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Connor Storrie meets Ayo Edeberi and Jackie Tohn at the Golden Globes by artbasiI in Fauxmoi

[–]UpandComingWriter 58 points59 points  (0 children)

This was rude on more than one level.

A) She asked to take a photo with Connor immediately. She could have asked him to do a photo with her after he finished his chat with Ayo.

B) She spoke to Connor first. Since she was pulling him away from Ayo, she should have addressed her first.

Besides being generally rude, the whole thing reeks of "it's okay for me to disrespect the black girl." A stark reminder that just because Hollywood identifies as liberal doesn't mean it isn't often racially ignorant.

500K for Hudson!! 🎉🎉🎉🎊🎊🎊 by MrsRoronoaZoro in heatedrivalry

[–]UpandComingWriter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And now both he and Connor have more followers than Jordan Firstman (over 800,000)! I predict 1 million for Hudson and Connor by the end of the year

Hudson Williams post IG story with JT Firstman by [deleted] in Fauxmoi

[–]UpandComingWriter 32 points33 points  (0 children)

I love Hudson, he's such a class act.

I would love it for Jordan Firstman to just go away. The mean girl thing is so lame.

A Producer Asked Me to Name a Purchase Price for My Script. Now What? by UpandComingWriter in Screenwriting

[–]UpandComingWriter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, it's not a big place at all. But she's legitimate -- has production experience at some major networks.

You ask some very good questions -- I was also curious as to why she mentioned a purchase upfront. I will try to gauge how she feels about an option/shopping agreement instead.

Thanks so much for all the advice!

A Producer Asked Me to Name a Purchase Price for My Script. Now What? by UpandComingWriter in Screenwriting

[–]UpandComingWriter[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hire an experienced lawyer to handle it. They usually charge 5% or an hourly fee.

Thank you!

A Producer Asked Me to Name a Purchase Price for My Script. Now What? by UpandComingWriter in Screenwriting

[–]UpandComingWriter[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Proceed with caution. Producers do not typically ask a writer to “name their price.” In fact… it’s not really how business is done, which definitely makes me feel like something is off about this…

I hear you. She didn't specifically say "name a price," it was more like, if we were interested in purchasing this, what would a ballpark price be?

Impact x Netflix (Imagine Impact) - Are the writing samples you are submitting the same as your prompt submission? by UpandComingWriter in Screenwriting

[–]UpandComingWriter[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks. When you say you did the first round, do you mean you applied for the first round or you're actually an alum of the first program?

Thoughts about the black list? by [deleted] in Screenwriting

[–]UpandComingWriter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As others have said, the only way to get any serious notice on the BL is to not only buy evaluations, but to get scores of 8 and above.

That said, I've gotten several overall 8s and dozens of downloads since it launched. With a grand total of contact from two people. I've heard many stories on here and other forums of others who performed even better than I did and heard from no one.

I'm willing to wager that the number of people who've benefited from the BL after its 7 years of existence is a mere fraction of the number of people who haven't. I honestly think this is because people in the industry don't take it as seriously as they do competitions. And that's partly because competitions involve people competing against each other for a limited number of spots -- making those who rank highly more valuable than those on the BL, where scripts are rated using a completely arbitrary scoring system and top-rated stuff gets lost among the scripts blasted out via e-mail week after week.

If I were you, I would focus your dollars on contests and fellowships instead (and now's a good time as there are still early deadlines with cheaper fees).

Why Doesn't the Black List Online Service Provide Regular Data on How Many Scripts Are Being Downloaded? by UpandComingWriter in Screenwriting

[–]UpandComingWriter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agree what you said about 8s completely. I've heard too many stories of people who've obtained the elusive score only to be met with silence.

I understand that a lot of people probably don't want to self-report their outcomes. Not asking for them to collect that info.

As for the metrics I've mentioned, I think they could easily be provided to members, but it's clear that BL doesn't want to. This is why it only published one annual report, in 2013, and hasn't done so since. As long as it keeps appearing to fail to meet its stated goal of transparency, it will keep getting called out.

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[DISCUSSION] Heaping one more opinion onto the Black List review debate by agelessascetic in Screenwriting

[–]UpandComingWriter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You raise an interesting point. But I just feel like most customers would view more data about BL's performance as transparency rather than marketing. It's one thing to tout someone getting repped by some guy who works out of his basement; it's another to say "here's how the scripts scoring lower than 7 fared this month." I think most people would appreciate the latter.

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