Anyone had any success on this website?  I just joined today.  

I've used it from the other side...as a Producer looking for scripts, but I've come across numerous writers who have had some small success.

It's unlikley you'll get Paramount after you, but there's a good amount of decent indies on there...as in competent, make half-decent film indies.

Every horror feature I've had up there (3) Lionsgate have read the logline and synopsis, but not the script.  

Quoted from Grandma Bear Every horror feature I've had up there (3) Lionsgate have read the logline and synopsis, but not the script.

Stick 'em up here Pia. I want to see them.

You've got what it takes definitely. Your brand of dark, twisted stories with undercurrents of sinister humour is perfect for a breakout psychological horror.

Just pick a story with a strong marketing hook and punish that fucker.

Rick, thanks for that!  

I can't because they are scripts that I have written and someone else have rewritten. I need to get more serious and do the rewrites myself. I just absolutely fucking hate rewrites.  


PS. don't tell me I'm weird. That's old news to me.

You're weird.

Quoted from Grandma Bear Every horror feature I've had up there (3) Lionsgate have read the logline and synopsis, but not the script.

Yeah, I vaguely remember being a member of WriterScriptNetwork.com around ten or so years ago.  Same site, new name.  I also remember getting three to four hits a day on my logline and synopsis, but no one ever bothered reading the actual script.  I hope that isn't the case this time around.  Then again, most of what I wrote ten years ago was utter crap.

I've had one of my scripts up on Inktip.com for the last 6 months, and never got a single hit on my synopsis, much less the script, and a lot of the hits for the logline were the several companies doing multiple searches on the same day.

Frankly, I got far more emails than I cared for from the site owner than I got interest in the script.  And the newsletter he provided gave me just 2 leads in 6 months, from which I've not heard back.

It's probably not worth the money and effort to sign up on there as opposed to other services or doing the marketing yourself.  But I'll probably try once more when I have a full-length feature I'd care to try.

I had a few people read the logline and one person read the script.  That's as far as I got.


Phil

Alright, I have to recant a little bit of my bad-mouthing here.  Inktip just offered a free extention of my listing because of the no-hits-on-the-synopsis thing.

So they might be worth it to you, but I imagine $60 could be more effective if you had some free time to do query letters yourself.

Quoted from kendg8r Alright, I have to recant a little bit of my bad-mouthing here.  Inktip just offered a free extention of my listing because of the no-hits-on-the-synopsis thing. So they might be worth it to you, but I imagine $60 could be more effective if you had some free time to do query letters yourself.

Stick your log-line up on here kendg8r. It might need a make-over.

I personally think it is a good resource for weekly updates as to what is being of interest out there. I facebook with the owner and he is trying to give exposure to a group of professionals who subscribe to his service.

Product meets demand. Sure, it is a pay service but if you look at the depth of the companies he currenty has looking at the scripts posted on his site, it is not hard to figure out it might be worth the expense to give it a try.

By the way, his weekly news letter posting the most up to date request from companies seeking new material is FREE OF CHARGE.

Sometimes you can see some of those request posted here but if you email Jarrel at Inktip, you can get on the newsletter and have those request sent directly to your email account.

My take is, that there is no such thing as a bad avenue for success. This is one of the better ones.

Shawn.....><  

I agree with Shawn 100%. Putting scripts up here at SS though gets a lot more attention and contacts. At least in my experience.  

Also,

A pitchfest that was recently held, was sponsered by INKTIP as well. From what I understand, it was a great success.

Not to mention, if you have a subscription with INKTIP, you can post your script, logline, and synop, for FREE for eight days just to try it out.

I did and got several hits on my script.

Just some thoughts.

Shawn.....><

Inktip is basically the screenwriting equivalent of Match.com.

On paper Inktip sounds amazing (like the Miami Heat) but you're better off spending your time going the tried and true query letter route and making good old fashion contacts within the industry. The way I see it is that it's a place for minor production companies to shell out options for no $ for scripts that will never get made.

