Fair enough.

Quoted from CJ Walley But what's most important of all, what's absolutely critical and will make the most important difference in your own development, is understanding more about yourself as a writer and the fundamental reasons why you write.

CJ - this is *spot-on*.  A perfect assessment.  And - as was obviously debated in more detail... it's not mutually exclusive with taking good constructive criticism to heart.  The trick there is to simply learn (through hard won experience) how to differentiate good from bad notes... and be open to integrating the "good stuff" organically into one's work.

Cheers!  

--J (W)

Quoted from Breanne Mattson I'm confused by this statement. First off, the William Morris Agency merged with Endeavor and became William Morris Endeavor. I would think maybe this happened some time ago, except you say they submitted it to Sundance 2016. I find this odd. WME is a talent agency, not a distributor. What do you mean they picked your feature up? And why would a talent agency submit your feature to Sundance instead of the production company? What the hell are you talking about? This needs to be clarified. But good luck with your feature becoming an official selection in Sundance 2016!

Breanne, most of the major agencies including WME have motion picture coordinators and film finance divisions. If you're lucky to get to an MP coordinator who likes the script, he or she will circulate it among the agents who are looking to place their available talent in a film. The big agencies also act as domestic sales agents. Or, he could have meant that he was signed by WME. Or all of the above.

Quoted from ajr Breanne, most of the major agencies including WME have motion picture coordinators and film finance divisions. If you're lucky to get to an MP coordinator who likes the script, he or she will circulate it among the agents who are looking to place their available talent in a film. The big agencies also act as domestic sales agents. Or, he could have meant that he was signed by WME. Or all of the above.

If he was signed at WME, it seems like he would have just said that. I doubt anyone from WME would have submitted a script to Sundance by a writer the agency doesn't even represent, so I wonder if he isn't conflating getting some attention at WME with the completely separate act of submitting his script to Sundance.

Either way, this could have been so much more succinct if he had just said, "My latest feature got me signed at WME." The Sundance thing is really premature anyway. His script is only submitted. He hasn't been accepted. I would have waited until it was announced.

Anyway, writing shouldn't be that confusing. Especially if you're going to teach others how to do it.