annerocious: So. You got some notes and you’re saying: There are a few things to consider before you do anything. Consider the source. Does this person know what they’re talking about? If not so much, if they are a fellow student or someone in a writing group or workshop, the only thing that counts about…
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When you get a lot of unencouraging feedback, you have written a script that doesn’t work yet, like every single other person who has ever tried to write one. Is it a script? Then it’s a mess. It is packed with blind spots and missed opportunities that you will never know about until someone else…
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Ideally, when you enter a competition, you win it. If you don’t, your consolation prize is some knowledgeable feedback about why someone else won. But when you’re reading for a competition, you aren’t a critic. We can’t be brutally honest about what doesn’t work in your script. Our function is to be as helpful as…
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