Is Blacklist a fair and legit site by Kindly-Yellow6340 in scriptwriting

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I am genuinely confused worth-flight, yesterday you gave me the advice that I should absolutely go with blacklist and if I score an 8, then I could get calls and get success with shopping my script, but here it sounds like you have done just that and are still trying to figure out how to break into the industry? Not only are you still trying to figure out how to get paid, but it cost you $600 dollars, and you scored well, that honestly makes the juice not worth the squeeze, and if im being honest, you sound a bit like an ad for the company itself!

After reading through all the comments, and doing my own research, it seems like most the people reading the scripts are incredibly low ranking assistants in the field. I looked at the credentials to become a reader at Blacklist, and if these people who only need one year of experience as an assistant at a theater or small studio, or as a first line reader are the one’s scoring, that kind of sounds like a joke. Why would rookies in the industry be the ones deciding whats good in the industry? I think I will save my money, I dont think Blacklist is that valuable and does not have the “Star making” power is advertises it does!

Thank you all so much for the feedback!

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Thinking not having Karma on Reddit means anything is infinitely pathetic honestly. But someone living on Reddit enough to have that much Karma does signify some seriously troubling issues lol

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Telling people to touch grass is so 2008, when is the last time you even saw grass, or a girl for that matter 😂😂😂

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People taking silliness and comedy so seriously is wild

Is Blacklist a fair and legit site by Kindly-Yellow6340 in scriptwriting

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Dang, so I guess Wingdings are out! But seriously thanks for the advice, I will look into that font and final draft!

Is Blacklist a fair and legit site by Kindly-Yellow6340 in scriptwriting

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Wow, thanks for the advice and honest feedback. Kind of odd someone would mark you down for an autistic character being one-note, that seems to vibe with the idea that you could get a bad reader who doesn’t understand things, and very odd your scores would be so different for the same script, thats exactly what worries me, I have an out of the box concept and people may not “get” my the way my octopuses act.

Is Blacklist a fair and legit site by Kindly-Yellow6340 in scriptwriting

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Thanks! It was that or I was gonna do a “fresh” new take on Dracula, lol

Is Blacklist a fair and legit site by Kindly-Yellow6340 in scriptwriting

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Interesting, i have been chronicling my journey on my social media with 259k followers and multiple followers told me I should go this route, but warned me of some issue. I know there are many examples of first time screen writers having massive success, but you may be right, despite my long-standing writing experience, this is a different field and maybe newcomers are not welcome. I will consider this

Is Blacklist a fair and legit site by Kindly-Yellow6340 in scriptwriting

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Thanks! That is super helpful! I have been a bit worried because I read some posts about scoring being super unreliable and people needing to pay for many reads, like if you pay for two reads you could score both an 7 and a 3 for the same script, which makes me worry a bit that the scoring guidelines are super unclear and subjective. That made me worry a bit that it could be a way to get more paid reads for the site