Willow ,'Get It Done'
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Belated woohoos! for Kristen.
And this is so not meant to rain on parades or anything, I just am curious... If you don't make it past this point, is getting this far the kind of thing that can still propel you forward? Kind of like how apparently some of the other finalists in American Idol also got recording contracts even though they didn't win?
Allow me to take this opportunity to brag about Kristen for a minute.
Kristen made the top 50 out of thousands of submissions. The people who select the top tier are producers, professors, and big time mucky mucks. So making the semi-finals of the most prestigious of fellowship contests in the biz is an enormous thing to put on a query letter. Means that lots of people who hire writers thought she was the bees knees.
But you know she rocked out the phone interview. I mean, duh.
I thought that might be the case but I wasn't sure so I'm glad Allyson likes to brag.
I look forward to seeing Kristen's name pop up on a television screen in the near future, since TV is her thang.
I'm looking forward to her being a showrunner and hiring me to sit on my ass and stare at a wall.
I see your role as more waiting until the writers are completely fouling up the premise of the show and then going into the bullpen with a baseball bat and cleaning house Untouchables style.
Means that lots of people who hire writers thought she was the bees knees.
Of course she IS the bee's knees.
I'm looking forward to her being a showrunner and hiring me to sit on my ass and stare at a wall.
It's not what you know in Hollywood, it's WHO you know.
More importantly, it is who knows you.
Kristen and Kristin are two different buffistas. They may be twins, but one of them hasn't posted in this thread recently.
Not until right now when I saw Kristen's great news and had to come congratulate her!
It's not what you know in Hollywood, it's WHO you know.
Ain't that the truth. Been busting my hump with internships when I should have been concentrating on networking. Just recently started doing extra work, getting friendly with the PAs, other extras. I don't want to be an actor so there's no competition thing.
Congrats to Kristen.
There are maybe a handful of contests that carry weight and that's one of them. I'm just finishing helping read entries for the Sundance Writing Labs. I've read scripts that have won international contests and even one from a former Sundance Viewer Award winner. Even the lesser known contests get a "special look." What that means is that expectations are high. A lesser script from an unknown contest doesn't mean much but a good script from a well known contest could really open doors. From my limited experience, for what it's worth.
I'm looking forward to the future where we can have "The Kristenverse."