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DEVIATION Tagline Competition

Bang2writers, I bring you a contest via The Deviation blog – there is no charge and there are prizes on offer, deadline 21st January, 2011. Best of luck with it!!! DEVIATION TAGLINE COMPETITION Create a tagline for DEVIATION. The tagline must reflect the tone of Deviation the movie, which is a dark thriller. For more information on Deviation and its characters, make sure you check out our round up of all the posts and articles about this film online, here. The fab Rinaldo from Moviescope Magazine is offering a subscription to the winner of this contest and fellow deviant Chris… Read More »DEVIATION Tagline Competition

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5 Pitching Tips (Includes A Model Pitch)

All About Pitching Pitching … Love it or hate it, it needs to be done if you’re going to sell your work. There’s just no way out of it! Sometimesyou will be pitching on paper via one pagers and treatments. Other times it will be in a formal pitching environment like the Pitchfest at London Screenwriters Festival, or for virtual opportunities.  With the festival on everyone’s radar, here are my top pitching tips. These are for those pitching face-to-face, whether that’s across a desk or via a Zoom screen. Ready? Let’s go! 1) Know your logline inside out Knowing the… Read More »5 Pitching Tips (Includes A Model Pitch)

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NEWSFLASH: Loglines Are Not Taglines. Here’s Why

Loglines Versus Taglines Loglines Are Not Taglines!! Cannot. Stress. This. Enough. Every week I see scores of pitches sent to my inbox, to my ears or via script listing sites. Yet every week I see loglines and taglines being mixed up!!! In the course of this post, I will breakdown which is why  you need to STOP mixing them up, ASAP. This Is A Tagline A tagline is the strapline you see on a movie poster or DVD box. Here are some: “He lived the American Dream… With a vengeance.” (Scarface) “An epic of miniature proportions” (A Bug’s Life) “EARTH –… Read More »NEWSFLASH: Loglines Are Not Taglines. Here’s Why

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SWF Scriptmarket: An Insider’s View

I was a reader for the Screenwriters’ Festival’s Scriptmarket initiative this year. It was open to all those who purchased a four day ticket and thirty places were up for grabs. I was very happy to read for the SWF and for Kenny (who delivered everything he said he would, & on time – thanks!) and the scripts I read had some interesting ideas and even some excellent elements, including arena, character and dialogue above others. For the thirty lucky participants, they received a free 5 page script report from a reader like myself (I didn’t read all thirty!), plus… Read More »SWF Scriptmarket: An Insider’s View

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Cover Letters: The Write Way And The Wrong Way

The marvellous Becky asks my thoughts on cover letters today. I’ve read a lot of cover letters over the years that accompany scripts. I know a lot of agents’ assistants, readers, etc don’t bother but I’ve always found them very illuminating. What a writer does (or doesn’t) put in their cover letter can say A LOT about the script’s quality, believe it or not, in that the weirder or more badly written a cover letter is, *generally speaking* the weirder and more badly written the actual script is. A simple equation, really. So here’s a quick breakdown of my thoughts… Read More »Cover Letters: The Write Way And The Wrong Way

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Logline Entries – Feedback

I was unable to vote in my own poll for some reason, perhaps I set it that way without realising or perhaps the poll was evil… I think the latter is more likely since it extended its reign by eight hours without even asking ME first. But anyway. Here is some feedback on your entries guys and now everybody’s back at work etc, please do offer your thoughts too. Here we go…———————————————– A LONG JOURNEY As a category, I think this had some of the strongest and most goal-led ideas so I was unsurprised that a logline within this category… Read More »Logline Entries – Feedback

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We Have A Winner

So, the poll that got a life of its own and extended itself by a further 8 hours despite my setting it for midday-ish has finally finished and the winner is… Sheikspear and his version of “Long Journey”! Nice one. Well done to everyone else for entering, bad luck if your logline did not poll but I hope it’s proved a fun and useful exercise. It’s too bad we couldn’t get as much feedback etc as the previous contest – note to self: contests over the busiest offline period of the year is probably not the best time to run… Read More »We Have A Winner

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You’re Kidding Me

Yeah, yeah… We all knew I wouldn’t last until the new year, I love all you gits WAAAAAAY too much (I’m a romantic: what can I say???). Well actually, there is something I can say: thirty votes??? IS THAT ALL??? Come on. Look on the right hand side bar people. I know you’re there. I know stats go down over the holiday period, but just 7% of you were looking for porn on this blog yesterday, which *must* mean the rest of you were here looking for screenwriting stuff. So look at the lovely loglines. Decide on your fave. And… Read More »You’re Kidding Me

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Logline Contest – READ AND VOTE!

So here you are… Some lovely loglines for you to vote on in the Chrimbo Holidays! Enjoy and please do give constructive criticism where you can (if in doubt as to what constitutes “constructive”, click here). I’ve posted as they were in the emails, no corrections etc – some are longer than 25 words. Do you disqualify them?? Well that’s up to you: you’re the judges people, not me!! The poll will end on New Year’s Day. GOOD LUCK EVERYBODY! A LONG JOURNEY A LONG JOURNEY. A neglectful father and resentful son attempt to reconnect as they go on a… Read More »Logline Contest – READ AND VOTE!

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Christmas Logline Competition

Long term readers will remember the just-for-fun logline and synopsis competition this blog had back in July as a knee-jerk reaction to so many of us in the Scribosphere trying – and not making it – into The Screenwriters’ Festival Fever Pitch Comp. Scribes and Bloggers voted in a poll for their favourites and even offered feedback to one another, so it was both great fun and useful. Check out the entries here and the winners here. Many people asked in the comments and emailed me to set up a new competition though and I’m pleased to announce the second… Read More »Christmas Logline Competition

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