Very cool!

Rick, I haven't looked back at last year's, but didn't a few people drop out due to not so positive feedback on their first 10 pages? Either way is fine with me, I just want people to feel the satisfaction of finishing a feature. It will not shine and be a master piece after just 7 weeks, but as have been proven, those rough diamonds created in a short time can be polished into PAGE contenders!     Btw, yours was pretty darned good just after the 7 weeks.

Max, 7 weeks is 49 days. All you need is a couple of days of plotting then write 2-3 pages every day. It's hard, but not impossible.  

I've looked over some of the last few InkTip requests and it's the same as last year. Thriller. Contained. Low budget... There seems to be an increase in female driven/lead scripts though. Any thoughts on what you guys might be more willing to do there? Low budget sci-fi is something I've been asked about. Something that can be shot in the desert out west or a simple spaceship.

Suggestions?

I'm down for anything.  I pretty much have an idea for every genre.

I can do Thriller, Contained, Low Budget.

I don't mind a female driven lead.

Quoted from dead by dawn I'm down for anything.  I pretty much have an idea for every genre. I can do Thriller, Contained, Low Budget. I don't mind a female driven lead.

Yeah, same.

Quoted from Grandma Bear Very cool! Rick, I haven't looked back at last year's, but didn't a few people drop out due to not so positive feedback on their first 10 pages? Either way is fine with me, I just want people to feel the satisfaction of finishing a feature. It will not shine and be a master piece after just 7 weeks, but as have been proven, those rough diamonds created in a short time can be polished into PAGE contenders!     Btw, yours was pretty darned good just after the 7 weeks. Max, 7 weeks is 49 days. All you need is a couple of days of plotting then write 2-3 pages every day. It's hard, but not impossible.   I've looked over some of the last few InkTip requests and it's the same as last year. Thriller. Contained. Low budget... There seems to be an increase in female driven/lead scripts though. Any thoughts on what you guys might be more willing to do there? Low budget sci-fi is something I've been asked about. Something that can be shot in the desert out west or a simple spaceship. Suggestions?

I'd be able to write a slasher in 49 days, but everything else is a big gamble.  I've also got other personal projects on the go, which would limit my ability to commit to a deadline.

I'll be involved either way, that's what I'm saying  

I'm in.

I'm interested. Thriller, horror, female driven. Yes.

SciFi - not so much. Wouldn't know where to start with that one.

Quoted from LC I'm interested. Thriller, horror, female driven. Yes. SciFi - not so much. Wouldn't know where to start with that one.

You start in space Libby, DUH!

Quoted from Max You start in space Libby, DUH!

Very good, Fen.   But from there it'd be a bit of a hotpotch I fear. Handmaid's Tale, 1984, Brave New World - I love all those and I feel they can't be bettered. Gattica wasn't bad though.

Quoted from LC Very good, Fen.   But from there it'd be a bit of a hotpotch I fear. Handmaid's Tale, 1984, Brave New World - I love all those and I feel they can't be bettered. Gattica wasn't bad though.

Fair enough  

I don't read novels, so don't reference anything and expect me to understand what you're talking about.  All I care about is the screenplay format, nothing else really.

Sad? Yeah, tell me about it.

Quoted from Grandma Bear Very cool! Rick, I haven't looked back at last year's, but didn't a few people drop out due to not so positive feedback on their first 10 pages? Either way is fine with me, I just want people to feel the satisfaction of finishing a feature. It will not shine and be a master piece after just 7 weeks, but as have been proven, those rough diamonds created in a short time can be polished into PAGE contenders!     Btw, yours was pretty darned good just after the 7 weeks. Max, 7 weeks is 49 days. All you need is a couple of days of plotting then write 2-3 pages every day. It's hard, but not impossible.   I've looked over some of the last few InkTip requests and it's the same as last year. Thriller. Contained. Low budget... There seems to be an increase in female driven/lead scripts though. Any thoughts on what you guys might be more willing to do there? Low budget sci-fi is something I've been asked about. Something that can be shot in the desert out west or a simple spaceship. Suggestions?

I know that a few people didn't make it, but I don't know whether that was due to negative feedback or just lack of time. I remember Dena was upset about the feedback on hers (which I was looking forwards to reading btw) but she still managed another one anyway!


For me, personally, the feedback on the first ten helped to build a more solid foundation by identifying problems up front.

In terms of genre, I reckon:

Low budget/contained, ticking clock, horror/sci-fi/drama/thriller should about cover it.

It is very, very rare that my first ten pages will make the cut of an actual first draft. Personally, I'd rather just write. I think though that perhaps if others prefer to show their first ten then they should. For me, it doesn't really help any as I'm being critiqued on something I'll likely change anyway.

Yeah, I loved Dena's original. It's like Dustin often says, sometimes the worst critics are fellow writers - sometimes they're helpful, but too often they're thinking of how they would write it. (That latter part is my opinion btw).

And the first ten of a feature length 1+6 often doesn't impress that much but it really doesn't matter. Case in point, if I may be so bold - yours Rick. I'll just say I didn't think it was all it could be, but you more than made up for it with a final script that blew the socks of me - and I wasn't alone with that opinion.

I, on the other hand fared pretty well with the first ten - in terms of decent feedback, As for the completed script, well I almost finished it, but not to my liking, so it didn't even get posted afterwards. It's still tucked away ready for working on in the future so imh none of this is a waste of time. It's the opposite in that's it's a really valuable experience, and you'll get no other incentive like it - unless of course someone is offering money.  

P.S. I also liked that Don gave people the option last time of submitting the final script regardless of if they'd posted their first ten in the time allotted.

$20 - 100 Million budget and I'm in.  No reveal of first 10 pages for this Kid. No contained bullshit cheapos.

Genre - any

Must have at least Hannah's horse, 3 naked girls. and 10 + kills.

I'll be in!!!!

Maybe we can leave the budget open.

I'd rather write something I can make than another door stop...however well it's being received in contests.

I'd be interested in this. Could do with the challenge right now. My only worry is I've only written one feature and started another. Don't know if I'm at an acceptable level. I do like challenging myself though..