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I asked around to some people I know in the business and that company has a pretty good reputation, so I'm hoping that it will actually get produced and not just disappear, which is common. The contract was decent too, so I'm optimistic. It's supposed to be mentioned in their newsletter some time in March.
I get an email every Thursday with script requests from InkTip, just like I'm sure most people here do. You don't have to be a genius to see certain trends. In my cases I jumped on the ideas of contained thrillers and horrors and also female lead thrillers. All have been optioned and are in some stage of development. IMHO, I wouldn't bother putting big budget stuff on InkTip, but if you have smaller scripts aimed for the indie market, I think it can work. I still say though, that SS is THE BEST place to post scripts. People do look here too.
I get an email every Thursday with script requests from InkTip, just like I'm sure most people here do. You don't have to be a genius to see certain trends. In my cases I jumped on the ideas of contained thrillers and horrors and also female lead thrillers. All have been optioned and are in some stage of development. IMHO, I wouldn't bother putting big budget stuff on InkTip, but if you have smaller scripts aimed for the indie market, I think it can work. I still say though, that SS is THE BEST place to post scripts. People do look here too.
Yeah, I get that too (I don't have access to the full list anymore not being a member). I do like the fact their requests are narrowly stated so that you know before submitting whether or not you're even in their ballpark.
I didn't used to think InkTip was very good at all and decided my The Hit (female lead thriller heist) would be my last one there. Lo and behold, the last week of the four month posting Minds Entertainment optioned it. Two days ago, I put another script up there. We'll see if anyone bites. I do need a better logline though, not to mention synopsis. Maybe I can talk someone from SS into giving me a hand with that. I truly suck at these things.
Pia, I'd be glad to help you if I can. If you want, let me know what you want read for the treatment and logline. I think I'm okay at those. At least, I think in my head that I'm okay, and who knows what that means?
But, I'm willing to try. Perhaps together, we can punch out a top quality eye catching post.
Congrats on the option and I love the new poster in your pic. Very cool!!
I'm interested in reading animation, horror, sci fy, suspense, fantasy, and anything that is good. I enjoy writing the same. Looking to team with anyone!
I've used all the various bits of Inktip's service and overall I think it's a pretty decent site.
I've had about a year on the Listings service, have had a lot of logline views and a few synopsis and script reads, but nothing further. The biggest frustration is prod co's who read your logline repeatedly without ever looking at the synopsis or script, often 10 or more views in a couple of hours... can't figure out why they're doing it!
I've used the magazine a couple of times but it never seemed to generate any extra traffic at all... so I wouldn't recommend it.
I get the weekly Inktip preferred newsletter too, the opportunities are pretty clear and I agree with Pia/Dave re low budget thrillers and horrors etc they seem to be most requested. I've not had success with it yet (way to go Pia!) but this is the one that I think is worth spending money on as you are matching your scripts to what is requested... and the more scripts you have the more useful the newsletter is to you.
Worth remembering that Inktip also have the free listing service for Short scripts too. After SS this is the most successful that I've found for selling shorts... and they also have a free newsletter which has a couple of leads, often shorts, every week.
Very kind of you and I appreciate that. I sent it to a friend this morning who offered to help. It's hard to ask people for help when you need help with specifics and not just a review because it means you're actually asking people to work. This was an older script that I had lying around. Someone asked me for a contained thriller so I dusted it off and put it on InkTip in case they are not interested, maybe someone else is.
As far as InkTip's newsletter goes, I used to post the producer requests here every week, but now they have changed it so you have to subscribe to see all of them.
All I can recommend is trying Wildsound. Wildsound doesn't cost a fortune, I think its around 30$ for a TV script, but they also give extensive and helpful notes. In fact, the first time I submitted Mindwalker, they rejected it and sent a lot of useful stuff about how to improve it. Resubmitted a year (and several drafts) later and it won the February contest and is now in the pool for the yearly contest. My pilot won the TV pilot category in Feb. 2016 and they recorded a table read with professional actors. So far, only about 180 views on youtube, but I've been contacted by a production company, they asked to send both the table read script as well as one of my earlier TV pilots as well as series bibles etc.
That's one seemingly serious contact after a week, more than I got out of The Blacklist, which cost almost 10 times as much as Wildsound. I've also enlisted my two shorts from STS at the wildsound short < 10 pages contest for (I think) 10$ a script now, curious to see where they'll end up. Also close to finishing the writing work for the first season of the TV show I'm writing for, so hopefully will have more time for my own scripts soon again.
All I can recommend is trying Wildsound. Wildsound doesn't cost a fortune, I think its around 30$ for a TV script, but they also give extensive and helpful notes. In fact, the first time I submitted Mindwalker, they rejected it and sent a lot of useful stuff about how to improve it. Resubmitted a year (and several drafts) later and it won the February contest and is now in the pool for the yearly contest. My pilot won the TV pilot category in Feb. 2016 and they recorded a table read with professional actors. So far, only about 180 views on youtube, but I've been contacted by a production company, they asked to send both the table read script as well as one of my earlier TV pilots as well as series bibles etc.
That's one seemingly serious contact after a week, more than I got out of The Blacklist, which cost almost 10 times as much as Wildsound. I've also enlisted my two shorts from STS at the wildsound short < 10 pages contest for (I think) 10$ a script now, curious to see where they'll end up. Also close to finishing the writing work for the first season of the TV show I'm writing for, so hopefully will have more time for my own scripts soon again.
Hey buddy, good to see you on here! I'm feeling a tiny bit better and have been using hands-free software to help on the typing parts so my neck won't hurt as much...
How did your screenplay go? Perhaps I can read it if you want...
Keep us informed of the progress of your projects.
I'm interested in reading animation, horror, sci fy, suspense, fantasy, and anything that is good. I enjoy writing the same. Looking to team with anyone!
All I can recommend is trying Wildsound. Wildsound doesn't cost a fortune, I think its around 30$ for a TV script, but they also give extensive and helpful notes. In fact, the first time I submitted Mindwalker, they rejected it and sent a lot of useful stuff about how to improve it. Resubmitted a year (and several drafts) later and it won the February contest and is now in the pool for the yearly contest. My pilot won the TV pilot category in Feb. 2016 and they recorded a table read with professional actors. So far, only about 180 views on youtube, but I've been contacted by a production company, they asked to send both the table read script as well as one of my earlier TV pilots as well as series bibles etc.
That's one seemingly serious contact after a week, more than I got out of The Blacklist, which cost almost 10 times as much as Wildsound. I've also enlisted my two shorts from STS at the wildsound short < 10 pages contest for (I think) 10$ a script now, curious to see where they'll end up. Also close to finishing the writing work for the first season of the TV show I'm writing for, so hopefully will have more time for my own scripts soon again.
Wildsound is great. I've had one table read from them and another they did reject but I got some great feedback notes. I'll definately consider using them again in the future.
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