You have until Thursday, July 25th, to send your entry in!
We are nearly at the finish line!
The Mega-Showdown Screenplay Contest activates in 7 days. Next Friday, 12:01 AM, the top ten entries go up on the site.
But you can only be one of those entries if you enter. So get that script finished and send it over to me!
Now, since we’re just a week away, you’ve only got 4 [suggested] days left to clean up any of the dialogue throughout your script. You should not be making any major scene changes this late. You don’t have the time to see how a major scene change will affect the script. So don’t do it.
Once you get down to 3 days, you’re ONLY DOING spelling and grammar.
And guys, please – PLEASE – do not keep rewriting your first page. Everybody rewrites the heck out of that first page and, as a result, there’s a lot of new text on there, which means there are almost always errors. And even if there aren’t, parts of it will read sloppy since it’s so new.
Remember, I’m posting the first page of each entry that makes the showdown. Therefore, if I read your first page and there’s an error, you’re out. You won’t make the showdown. So only fix grammar and spelling! Stop rewriting everything.
One of the harder things to do in screenwriting is to trust your former self – the you who wrote those earlier pages. That person had a reason for doing that. You are at the point in the process where you have to trust that they did their job.
I’m very hopeful we’re going to find a great script.
ONE MORE WEEK TIL THE CONTEST!
Here’s how to enter…
What: Mega-Showdown (Online Feature Screenplay Contest)
What I need from you: Title, genre, logline, your first five pages
Optional: movie tagline, movie-crossover pitch
Contest Date: Friday, July 26th
Deadline: Thursday, July 25th, 10pm Pacific Time
Send to: entries should be sent to carsonreeves3@gmail.com
How: Include “MEGA” in the subject line
Price: Free
