tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post630796328127680215..comments2024-03-07T20:15:45.996-08:00Comments on The Bitter Script Reader: Tuesday Talkback - Introduce yourselfThe Bitter Script Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16575166527272639709noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-88524471929115227852011-02-18T09:14:02.142-08:002011-02-18T09:14:02.142-08:00BSR, Found your site a couple of weeks ago and ask...BSR, Found your site a couple of weeks ago and asked you a question about formatting. Good answer, thanks. I build homes and write during recessions. Lots of time to write now and am working on short stories and a screenplay.Albert M. Ayalahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13440038228660523282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-29915958187457374892011-02-17T10:39:23.271-08:002011-02-17T10:39:23.271-08:00Hey BSR. Aspiring Screenwriter here. Optioned my f...Hey BSR. Aspiring Screenwriter here. Optioned my first script to a production company and working on my next one. Mostly focused on horror with a comic twist. Learn lots for your site and used much of your advice in working with the 4 producers on the project.<br /><br />I blog at http://postmortemdepression.blogspot.com.<br /><br />Thanks for your great advice. It makes a difference. :)timothy granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09178816364209218617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-88509215966176364842011-02-17T01:33:31.683-08:002011-02-17T01:33:31.683-08:00I'm writer/director from Europe. Currently in ...I'm writer/director from Europe. Currently in preproduction of my first feature film. <br /><br />I'm reading your blog for 8 months and I love it. Keep with great work.Matevzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03108407314658465109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-57864395723373956002011-02-11T01:43:24.448-08:002011-02-11T01:43:24.448-08:00@Jay - I'm glad to see those old Young Justice...@Jay - I'm glad to see those old Young Justice issues getting some reprint love, but it's pretty ironic it's being done as a tie-in to the cartoon which has more in common with Geoff's Teen Titans. (Ah, synergy.)The Bitter Script Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16575166527272639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-68659608402894962602011-02-09T20:32:09.251-08:002011-02-09T20:32:09.251-08:00Hi,
Wow, there's definitely a bus load of tal...Hi,<br /><br />Wow, there's definitely a bus load of talent here. I'm definitely in the lurker class. I don't have much interest in screenwriting right now, but I really enjoy the Bitter Script Reader's take on the industry and the creative process.<br /><br />Although I'm not a movie guy, I do some podcast scriptwriting for a humor website when I'm not entertaining my 3 year old daughter or working at my bookselling job. Creatively I can feel my exposure to this blog changing the way I look at the scripts I want to write so who knows, maybe I'll find a movie in there somewhere.<br /><br />Please keep up the good work Bitter. I always look forward to your posts and I love your tone. And, if it's not too horrible to say so, I also love Tag's guest appearances.Tyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12604412690746549924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-18418671991530712772011-02-09T14:41:09.216-08:002011-02-09T14:41:09.216-08:00I graduated last year from liberal arts school and...I graduated last year from liberal arts school and am now pounding the keys in my mom's basement, trying to finish my first feature script. I live in New England, and am planning the big move out to LA. It's terrifying and I don't know anybody (you're article about having friends out there made me nervous). I've been following this blog for about 6 months, and it's been very helpful. Also, I have be retraining myself to only put ONE space after periods instead of two, and it is a big pain in the ass.xtheseusxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00876594736523028396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-49523624175941925612011-02-09T13:35:46.725-08:002011-02-09T13:35:46.725-08:00This is my first visit to your blog. I am a LONGTI...This is my first visit to your blog. I am a LONGTIME wannabe screenwriter and now novelist. I've had a couple of scripts optioned so far. I run a blog and online support group for wannabe actors, writers, comics, musicians and other artists because we wannabes work hard and need all the support we can get! Nice to meet you. I added your blog to my trusty Google Reader and I look forward to reading more.Linda Fausnethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15827919559604929710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-6741957535564700052011-02-09T10:19:17.454-08:002011-02-09T10:19:17.454-08:00MY name is up there. I'm a software developer ...MY name is up there. I'm a software developer by day, screenwriter whenever I get the chance.<br />I haven't won any contests but got great feedback from them.