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Potential manager is sending it to her partner. Should hear something in a week.
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Fingers crossed that I might "have" to add "Repped by" soon... (Maybe?)

New thing...

a woman in a yellow suit is standing in front of a door with the words `` faints in spanish '' written on it . ALT: a woman in a yellow suit is standing in front of a door with the words `` faints in spanish '' written on it .

My oldest/longest lasting friend (met in 1984, now she's written 14+books) referred me to her rep.

"I looked at your friend's log lines on Coverfly and actually have (major) producers requesting projects very close to the sound of these. Would love to chat with him any time after this week. 🙂"

Promise Me Five time BEST SCREENPLAY winner World Premiere: Austin Film Festival, November 1, 2015 Sound design is optimized for theatrical projection - Speakers are…

"Promise Me"

Follows a once flourishing woman, now at the end of her life, who struggles to ensure that her recently reconciled son does not make the same mistakes that she did.

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I got notes on BAD GIRLS today from an Emmy-winning screenwriter. It was educational. And humbling. And apparently some of the info that's being passed around between indie writers is total bullshit. He really liked the script, and after making the adjustments he suggested, I know it will be better.

Poster images for THE SURVIVOR

Woohoo!

Just when I was feeling really good about this writing thing, here' comes the MF crash. Makes it feel like none of it's worth it.

Hey @theblcklst.bsky.social, last time I asked you about long delays, your reader only read the beginning and ending and skipped the middle. (What a dick) Now I've been waiting 25 DAYS and you still haven't assigned my script, I'm beginning to think you just decided to take the money and run.

I'm sure you guys keep track of this stuff so...

Would you mind sharing (privately) the names of (and maybe related info) for the lit managers you have queried? I never thought I'd be asking, but I apparently need a rep to contact certain people. (Which I DO understand)
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Signed on today to produce a short horror film called "Kissyfoot", written by my friend Michael Clifton, and starring the amazing Dale Dickey.

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Major life change coming.

I knew it was the right decision when I really decided and felt a huge relief.

Not normally a contest I'd enter, but they were actually nice, although I couldn't even tell you what country they're in. it was more of a test to see if it was ok in other people's eyes. Miss Jolene wasn't unhappy, which is fortunate for the judges. ☠️
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It occurred to me that with @coverfly.bsky.social closing, I'm going to save lots of $. Why waste $ entering contests just to get on some arbitrary list? At first it felt like it meant something. Now it just feels like a waste. I'll still enter some festivals, but that's more curated.
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Reaching out to my screenwriter friends. Not looking for notes, I just want to gauge if it's on the pro level. If you're a fellow writer and want to give BAD GIRLS a read let me know. It's hard to tell if I'm just enamored with my own script of if it might be something worth pursuing. #scriptsky

The two bottom ones came in today. Dunwich announces winners in a couple weeks.

Can't complain.

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Nice!

My thing is that I want to be directly involved in production, so I'm more looking for producers who can find investors (and also, ya know...produce).
How'd you find them?

I know a lot of #scriptsky - #screenwriting ppl are trying to get reps so they can sell/option their scripts. I have no interest (for now) in that. I DO want to get to producers to help find funding though. Have any of you had success (w/o reps) in making this happen?

BAD GIRLS BL review #2 came back as a 7. Better... Honestly for a first feature, it's as good as I could ask for. Not an 8, but the difference in 7-8 & 8-9 is all subjective. No complaints. This won't get me into Nicholl, though so I'm not even going to bother with that.

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Raindance only does 10-15 QF. Why even have QF if there are so few? I think I'm done entering contests. I have pending contests through early next year but aside from the Blacklist, I think I'm done. Loads of money saved!

FYI: This came from @coverfly.bsky.social yesterday after I emailed with questions.
"Coverfly will not be accepting new submissions come August, however existing submissions will still be considered by the various competitions listed on our site beyond August. "

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It's not the service provided, it's who's running it.

Hard pass.

I'm sure some contests will migrate to FilmFreeway (Which the same company owns... Monopoly much?)

I use it as a (mostly) central location for entries, not really as a ranking system. I probably would use it, but only for convenience.

Coverfly Is Shutting Down. What Does This Mean for Screenwriters? Another avenue to be found is closing. Breaking in is getting very hard.

The rumors are true.

I wonder how @coverfly.bsky.social plans to manage contest entries after August 1. I have entries that don't announce until 2026, so it feels like I've lost my entry fee of the platform I used goes away.

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