Quoted from LC Well there's some positive thinking.   Good on you mate, I"m happy for you that you got to the finish line.

It's funny, there are days when I genuinely believe I could win an Oscar. But then there's others where I think I'll never even get paid for one.

Not sure if I've mentioned it yet, I'm just stoked I've finished a script...

Shame you never finished though, was looking forward to yours. There's still some time...

Congrats everyone and a special congrats to Arty!  Good job, mate.

Interested to see what these look like.

Quoted from Dreamscale Congrats everyone and a special congrats to Arty!  Good job, mate. Interested to see what these look like.

Thanks man.

Really feeling the love from a few people here with the personal congrats. I guess it's cos most of you know how tough it can be to jump that first hurdle.

Quoted from Last Fountain It seems like a lot of talk is about the weaker elements of each script. I was under the impression this is a 1st draft challenge to get feedback for the rewriting process. Be proud about what you can do within an accelerated time frame.

I agree with the direction of your comment, Daniel.

For me, I think the best critique, better said the most useful one is  when a reader points her or his finger onto a specific part, character, twist, whatever, of the story (it doesn't even has to be a huge aspect),  and says:  this, this is good, this works well.

That way the writer can see best what the reader is interested in. I build up by 100% on the parts my readers say: I like this, I want this, more of this. It's the way true potential can be discovered.

Congrats to all of you who finished one!!! Major achievement!!!  

I did not get mine in on time, but I was at my son's wedding, which was beautiful, btw! Now there's only one dinner left tonight and I'm aiming to have a great time. I was the designated driver yesterday... Anyway, should be back to normal speed by tomorrow afternoon.

I will be attempting to read these as soon as I finish one I'm reading for a friend. My Drpbox is full so if anyone cares to give mine a read, just shoot me a pm and I'll email it instead.

Thanks Don for showcasing these on the home page! Great idea!  

Quoted from Pale Yellow Thanks K...but it's far from a finished product. I need to do a serious rewrite now. The notes will help and hopefully from here, I'll get some more advice on how to make it better.   Did you get one finished? (hope)

No, I did not. Maybe it's because I started rewriting along the way, maybe I should have written it from start to finish and then reread. But I started rereading and got discouraged...

And I get very creative looking for things that help me procrastinate. My mind works in intricate ways and that's very bad for me. Presently I am trying to convince myself to stop...

But I'm aiming to finish. Someday.

Hi guys,

Inbetween the travelling and starting a new job, I didn't manage to find the time to enter this one.

However, I am more than willing to read some of the entries. Doubt that I will have the time to read them all, but if anyone wants to get involved in a script swap, message me and then I will get round to reading your entry as soon as I return from my sister's wedding on Sunday!

Looking forward to it

Same here Toby. My son got married last week so I didn't get home until Sunday. I have a script though. Got some feedback from Dena and Screenplay Readers so I'm currently working on a rewrite. I won't have time to read 9 features, so I will only read those who offer a read in return. If you want to do a swap I'd be glad to read yours. Dena and Rick offered to read mine and I'm grateful for that.  

Hey Pia...

Somehow managed to reply to your message, but in the other thread...?

No idea how that happened. Oh, the joys of sitting in a plane, waiting to take off and having to use your phone to browse the internet!

Sorry guys for bailing out on you. I tried, but I couldn't. Congratulations to everyone who finished writing the draft. Congratulations to whoever wrote a couple of pages in his attempt to write the whole thing. Don't be disheartened, you did well, no matter you didn't finish the whole thing. I'll try to read and review the submitted scripts.

Pia,

I'll swap with you once my Final Draft is done.  Might take a week or two.  I'm swamped as it is with a dozen projects.  Haven't had the chance to read anything yet.  It's at 71 pages right now.  About 20-30 left.

It's Shadow Games, but it's NOTHING like what's currently featured.  Wish I'd finished this in time for the deadline.  It's vastly superior to what people have read and it's a shame that some might skip the Final Version.  I hope that's not the case.  

Anyway, I'm starting my reads this weekend with: Deep in the Bone.

I just got my three ratings back from scriptreaders. Had two passes and a consider. The one who gave a consider said it's the highest rating they've given, but from the notes they gave I'm surprised it wasn't a pass.

Still, I've got some good feedback and look forward to the reviews I get on here too. Will definitely be interesting to see how the notes compare from here to there, and whether the money spent is really necessary. Was something I just had to experience for myself though.

I'm behind on reads...but planning on reading them all soon as the work week is over! Great job to everyone....some good stuff!

What's the deadline for reviewing?

Quoted from realxwriter What's the deadline for reviewing?

There's no deadline for reviewing. Anyone can read any time.