ALL PITCHING IS NOW CLOSED!
I have a direct line to, arguably, the biggest person in horror in all of Hollywood. This person has been in the trades relentlessly lately. And he trusts my taste implicitly. If I send him a script that I say I love, he’ll start reading it within 10 minutes.
This was the impetus for this contest. I want to send this guy a great horror script. But I thought, “How do I find a great horror script?” A truly great horror script from an amateur writer hits my desk once every four years. I wanted to speed up that process.
The answer came quickly. Increase the number of good movie ideas that are being sent my way. Which means get the writer BEFORE they’ve written the script instead of after. And have them keep pitching ideas until we find an awesome one. That strategy has nabbed us 80 really freaking good movie ideas so far. And my plan is for this weekend to make it an even 100.
If you want to know more details about my plan, here’s the initial post.
But now, it’s time to start pitching again.
How does this work?
You pitch your horror logline down in the comments. Include your title and subgenre (i.e. horror comedy, horror thriller, etc.) and I will tell you whether the idea is good enough to advance to the official competition, in which case, you will write the entire script.
Here are the responses I will leave after your pitch and what they mean.
No – Doesn’t make the cut.
Maybe – No but you can improve the logline and pitch again immediately.
Strong Maybe – You’re in.
Yes – You’re in plus special treatment.
You get FIVE logline pitches this weekend.
If you’re worried that I’m too hard to please, consistent commenters, Brenkilco, Jaco, Poe, Scott Crawford, and Arthur all have a “YES” vote, so they can save you.
You can also get in if your concept GETS UPVOTED 15 TIMES.
So, I encourage everyone here to be constantly screening the newest entries and upvoting any concept you like. It could literally change a writer’s life. And this supersedes a “no.” So, even if I “no” a concept, it can still advance with 15 upvotes.
A few final thoughts.
There are no more “soft maybes.”
You get to campaign for your logline ONE TIME. So if you’re close to getting 15 votes, feel free to link to your logline comment and make your pitch for why you deserve to be voted in.
Finally, there’s one more way to get in. On Monday, I’m going to be posting my 10 favorite ‘maybe’ loglines that were pitched over the past month. You guys will vote for your favorites. The top THREE vote-getters will make it into the official competition. So you want to at least leave this weekend with a ‘maybe.’
Here are a few recent logline articles I have written to help you out –
LOGLINE ARTICLE 1
LOGLINE ARTICLE 2
BONUS ARTICLE 3
Between sleep and weekend activities, there will be periods where I can’t moderate or rule on your entries. So be patient!
I’m excited to see what you guys are going to pitch me this weekend. Go at it!
P.S. If you are already in with a ‘strong maybe’ or a ‘yes,’ PLEASE E-MAIL ME with the subject line, “INK,” along with TITLE and LOGLINE in the message body. Everybody who’s a part of this contest will be placed on a special newsletter so I can keep you updated on important announcements. If you’re not on that newsletter, you will miss a lot of very important information. E-mail me at: carsonreeves3@gmail.com
P.P.S. If you want to have more of a conversation about your logline pitches, rather than just a ‘yes’ or a ‘no,’ or you want to pitch your ideas in private, you can order my logline service. It’s $25 for a logline analysis (along with a yes or no) and $50 for unlimited e-mails where we workshop a weak logline into something that is potentially contest worthy. There are no guarantees, though. You can’t put lipstick on a pig. If you want to use this service, e-mail me at carsonreeves1@gmail.com.
