The reader checklist. 1. Page Count. 95-105 looks like fighting weight. 2. Title. Short and punchy breeds optimism. 3. White space on page one. Avoid dense description paragraphs. 4. Opening image. Shun scenes you’ve seen before. Action beats talking. 5. Quick start. An interesting character is already doing something interesting that we can watch.
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writerlyn: The deadlines for the Nicholl Fellowship and Scriptapalooza and Page awards and Austin Film Festival and sundance screenwriters lab (okay not so much on that one) and big bear film festival are COMING UP SOON! This is your year! Bring it.
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What I Learned/Got from Submitting to Contests somedayscreenwriter: In the last year I submitted an Archer spec and an original pilot (Full-Time Dad) to contests and festivals to varying degrees of success. My Archer made it to the second round of Austin Film Fest. Full-Time Dad took Bronze in the PAGE awards, was a runner…
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