<br /><br />I blogged with the best of them during and after the strike (MernitMan, UNK, MMOF, Martell, John August) and have several working theories on story construction and dialog.<br /><br />With the ideas I'm working on I'm confident this will be my year. I already have a short that got pushed back but will be pretty good.<br /><br />I miss the discourse. I get tired of talking about flaws and goals when movies are emotions and images that come from them.<br /><br />I spend a lot of time on visual and auditory scene transitions and the actors and director of my short LOVED THEM.Christian H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16847810167041864292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-64259759880734086592011-02-09T07:23:00.256-08:002011-02-09T07:23:00.256-08:00@Zeb Eckles
If you look up Lacy Maran in Amazon o...@Zeb Eckles<br /><br />If you look up Lacy Maran in Amazon or Barnes And Noble, our five books will show up. Thanks for your interest. <br /><br />You should definitely epublish. There's a bunch of ex patriot screenwriters there novelizing their scripts.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13184628013600067832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-34833211179918445522011-02-09T06:00:17.150-08:002011-02-09T06:00:17.150-08:00@Bitter - Sure thing, man. I read your interview w...@Bitter - Sure thing, man. I read your interview with Margaux, in fact. The program ends at the end of March, so sometime after that I'd be happy to chat about it.<br /><br />Yeah, Young Justice was fun. I just got some comps in the mail of a repackaged Young Justice 100-Page Spectacular that features a bunch of old stories in a new book to cash in on the cartoon.Jay Faerberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06669542097779570723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-17854521517413573952011-02-09T02:12:50.894-08:002011-02-09T02:12:50.894-08:00@Walker
Sorry, I fused together 2 email addresses ...@Walker<br />Sorry, I fused together 2 email addresses to make a hideous mutant one that doesn't work. <br /><br />darthpaul1978(at)yahoo.co.uk<br /><br />And now I really am geek-outed... :)radiantabysshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05556594952872230450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-47480467979241634602011-02-09T00:45:56.069-08:002011-02-09T00:45:56.069-08:00@Jay Faerber - Forgot I meant to reply to you, Jay...@Jay Faerber - Forgot I meant to reply to you, Jay. We should keep in touch. I'd love to interview you about your experience with the WBTV Fellowship. (I interviewed a previous fellow in that program, Margaux Froley, last year.) Best of luck getting staffed!<br /><br />I looked you up and realized I actually own several comics you wrote. Mostly the Young Justice stuff... man, I miss that title! It's been ages since I read those, but I recall enjoying the Sins of Youth Secret Files.The Bitter Script Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16575166527272639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-39047328481647741382011-02-09T00:44:03.549-08:002011-02-09T00:44:03.549-08:00Great idea Bitter! I've been enjoying your blo...Great idea Bitter! I've been enjoying your blog for a while.<br />I've written screenplays since 1994 but always been a writer. Reside in Sonoma County which is Northern California. Like wine? Sure wish I did.<br /><br />Currently working on a competition script as you would say. Have seven more before that of varying degrees of terrible. Been working hard on structure and character development with the help from a couple of wonderful local writer's groups. Putting myself "out there" has been the most difficult.<br />Also working on a few shorts since I seem to get ideas for them constantly. Actually also a member of a group that films shorts but the writing has been my number one focus.<br /><br />Otherwise I'm an unemployed bookkeeper/accountant with computer hardware tech skills and a horse lover.Gunk Headhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00768288959579425073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-78279223426763703202011-02-08T23:52:49.964-08:002011-02-08T23:52:49.964-08:00@Walker
Damn, I just outed myself huh? ;)
paulrig...@Walker<br />Damn, I just outed myself huh? ;)<br />paulrigg1978(at)yahoo.co.ukradiantabysshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05556594952872230450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-68467931934345846862011-02-08T22:24:57.229-08:002011-02-08T22:24:57.229-08:00Agreed, getting paid to write (creatively) in any ...Agreed, getting paid to write (creatively) in any fashion, no matter the sum, is better than nothing.<br /><br />And 50 in the second month is pretty good by most things I've seen, just have to keep at it and those numbers can keep going up.<br />Is your stuff under your name on Amazon?Zeb Eckleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05307878529018047509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-45175544189049311802011-02-08T22:16:57.601-08:002011-02-08T22:16:57.601-08:00Zeb Eckles ...
