I entered a contest, and THEN found two typos
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No, if they love the script they will overlook it. If they don't you'd just be in the "pass" pile with the rest of us either way. 
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No need to kill yourself, but I'd certainly cut off one of my own fingers as punishment, if I made such an unpardonable error.
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Ha!
Neither of these two typos (fortunately) in any way obscured their sentences. They are easilly deciphered on the spot for what they are supposed to be. So I'm not super worried.
Neither of these two typos (fortunately) in any way obscured their sentences. They are easilly deciphered on the spot for what they are supposed to be. So I'm not super worried.
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Oh, definitely don't beat yourself up! Your script should stand despite typos. Which contest was it?
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I actually have a question about their submission process.
Their deadline was eysterday, and I submitted yesterday via their e-mail address for submissions. But then I did NOT get a "thank you for submitting" kind of a confirmation e-mail. Wasn't I supposed to get one of those? Did YOU get one of those?
Their deadline was eysterday, and I submitted yesterday via their e-mail address for submissions. But then I did NOT get a "thank you for submitting" kind of a confirmation e-mail. Wasn't I supposed to get one of those? Did YOU get one of those?
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Fer real????
Yes! I just sent it in yesterday (right on the deadline!)
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Hey! Ya, I got a thank you for submitting. It didn't come through until about 3 am. You should send them an email and ask if they got it. That's what I did because my first email bounced back. They answered quickly and were really nice.
Maybe they won't send me the thank you e-mail until they get my entry fee. Did you do PayPal or a live hard-copy check?
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I submitted my screenplay to a contest, and right after I pressed the send button, I realized I had one of my characters walking into the room with "the gate of a Greek Goddess." Still a powerful image, I think...
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Yeah--turns out to be the case. I sent an e-mail inquirey to them last night, and just now I got an answer saying they did indeed get ym script on Friday (in time! whew!) and that the official thank you e-mail will get sent only after they get my snail mail check.
I submitted my screenplay to a contest, and right after I pressed the send button, I realized I had one of my characters walking into the room with "the gate of a Greek Goddess." Still a powerful image, I think...
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In response to your original post, it's all a learning curve - I bet next time you submit some of your work, you'll go over it with a super-fine-toothed comb!
I get my teenage daughter to cast her eye over my stuff before I submit it - it's amazing how much stuff I miss (the downside is she enjoys gloating about it!)
Good luck with the contest!
I get my teenage daughter to cast her eye over my stuff before I submit it - it's amazing how much stuff I miss (the downside is she enjoys gloating about it!)
Good luck with the contest!
Acrually I did indeed do the fine toothed comb on the last drafts. Mutliple times. But it STILL got away from me. My regular proof reader (my aunt) was out of town. So I had to do it myself. And thus did I miss TWO typos.
Oh well, right?
But thanks for the well-wishes!
Oh well, right?
But thanks for the well-wishes!
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Drat! Get out that time machine.
I can't tell you how many times I have wished someone would invent this! I have several things I would use it on.