The only successes I've seen from Inktip have been from very minor production companies seeking out scripts that haven't gone anywhere or at best have lead to generic movie of the week type deals that never play out.  (I know a few people from this site have made deals through Inktip, but most aren't anything to write home about) The only "talent" I've seen them attracting is washed up actors that are going for movie of the week type stuff on Lifetime network, or even things less than that.
Basically, if you want to have the script you've spent the last year pouring your heart and soul into end up in the hands of a crystal meth'd out actor like Tom Sizemore or any other D list celebrity than Inktip is for you, if not, please, for the love of God, avoid this site. Unless your dream is to make something even worse than a Uwe Boll film.

The forerunner of the site, Jerrol Lebarron; if I'm not mistaken, is great at communicating via email with anyone that signs up, but everyone should be well aware that he's a good businessman but doesn't hold much if any clout industry wise. Take that communication with a grain of salt because first and foremost he's out to cover his own butt, and on the totem pole he's at the very, very bottom.
Overall, I just don't want anyone here to put that much effort or that high of expectations into Inktip because it won't pay off in the end.
Nate

Quoted from n7 Inktip is basically the screenwriting equivalent of Match.com. On paper Inktip sounds amazing (like the Miami Heat) but you're better off spending your time going the tried and true query letter route and making good old fashion contacts within the industry. The way I see it is that it's a place for minor production companies to shell out options for no $ for scripts that will never get made. The only successes I've seen from Inktip have been from very minor production companies seeking out scripts that haven't gone anywhere or at best have lead to generic movie of the week type deals that never play out.  (I know a few people from this site have made deals through Inktip, but most aren't anything to write home about) The only "talent" I've seen them attracting is washed up actors that are going for movie of the week type stuff on Lifetime network, or even things less than that. Basically, if you want to have the script you've spent the last year pouring your heart and soul into end up in the hands of a crystal meth'd out actor like Tom Sizemore or any other D list celebrity than Inktip is for you, if not, please, for the love of God, avoid this site. Unless your dream is to make something even worse than a Uwe Boll film. The forerunner of the site, Jerrol Lebarron; if I'm not mistaken, is great at communicating via email with anyone that signs up, but everyone should be well aware that he's a good businessman but doesn't hold much if any clout industry wise. Take that communication with a grain of salt because first and foremost he's out to cover his own butt, and on the totem pole he's at the very, very bottom. Overall, I just don't want anyone here to put that much effort or that high of expectations into Inktip because it won't pay off in the end. Nate

Yeah, I think you pretty much summed it up.  If you check out all the production deals that were made through InkTip, most are bottom of the barrel zombie/demon type slasher movies featuring the likes of Tom Sizemore or Jake Busey.  

I knew that going in, but most of the independent market is geared towards low budget horror and slasher.  It's an easy buck and has a faithful audience.  It's one of the few genres that forgives a micro budget and weak acting, in exchange for heavy blood, body dismemberment and young, naked, nubile women.

I just need to write a morally bankrupt, disgusting piece of filth with no substance or redeemable social value - add some demons and zombies - and I'll be optioning scripts before the year is up!  Maybe I'll be lucky enough to get a Tom Sizemore!  How bad could that be?  He was in Heat and Saving Private Ryan!

Quoted from ericdickson I just need to write a morally bankrupt, disgusting piece of filth with no substance or redeemable social value - add some demons and zombies - and I'll be optioning scripts before the year is up!

The Sci-Fi Channel will love you!

I just sold a script to them about a mutagenetics/gene-splicing experiment that escaped from a military base.  It's half flightless bird from Australia and half color changing lizard.  It can blend in with any background and hungers for human flesh.

I call it OstriCHAMELEON


Phil (shoot me)

An interesting topic.

Like many here, I had put a full length script or two and got many logline hits.  There was one script of mine in 2005 which got requests for a read. BUT that action did not result from the listing. It was the extra 40 bucks I tossed in for that "snail mailed" Newsletter that Inktip sends out to varied parties every month. The folks that contacted me asked me to download a release form and send it to them.

