at least 10 occasions my heart sank when I realized I either used the wrong word, failed to omit a word on rewrite or did/didn't pluralize when I should have. You know, the kind of mistakes you see on these boards all the time. I know, I know. This is different. Tight means tight. Polished means polished. None of the mistakes take away from the overall story but they are there. My personal writing process lends itself to such mistakes. For instance, the first draft usually has 100 or more such mistakes. I sit, I bear down and I write with the understanding that the necessary tightening and polishing will come later. On this occasion I missed some things when my mind shifted prematurely to contest entry mode.
Long winded but in short, will the little mistakes kill any chance in a contest even if the story and structure are exceptional?
I took to the plunge. I entered several screenplay contests. After sitting back for a couple of weeks I decided to give my entry a read. On at least 10 occasions my heart sank when I realized I either used the wrong word, failed to omit a word on rewrite or did/didn't pluralize when I should have. You know, the kind of mistakes you see on these boards all the time. I know, I know. This is different. Tight means tight. Polished means polished. None of the mistakes take away from the overall story but they are there. My personal writing process lends itself to such mistakes. For instance, the first draft usually has 100 or more such mistakes. I sit, I bear down and I write with the understanding that the necessary tightening and polishing will come later. On this occasion I missed some things when my mind shifted prematurely to contest entry mode.
Long winded but in short, will the little mistakes kill any chance in a contest even if the story and structure are exceptional?
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