tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post6152681381720360746..comments2024-03-07T20:15:45.996-08:00Comments on The Bitter Script Reader: Become a script reader for just $500!The Bitter Script Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16575166527272639709noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-91495362200007902902010-09-02T15:48:11.257-07:002010-09-02T15:48:11.257-07:00No call from Austin today. So sad. Did anybody hea...No call from Austin today. So sad. Did anybody hear?Steve the Creephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10265147408563991491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-6598535661524945042010-09-01T22:03:10.197-07:002010-09-01T22:03:10.197-07:00I think I took that $500 course...interning for bi...I think I took that $500 course...interning for big New York agencies for free while having to pay for Metrocards, office coffees out of my own pocket, and goddamn motherfucking NYC parking tickets.JUST MEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15663723046451628228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-82046654261036586102010-09-01T21:04:12.824-07:002010-09-01T21:04:12.824-07:00thanks for the shoutout!!thanks for the shoutout!!Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09634357013795422788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-81715283942922640022010-09-01T12:36:09.814-07:002010-09-01T12:36:09.814-07:00Re: Carson, I still owe him an email of thanks for...Re: Carson, I still owe him an email of thanks for the coverage I recently purchased from him. All I can say is that, whatever concerns I had about his "tastes" and what kind of analysis he would provide, were quickly allayed. I didn't agree with everything he said, but there was alot of good stuff in there that I hadn't heard from other consultants. And his professionalism and level of and attention to detail blew me away, given the impression I had formed of him from his blog. Worth the money.<br /><br />Also worth the money -- and I hate to say this "out loud" because I consider her a "secret weapon" -- but Pilar Alessandra is phenomenal and excellently priced.RonChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05482575664039497515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-6410476606433365192010-09-01T12:27:50.741-07:002010-09-01T12:27:50.741-07:00I agree with Bitter.
Having worked in both film...I agree with Bitter. <br /><br />Having worked in both film and publishing, one of the greatest teaching tools I had was reading the slush pile of a lit manager's office vs. the A-list scripts submitted to the production company I worked for. <br /><br />I don't think you can understand what makes a great script until you can contrast it with writing that's truly terrible, and working in those places gave me that opportunity day after day. It was an incredible education.J.Lynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01626591344834401742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-1008863862791631462010-09-01T12:06:08.916-07:002010-09-01T12:06:08.916-07:00I totally agree with this post. I know the $500 co...I totally agree with this post. I know the $500 course you're talking about and never understood the need for it. Head scratching. I do love Carson's site and find the exposure to the scripts of movies currently in production invaluable.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14805340886472955460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-89456466334499971732010-09-01T09:00:57.327-07:002010-09-01T09:00:57.327-07:00I agree, Bitter.
And to be honest, I wouldn'...I agree, Bitter. <br /><br />And to be honest, I wouldn't pay Carson either. He gives way too many "worth the reads" to predictable B movie fare like "Priority Run" and "Layover." I just don't find him hard enough on the material he reads.<br /><br />And Trigger Street -- Jesus, that's a cesspool of amateurism. The blind leading the blind.Jake Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630288121554160502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-36525713887083914832010-09-01T08:31:02.312-07:002010-09-01T08:31:02.312-07:00Thanks for mentioning Amanda the Aspiring Writer. ...Thanks for mentioning Amanda the Aspiring Writer. It's nice to see intelligent analysis from a woman in a line of work so thoroughly and inexplicably dominated by men. Now she's in my bookmark bar right next to you. I need all the help I can get.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01246214561412380524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-78310449610590642232010-09-01T08:22:14.819-07:002010-09-01T08:22:14.819-07:00After winning a script contest last year, I had th...After winning a script contest last year, I had the opportunity to work with a few upscale analysts/coverage experts who provided notes on my script. In addition to the points you made, I think the real difference between a professional worthy of giving criticism and some goofball with an opinion is that a professional knows the science of the craft and provides feedback according to the elements that make a good script: structure, character development, how the words on the page communicate or miscommunicate the actions of the scene.<br /><br />The goofball, I've found, tends to provide feedback on the most superficial elements of your script, usually the surface content. And most of the time it's rooted in their own personal tastes for films made in only the last ten years. They give notes on how your Western should be set in space, your single female protagonist needs a wacky gay sidekick, and that your ending should set up a series of sequels. (Hollywood LOVES sequels exclamation point exclamation point)<br /><br />In any case, you should probably take that $500 dollars and go to Space Camp. These days you have a better chance of becoming an astronaut than you do of selling a script.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com