Yeah, we read Konrath's blog a...Zeb Eckles ...<br /><br />Yeah, we read Konrath's blog also. Our sales figures last month were 50, but it was only the second month we did it. <br /><br />Konrath and a lot of very successful indie authors hang out at Kindle Boards. Some of them are selling thousands of copies a month. <br /><br />Way we figure it, any sales is better than the zero sales we've gotten from our scripts. <br /><br />Also, there's two sweet price points. People are either going with 99 cents or $2.99.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13184628013600067832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-68200775759462008322011-02-08T22:06:39.556-08:002011-02-08T22:06:39.556-08:00I honestly just found this place like three days a...I honestly just found this place like three days ago, and have enjoyed the backlog of info. <br /><br />I never really considered screenwriting at all until a month or so ago. I'm currently in college trying to get into radio production.<br /><br />I have a friend who makes small movies in his spare time, who has done some work in Hollywood in the past. I asked him if I could write a script for a movie for us to shoot, and he let me. I sent him a 30 page script for a short film. He's usually one to not answer emails, or to not call back for a week because he's busy/lazy.<br /><br />He called me back two days later, arranged a dinner meeting, and he told me some ideas he had. I was happy to oblige, then he said I needed to make it a full length film script, because he thought it was good enough to try to sell it. <br /><br />So...a week later I had my first draft done, now I've gone nuts on reading books on formatting, to specific genres, to Joe Eszterhaus's books, and now here. Working on a second draft as I type this. <br /><br />If anything, it's been very informative and I'm glad I found you!vinnaythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04175628290204264557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-64862414391921753492011-02-08T22:03:17.882-08:002011-02-08T22:03:17.882-08:00This has to be one of my favorite comment threads ...This has to be one of my favorite comment threads in a while. Thanks to everyone for replying. It's been a lot of fun checking in throughout the day and getting to know everyone who reads the site.The Bitter Script Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16575166527272639709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-10509748817156049092011-02-08T17:38:45.726-08:002011-02-08T17:38:45.726-08:00Hello everyone. Nice to meet you all. Screenwritin...Hello everyone. Nice to meet you all. Screenwriting has been a hobby of mine for a few years and I have yet to finish one script! I'm learning a great deal from Bitter and a few other screenwriting blogs but I still have lots to learn. The good thing is that I'm having a blast doing it. <br /><br />This year though. This is the year I'll finish a script. Yes. <br /><br />I've always loved movies and I have a fairly successful career in Hollywood in another creative field. <br /><br />No, I'm not famous.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01286766560153488635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-19951646934642510962011-02-08T16:44:16.267-08:002011-02-08T16:44:16.267-08:00Well, I'm a follower of you on Twitter cause I...Well, I'm a follower of you on Twitter cause I follow a number of writers and they follow you -<br /><br />Anyway, I'm Jami JoAnne Russell - don't call me JJ or I'll have to hurt you. (I use the JoAnne part because when I use "Jami Russell" in writing people tend to assume Jami is short for James....)<br /><br />I'm the youngest of four and the only girl. I want to make a decent living singing the songs I love, but until people wake up to the fact I'm America's Susan Boyle - except I'm a dog person & I have been kissed - I mostly get paid for being a library clerk. I sing music ranging from Big Band to Disco.<br /><br />Right now I'm working on a demo album of songs that are all attached somehow - mostly recorded, in one it's composer credit - to a performer whom died young - Glenn Miller, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, John Lennon*, Mama Cass, Marilyn Monroe, Karen Carpenter, Maurice Gibb, Billie Holiday, and Michael Jackson for sure - and I'm working on a song Andy Gibb sang if I get it done well I'm going to put it in too.<br /><br />*(The John Lennon one is "Yesterday" which he has composer credit to, though hard core fans tell me that really only Paul McCartney wrote & sang the song. However, it was done when he was part of the Beatles and John has composer's credit. I wouldn't even include a Beatles' song except they were Buddy Holly fans.)<br /><br />No, I'm not doing "Thriller" for Michael. I'm doing something from his Jackson Five Years, "I'll Be There."