Justin Kosch's Lounge Discussions

René S. Garcia, Jr.
Feedback from Screenwriting Competitions: Bad notes? Or am I overly defensive?

I've only entered a couple of screenwriting competitions, so I can't tell if I'm getting bad notes or sound advice. Basically, I felt like the reader already had a preconceived notion of how my story should be told rather than evenly digest what I had written. I can appreciate the three-act structur...

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Serita Stevens

The Torah says we can learn from everyone which is wht I continue to take classes even though I'm multiple times published and produced. Which is why when I get feedback I have to ask myself what is i...

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Laurie Ashbourne

In the example of AFF, (and it applies to the handful of top-tier competitions that are respected) they have a very well thought out process to make sure that all scripts get a fair read and they are...

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Doug Nelson

Yeah Howard, you’re rambling a bit but you’ve touched on some really important issues. I venture that all the more prestigious screenwriting contests each receive thousands of scripts of which the vas...

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Doug Nelson

All true Ben. As I re-read scripts I wrote a decade ago, it amazes me that I turned out so much junk and I’ve produced a couple of films that are so bad, they’ll never be seen by others – yeah, that’s...

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B.V Jottsonne

Some readers actually offer a good analysis , and some others just seem to be going through the motions and repeating a lot of writing workshop clichés and buzzwords. The contests that offer notes hav...

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Monique Mata
Stage 32 Blood List Finalists

Congratulations to all the Finalists. A.Z Ocoza EXODUS Bryan Holm IMMACULATE DECEPTION Chris Regan JENNY RINGO AND THE HOUSE OF FEAR Conall Pendergast SAPIEN Dee Chilton DARKEN SHIP Erick Ziegler SEVERED Frank Ponce, John Patton Ford and Chad Law THE DEVIL’S SOLDIERS Glenn Forbes THE WRECKAGE Kieron...

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Justin Kosch

Congrats!

Justin Kosch

Would anyone be upset if I told everyone I made 14th place? ;)

Neil Chase

Thank you! And congrats to the other finalists! I'm still blown away by this news :)

Violette Soleil

Congrats all!!!! Nicely Done!

Larry Woldenberg

You guys rock!

Geoff Dupuy-Holder
New Blood Screenwriting Contest Quarter Finalists

It's called RIDERS ON THE STORM. It's a sci-fi destruction thriller themed round an alien invasion and the er... somewhat unusual resistance deployed by we Earthlings. And the screenplay is one of the quarter-finalists in the New Blood scriptwriting contest. I'm quite pleased about this.

Guy McDouall

Well done on getting it that far. I like the set up of the New Blood contest. I hope it discovers some good horror scripts and writers that lead to some decent horror films. I love the genre when it's done well.

Geoff Dupuy-Holder

And congratulations to all the other quarter-finalists.

Justin Kosch

Congrats! I made Quarter Finals, too. May the best script win!

Doug Goodrich

Congrats! I have one in the running, Last Chance Ranch. Anyone know how many submissions they received? It looks like the Quarter-Finals are down to about 140. Best of luck writers!

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