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Phil, I'm not rating myself against anyone here or anywhere else. I'm rating myself in what I believe is great writing and story telling and the opposite. Pretty hopeless and mediocre. I know exactly my strengths and my weaknesses. I'm realistic. Can I learn to get better? Probably, but I just don't think I have that dream that so many others here do. Therefore the drive to be the best I can be at this isn't there. If that make sense.
I wish some cute mod would combine this thread with the poll thread.
I read a boat load of scripts and I've also been around here a long time (too long). It seems to me a lot of people are cranky they can't get access to Hollywood because this or that reason, but hardly ever does anyone think it has to do with their script or their writing.
My question is, where do you think you rank as a screenwriter on a scale from 1-10?
This was intended as a poll thread, but I couldn't figure out how to make this one of those. Can a mod please help?
I would like to know how you all rate yourselves.
This is an excellent question, Pia!!! Okay, 10 being the best, I think I would give myself a 2 because I haven't been around the movie world very long and I'm working on internalizing what's really going on in any particular package that is "the story".
Really, there's just so much to learn and I might be too generous even giving myself a 2.
And I think you rate better than a three, Blondie.
Phil
I thought that was what you are getting at, I just assumed that Pia was being what Mr Z posted a great link to about.
Though it does need to be said that I remember Pia being the queen of short scripts before Mr Z suddenly found his mojo and began killing everyone at Movie Poet. I would have put her much higher than 3.
I don't think you're giving yourself enough credit, but I know it's a tough job and industry and there are some awesome workers out there with passion out the yin yang; so yes, I understand.
I like MiKe's answer. Good enough. Maybe I'll just say, good enough for now, but not good enough later.
What, no minuses? Where are the fractions? Seriously… Like Pia, I’m not that serious. As people will know, who read the drivel I turn out will attest to. I love to play with boundaries. Try something a little different.
Do I ever expect to make it as a Pro? Absolutely not. I just don’t have the dedication. Do I have the imagination? You bet your sweet ass I do.
My score?
Like I said, there would have to be minuses. I aspire to be a 1.
What, no minuses? Where are the fractions? Seriously… Like Pia, I’m not that serious. As people will know, who read the drivel I turn out will attest to. I love to play with boundaries. Try something a little different.
Do I ever expect to make it as a Pro? Absolutely not. I just don’t have the dedication. Do I have the imagination? You bet your sweet ass I do.
My score?
Like I said, there would have to be minuses. I aspire to be a 1.
I kind of thought that 1 meant you were already doing "something". Working. And 2 meant you've been working for a little while at it-- say four or five years working fairly consistently. If someone were a 5, I'd expect they have completed several mediocre scripts.
I think maybe making any progress over 5, means you've done a whack of ground work and are getting more serious. And if you were a 10, you could rip one out of your head in a week, polish it a bit, let it get cold and maybe having something quite decent in a month or two.
My good wishes to anyone who is just 1 and working at it. May we work towards 5 together.
And I think you rate better than a three, Blondie.
Phil
Agreed. Come on now.
Very tough question. To the point where I can't bring myself to vote on the poll. I can't figure out a precise figure. But based on the criteria you, Pia, have graciously provided, I wouldn't give myself anything less than 7. I honestly believe I'm an above-average writer. But on a scale of 1-10, my goal is 11. I set very high expectations for myself and am in a constant process of stepping it up.
I'm glad to see nobody's voted themselves a ten or "off the chart" yet. When someone asks how good you think you are when it comes to screenwriting, I guess we're going for how much we know about screenwriting as opposed to how good of a story we can write, and how good we go about executing it, right?
I'm glad to see nobody's voted themselves a ten or "off the chart" yet. When someone asks how good you think you are when it comes to screenwriting, I guess we're going for how much we know about screenwriting as opposed to how good of a story we can write, and how good we go about executing it, right?
Or both?
Sean
For me it's a matter of "feeling" it. If I ever get "somewhere", I'll know it. I will never be able to watch as many movies as some people. It's just not in the way I was built because I have a calling to work on multiple levels. On the other hand, there has to be a movie made at some point from some naive person like me who writes from a point of innocence and doesn't have much of a clue about the business side of things, probably doesn't care too much because that's what the smart business people are for.
That might truly be one of my greatest strengths. When I write, I'm writing from quite a blank slate. I take from life and my limited experience with scripts that I've read so far and just keep working.
What impresses me is looking at the individual and appreciating their unique qualities-- how they are perceiving something.
In the end, I think it comes down to judging yourself against yourself. You are a unique individual with strengths and weaknesses and our job on the boards here, its to help bring out your strengths to a greater degree. If we can do that, then maybe how good a writer you perceive yourself to be, or how good a writer someone else perceives you to be isn't even all that important. If you care to be better, then that's enough for now. Jumping down now.
I gave myself a 5. Some days, I feel confident. And then there are days when I feel like I totally suck, and I cringe looking over anything I've written.
I feel like I was more confident about writing last year or so...but now, I have no confidence at all. I still won't stop trying to make films, though. But lately I've felt...I don't know...sucky.
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