Scriptapalooza - ordering Feedback?

goldmund

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Hey dudes, any of you ever bought Feedback entering Scriptapalooza?

I'm wondering if it's worth it and who's actually doing it -- not the judges, I presume?
 

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No one's answered yet. That makes me sad.

I have never ordered feedback from Scriptapalooza and I wouldn't. Not because it isn't good, nor professional, but because I don't really think it helps a writer. Their feedback is modeled on industry coverages. See their coverage service webpage for details. It's interesting and useful for a writer to know how coverage works, but a dozen readers reading one script will prepare thirteen different coverages.

You should be writing your own logline, your own synopses, your own treatments, and writing them well. What a writer needs to hone their craft is good critiques. Detailed analysis of the story and the technique. Coverages are not critiques. There are critique services out there. Or you can beg a favour from a knowledgeable and honest friend.
 

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I haven't used it either, but for me it is because I can get plenty of good and useful advice from both regular people and professionals for free.

Keep that money in your pocket so you can buy a new computer to write your screenplay if your current one burns out.