tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post1303892670629777181..comments2024-03-07T20:15:45.996-08:00Comments on The Bitter Script Reader: Webshow: Worst Query Submission EverThe Bitter Script Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16575166527272639709noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-92015519893791858232013-11-18T12:36:29.510-08:002013-11-18T12:36:29.510-08:00Welcome to our universe. Everyone is writing a lo...Welcome to our universe. Everyone is writing a low-budget indie script now....and then they go through the production guide and wind up contacting the camera guy who lives with me....<br /><br />As awful as this script sounds....we get ones that we can't even read due to bad formatting, spelling, grammar or sometimes (Trifecta!) all three. <br /><br />It's always kind of stunning to read a script where the writer never really thought to even put it through spell check....you'd think it's the least they could do....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14509987969773040197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-88892044438065211972013-11-17T12:56:07.107-08:002013-11-17T12:56:07.107-08:00Regardless of what anyone may think, all of your p...Regardless of what anyone may think, all of your points are right on. NEVER tell the director how to direct, NEVER tell the marketing team how to market, etc. If it's part of a package that's one thing, but not in this context. Orlando Delberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12016044276707768293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-9771493681940480652013-11-14T11:41:42.935-08:002013-11-14T11:41:42.935-08:00But you wrote a script like that when you were &qu...But you wrote a script like that when you were "first starting out" didn't you, Emily...?<br /><br />Emily Emily put down that cleaverJack Dawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06284738545713910943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-84532711703684980402013-11-14T00:01:59.926-08:002013-11-14T00:01:59.926-08:00That's what she sa--- oh. that IS what she sai...That's what she sa--- oh. that IS what she said.The Bitter Script Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16575166527272639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-36453752893074894442013-11-14T00:01:27.076-08:002013-11-14T00:01:27.076-08:00Ironically, this sock puppet comment is as unorigi...Ironically, this sock puppet comment is as unoriginal and hackneyed as the fictitious scripts it purports to attack.The Bitter Script Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16575166527272639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-5273995000228448002013-11-14T00:00:19.716-08:002013-11-14T00:00:19.716-08:00Never with ALL the no-nos but it happens now and t...Never with ALL the no-nos but it happens now and then that a writer does something that conventional logic says shouldn't work, yet somehow it does.The Bitter Script Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16575166527272639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-89886702828250342892013-11-13T11:29:08.403-08:002013-11-13T11:29:08.403-08:00I wonder if you've ever received a script with...I wonder if you've ever received a script with all the no-no's (cover letter, cast of chars, marketing strategy...) but then the actual script turned out to be pretty good.Momohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17697293134515088133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-91336586957053913112013-11-13T11:07:41.116-08:002013-11-13T11:07:41.116-08:00Today there are only two kinds of scripts: Those l...Today there are only two kinds of scripts: Those like the ones just described, and those that strictly adhere to the Blake Snyder "rules," and are therefore completely identical and deathly dull.Captain Spectacularhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00585320216952832889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-1002365823629740152013-11-13T09:26:32.097-08:002013-11-13T09:26:32.097-08:00As I watched this video, I just kept saying "...As I watched this video, I just kept saying "Oh God" over and over.Emily Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-73287885816637794482013-11-13T09:08:12.991-08:002013-11-13T09:08:12.991-08:00An interesting companion piece to this would be th...An interesting companion piece to this would be the script that just outright angered you. I imagine there are some like the script you mentioned that you can come back to later and laugh, but I also imagine there are a few where you rue the day you were handed the darn thing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01339396950879673241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-12757664658815725372013-11-13T06:54:32.622-08:002013-11-13T06:54:32.622-08:00Were you given this on an April 1st?
How did you ...Were you given this on an April 1st?<br /><br />How did you write you're follow-up for your bosses? Was it simple like: "no...no...no...don't go NEAR this thing." Or did you have to list every problem you came across along with full coverage?<br /><br />If you had another job lined up or had won the lottery earlier in the day, would you label "recommend" then laugh your way out the door? <br /><br />Just curious....Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07932846715981909846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-65126195698473173872013-11-13T01:29:05.546-08:002013-11-13T01:29:05.546-08:00That screenplay was too good for your enemies.That screenplay was too good for your enemies.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12917994627898754577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-82390872370600012972013-11-13T01:28:11.867-08:002013-11-13T01:28:11.867-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12917994627898754577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-26342475844531157652013-11-13T00:33:54.079-08:002013-11-13T00:33:54.079-08:00My mom wrote that script, you bastard.My mom wrote that script, you bastard.Southiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14847523568381629778noreply@blogger.com