BlueCat Results

Well unfortunately I haven't made it to the finals, but hey, it was nice to be a quarter-finalist in something. Looks like I only have two more contests to hear back from, but judging from what's happened so far, it's not looking promising. Even so, I have to keep a positive outlook, not all judges are the same, and referencing an earlier post, it's all subjective.

Even so, I think I may finally have to submit to one of those professional services; the ones that give you notes on how to fix your screenplay, and hopefully make it more marketable.

I found two that seem like the could be useful:

Script P.I.M.P. Development Services

Running at about $250 it's not exactly a bargain, but if you receive a "recommended" rating you then have the ability to submit a query letter to some of the bigger studios. Of course who knows if that's going to get you anywhere, but at least it's a step in the right direction... although they claim they will help you in sending your screenplay to producers, studios and managers. So that DOES sound pretty good.

Hollywood Lit Sales Coverage Special

The places claims to do the same thing as Script P.I.M.P but for only $75. That's a heck of a price difference for what appears to be essentially the same service. What does that mean? I have no idea. Is one better than the other? I also don't know.

I think what I may do is submit it to the Hollywood Lit Sales people and see what they have to say, see how it goes, follow their recommendations... and if that works out I'll then send it over to Script P.I.M.P. By that logic, someone is bound to want to see the script provided it gets a recommended rating from both places.

Since the contest route does not seem to be working out for me, I'll have to look down another avenue, and this may be it. In the meantime I think I will start to work on one of my unedited scripts, just so I don't get too out of practice sitting on my hands. Who knows, maybe a comedy will fare better than a psychological thriller. We shall see! I'll keep you guys abreast of what happens, as well as what happens with the other contests.