<br /><br />I have a website but my server went out of business and I'm trying to get my domain transfered so I can use whatever server I feel like. It's proving to be a pain in the tuchus. <br /><br />I'm not a writer - I'm good at coming up with characters and plots, but I suck at actual writing. My best friend, Erin, was going to take all my plot ideas and turn them into stories and plays, but Erin died at the age of 26 after a life time of battling cystic fibrosis.<br /><br />I'm owned by a dog named Minnie Mae aka Minnie The Moocher. (After the Cab Calloway song.) She's a miniature maltese-poodle mix, a former breeder from a puppy mill. She's the only dog I know who likes to wear clothing. You can see videos of her - and of me singing - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/JamiJR?feature=mhum" rel="nofollow">on YouTube</a>. <br /><br />Oh, and before anyone asks, I'm too old for American Idol - the age limit is 28, I'm 34. But I do keep submitting for shows like America's Got Talent and other shows like The Biggest Loser. (I have Polycystic Ovary Syndrome aka PCOS which makes losing weight extremely difficult and I could use all the help I can get. Because I refuse to go for a gastric bypass as my doctor keeps insisting I need to do.) <br /><br />I can also proudly say I only ever watched 5 minutes of Sex In The City, felt my IQ drop 50 points, and instantly switched to something better.JamiSingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12756726189949304645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-3749640677452058332011-02-08T16:39:00.568-08:002011-02-08T16:39:00.568-08:00Lacy and Kevin I have a question, well a couple. ...Lacy and Kevin I have a question, well a couple. First, do you read Joe Konrath's blog? If you don't it's really good. And second, I've been working on a straight up book and have been reworking two of my scripts to attempt exactly what you're doing. What are your numbers on the Kindle, if you don't mind sharing? And do you have a sweet spot price point? Everywhere I look its $2.99.<br />Thanks, and great to hear from other writers.Zeb Eckleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05307878529018047509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-37660683938067604792011-02-08T15:45:05.924-08:002011-02-08T15:45:05.924-08:00@ Escarondito & Paul
Thanks for the interest, ...@ Escarondito & Paul<br />Thanks for the interest, fellas. You never can tell where you'll find Superhero fans. Paul, do you have a particular e-mail you'd like me to use to get you a PDF?Walker Hardinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04937660775069723714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-50503136952195250922011-02-08T15:04:17.937-08:002011-02-08T15:04:17.937-08:00Imogen here. Full time copyranter/mad(wo)man/inser...Imogen here. Full time copyranter/mad(wo)man/insert any expletive you like. <br /><br />I'll be 25 this year – hello "quarter" life crisis! – and in typical Gen Y style I'm already planning a career shift. I write and direct little shorts in my spare time, so I've signed myself up for film school at AFTRS to try and accelerate this. Here's hopin'.<br /><br />Anyway, thanks for the practical tips, provoking questions – and for answering my little question about chick flicks. <3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-6291273638640098382011-02-08T15:00:20.928-08:002011-02-08T15:00:20.928-08:00Wow, really intimated by the amount of talent in t...Wow, really intimated by the amount of talent in this comment thread!<br /><br />Hey - I'm Rosie and I started screenwriting about a year ago, though I've written in some form since I could read. I live and work in Wales with a full-time non-writing job.<br /><br />My friends run an independent film company called Realm Pictures and I'm trying to stir up some small projects to get my name around - and get up the courage to quit the day job.<br /><br />Bitter, I love your blog and your insights are invaluable to your readers on both sides of the Pond.Rosie Clavertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17476672768829988712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706282221761427996.post-90566469454935994642011-02-08T14:35:00.653-08:002011-02-08T14:35:00.653-08:00I don't remember how I found your blog, but I ...I don't remember how I found your blog, but I did - about a year ago - and have been a reader ever since. I am a college senior at a big state school in the south, an advertising/copywriting student to be specific. I work nights, so your blog posts more often than not welcome me home when I get off work. As someone who dabbles in screenwriting, I appreciate being told what not to do.elainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097156950979043390noreply@blogger.com