Contests have officially killed Super Ted
Up and down, up and down… it’s been an absolute roller coaster lately…
But there’s no way I’m complaining.
The good: We signed on the house yesterday evening. It’s ours. Keys will be in our hands on Friday (along with some margaritas).
The bad: The quarterfinalists for the 2010 Final Draft, Inc. Big Break Contest were announced yesterday and Super Ted was NOT on the list.
First of all, my sincere congrats to those who made the cut.
Secondly, yesterday was an absolute cluster, but I had about five minutes before stepping in to sign house documents to be hurt regarding Super Ted’s early exits from this season’s contests. That’s all four of the contests I entered now… Super Ted has been knocked out of all of them.
I don’t know if this house stuff is keeping me focused on something else and helps keep everything in perspective, or if I’m going to collapse once the rush slows down.
Either way, I’ll K.I.M. the Tribe Called Quest way and keep it moving… continue with rewriting Super Ted, querying it, and outlining my new one.
Don’t worry about it… I’m a script reader myself and regularly hear about well-written scripts crashing out of contests and bad ones making the cut. Contests are great, don’t get me wrong: they’re fab for providing writers with deadlines and opportunities, but it IS extremely rare for a script to do well across the board of all the *big* contests and that does suggest there’s a huge element of luck/chance to them, too (bit like this industry really!). Better to just keep on keeping on — and enjoy your new house!!!
Thanks Lucy! Really appreciate your perspective and comment!
Not to say anything bad about Super Ted, but I’m not that surprised that it was about the same result in all the contests. They are all looking for about the same thing in a script. If it doesn’t fit one, it is not likely to fit another.