Maybe he ought to create a website for amateur scripts and let people debate it there. And only people signed up to his newsletter can access it. If it gets enough attention, then post it on his main website (where there is a lot more prying eyes from industry people). I think he mentioned this before when he stopped sending pro scripts.

His site's definitely in transition and traffic is a lot less than before. I still find his newsletters helpful with all the script links and the reviews (i.e. Equalizer).

Quoted from Electric Dreamer Oh, I DO think it's much different than SS. Over there, we KNOW there's folks watching with industry ties. That kind of agenda tends to bring out a contentious crowd and front loaded agendas. E.D.

Hey Brett,

Thanks for coming back and giving your thoughts.

This is one of the problems I have with it, although I do agree with Kev that this method does help to give more writers a chance to get their scripts read.

The fact that there probably is some folks with industry ties keeping tabs, won't this kind of nonsense that hardly looks good or professional just bring the blog down - lose respect with them.

I don't know - guess we'll see how this plays out over time.

If he sticks to it, we're talking one batch of amateur scripts a week, on a day that he used to post nothing anyway.

This is just a guess on my part, but to the extent that the industry even looks at those posts, I think they just glance at the logs in the chance one really grabs them. They don't follow the posts below. Would be a waste of valuable time.

If Carson finds one and reviews it with an impressive, they take some notice.

If a script was being already circulated around town, circulated where there was a little buzz, then it might be slightly risky to subject it to the opinions on there. But I doubt he gets amateur scripts like that.

In the end, it has to be something that works for Carson, too. I mean it is a free site, and really there is nothing comparable.

Again, I do not know Carson personally, so I am not defending. I'm saying the blog gives writers another avenue, so we should be happy it's there.

On another note:

Quoted from KevinLenihan If he sticks to it, we're talking one batch of amateur scripts a week, on a day that he used to post nothing anyway.

Is this actually good for the amateur script that gets reviewed on Friday? Last weeks one "Emma" didn't get as much attention and was kind of second fiddle to Thursday's batch of scripts.

Maybe it had nothing to do with it? I never actually looked at the script so I couldn't comment on whether is good or bad. Maybe it would work better if the next batch were thrown out after Friday's amateur script review like before.

Quoted from KevinLenihan This is just a guess on my part, but to the extent that the industry even looks at those posts, I think they just glance at the logs in the chance one really grabs them. They don't follow the posts below. Would be a waste of valuable time.

You're probably right but you never know.

Quoted from KevinLenihan Again, I do not know Carson personally, so I am not defending.

I'm beginning to think you're his attorney or something.

Quoted from KevinLenihan I mean it is a free site, and really there is nothing comparable. I'm saying the blog gives writers another avenue, so we should be happy it's there.

Can't argue with you here, I do appreciate the blog and all it offers so don't think I'm bashing it here. I only wish I had taken your advice when I first joined SS and had joined the mailing list back then.

It's just a shame that as soon as I did, all those specs were taken away and if I'm honest, that does take away some of the appeal.

Yeah, the blog has definitely lost much of its power without the pro scripts. I don't know if it will last. That's why traffic is down.

The only reason I sent him my script a month ago is because I sensed the blog would fade without the pro scripts. Probably a hasty decision on my part since that script was literally written in 2 weeks. I felt there wasn't much to lose, though.

Steve, if you need any scripts from the last couple years of the blog, I'm sure we can find them for you. Just message.

If anyone wants The Conjuring script, I have it.
Carson sent it out back in December as a bonus script.
Haven't read it yet myself.

Regards,
E.D.

I remember reading Psycho Killer at ScriptShadow a while back. Carson didn't like it. I thought it was decent. Looks like Eli Roth will produce it. I'm looking forward to that.  

http://pro.imdb.com/title/tt1764551/

Seems like his website has lost some members lately. Too bad, I did enjoy reading some of those pro scripts.

Kind of off-topic but if you search up 'scriptshadow' on Google, our thread is the last link on the page.

Quoted from Grandma Bear Seems like his website has lost some members lately. Too bad, I did enjoy reading some of those pro scripts.

Yeah, it does seem he's on the slow road to obscurity with the blog.
I don't even know why he still maintains the same banner on his page.
Because he's not reviewing the latest scripts in Hollywood anymore.

Average AF threads used to get to 150 - 200 posts, on a regular basis.
But now, there's about 50. The heat's gone out of the blog.

Not a single AF candidate logline has stood out to me in weeks.

E.D.

He should eliminate the newsletters. Their pointless now. I consider them spam. lol.  

You would have though this could be a good outlet for black listed scripts that have been looked over., or other professional scripts for that matter.

If I were the writer and my script had been liked but gone nowhere, and I wanted some fresh exposure, this could be a good thing to try, especially as you could provide the latest script rather than some old draft.

Shame, this doesn't seem to happen.

Maybe he should put the offer out there are see what happens.

Or another option would be to offer a read for scripts with a coverage rating of recommend.

Just thoughts.

I recognize that Carson's trying to shake it up some.
But the AF candidate weekend critique and jamboree is problematic.
At the start, certain haters were giving the thread a bad taste.

Now, it's the AF candidate authors THEMSELVES causing static.
One writer's posting critiques of the readers that don't get his vision. Ugh.
It's like they're going through some growing pains and being ungraceful about it.
Gotta love it when the reader MUST be the reason why the script's being held back. LOL.

Frankly, our fights here are way more interesting!

Regards,
E.D.

Quoted from Electric Dreamer Now, it's the AF candidate authors THEMSELVES causing static. One writer's posting critiques of the readers that don't get his vision. Ugh.

You wouldn't happen to be talking about Rob "Hey, That's clever shit! That's a double pun, Goddamn it! You didn't think of it!" Ross, would you, Brett? Lol.

On a more serious note, there's defending what you've written and completely dismissing every critique a reader offers you. What's that expression: sometimes the best thing to say is nothing at all?

Quoted from Mr. Blonde You wouldn't happen to be talking about Rob "Hey, That's clever shit! That's a double pun, Goddamn it! You didn't think of it!" Ross, would you, Brett? Lol. On a more serious note, there's defending what you've written and completely dismissing every critique a reader offers you. What's that expression: sometimes the best thing to say is nothing at all?

For sure.
Which is why I kept my trap shut when I got my review.
Kept my emotional little digits away from the keyboard.

E.D.

I think this latest article is one of the poorest things Carson has written. Half of it basically talks about how much he hated Flight -- which IMHO, was one of the best films of last year, if not the best. Maybe I'm a little upset since most of my features are Drama but this article wasn't in any way informative.