I did that. They said great, send us the script, and who to send it to.
Then they sent the script in the envelope back to me unopened saying they "don't accept unsolicited material'.

I emailed the person back, and it was five full months before I heard back. "It was an error on our part. But now it's too late. We found another script and writer"

Inktip had me sign a release form. The company which turned out to be a talent agency asked for a release form. I spent time and money, and all I did was waste both. I was VERY UPSET to say the least. But it's like you're driving and some joker cuts you off and you scream and swear, knowing, even as you do so the bum in the other car -now a few miles away- cannot hear your lament..

That said--it was not Inktip that did this. It was the other party. I still get the newsletter  from Inktip...see what folks look for.

And then recently I decided to use the short scripts listing. I have two sshort cripts in prep. One of them, once filmed will result in a IMDb page and a Film Fest tour.

Since INktip has risen rates over the past few years and given that B-S...I rarely submit on the main listing as much as I used to. But I still do.

Quoted from DarrenJamesSeeley An interesting topic. Like many here, I had put a full length script or two and got many logline hits.  There was one script of mine in 2005 which got requests for a read. BUT that action did not result from the listing. It was the extra 40 bucks I tossed in for that "snail mailed" Newsletter that Inktip sends out to varied parties every month. The folks that contacted me asked me to download a release form and send it to them. I did that. They said great, send us the script, and who to send it to. Then they sent the script in the envelope back to me unopened saying they "don't accept unsolicited material'. I emailed the person back, and it was five full months before I heard back. "It was an error on our part. But now it's too late. We found another script and writer" Inktip had me sign a release form. The company which turned out to be a talent agency asked for a release form. I spent time and money, and all I did was waste both. I was VERY UPSET to say the least. But it's like you're driving and some joker cuts you off and you scream and swear, knowing, even as you do so the bum in the other car -now a few miles away- cannot hear your lament.. That said--it was not Inktip that did this. It was the other party. I still get the newsletter  from Inktip...see what folks look for. And then recently I decided to use the short scripts listing. I have two sshort cripts in prep. One of them, once filmed will result in a IMDb page and a Film Fest tour. Since INktip has risen rates over the past few years and given that B-S...I rarely submit on the main listing as much as I used to. But I still do.

Yeah, it seems to me that Jerrol and the InkTip crew are very polite, professional business people who mean well, but its the "companies" that actually request your work that seem a bit sketchy.

My first logline hit was from a literary management agency; not a film production company.  Even though they go by the name "Foremost Films".  The man who runs FF seems to have a good reputation for being a nice guy and is professional enough to write punctial follow up letters and emails.  That's all fine and dandy, but the fact that he writes the most polite rejection letter in town doesn't impress me.

I wonder just how many of these "industry pros" surfing InkTip are actually interested in shooting your script, or any film for that matter.  From what I'm hearing so far, most of these script requests are from fly by nighters or literary managers that don't ever "produce" jack and are looking for an excuse to take more of your money.    

Scriptblaster.com gets you similar results.  I've used it, only to have the lowest of the low contact me , offering to fix my script for a nominal fee or some other service.  I found out, later on, that Scriptblaster's e-mail list consists of the general contact information from websites and these e-mails generally get stuck in the spam filters.


Phil

I've used both Inktip and ScriptBlaster. I got an option deal for Devil's Peak through ScriptBlaster and plenty of script requests, but like Phil said - I don't think you'll get a hit from them.

For InkTip, I've got 3 scripts up and plenty of logline reads (usually 1-3 per day) but only 1 synopsis read and 1 script request. I've had more via query letter and reading Wanted boards.

Has anyone else had experiences with this site, positive or negative?

I've gotten one option through it.  I usually get one lead a week from the weekly mailing.


Phil

On Dena's advice I took advantage of the free title and logline section for short scripts - so far I have had quite a few enquiries.

But I've only posted for short scripts.