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tdeveau
NYC Midnight Newbie Joined: 27 Jan 2020 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 41 |
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If I had to guess, they are probably a screenwriter. Screenwriters (and screenwriting judges) put an absurd (IMO) emphasis on the importance of the log line.
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wbarr
NYC Midnight Groupie Joined: 05 Feb 2018 Status: Offline Points: 118 |
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You are right! The judge even responded that they didn't understand a sentence referring to a commercial break -- "and I work in film," he/she wrote.'
It's a short story contest, not an elevator pitch contest. Seriously, a whole paragraph about the stupid tagline. Thanks.
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jennifer.quail
NYC Midnight Black Belt Joined: 07 Feb 2018 Status: Offline Points: 7931 |
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Make sure you leave that judge one-star feedback. They do that EVERY time and there is no reason for them to be doing it. Log lines are not a prose-market thing. They either need to have their priorities reorganized or only judge Screenplay/SScreenplay.
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MuffinMom
NYC Midnight Addict Joined: 07 Feb 2018 Location: Boulder, CO Status: Offline Points: 1055 |
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I can tell you for sure that order definitely affects your ranking. It shouldn't, but judges are human. I once wrote three essays for college, in class, closed book, and that score made up 75% of my grade in the class. I got a C. I went to the TA who re-read the essays, and his comment was that I was right, my essays were very good, and he changed my grade to an A. He said that sometimes TA's grade these things until midnight and they all run together, and he apologized. I still think that was totally messed up. Hopefully NYC Midnight judges would try to put a little more effort into judging than my TA for that class did, but there's still no guarantee when this contest is SO subjective!
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Random
NYC Midnight Black Belt Joined: 17 Nov 2017 Location: C. of Letters Status: Offline Points: 5401 |
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Ya know...I should change my name from "Random Words" to "Random Annotations". That puts me closer to the front in terms of last name/first name, and maybe closer to the front in reading order. No idea if that would matter, but it's the only thing I can control.
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Suave
NYC Midnight Black Belt Joined: 25 Jan 2015 Location: Thailand Status: Offline Points: 25027 |
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You might do better just putting your credit card number at the bottom of the first page.
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MuffinMom
NYC Midnight Addict Joined: 07 Feb 2018 Location: Boulder, CO Status: Offline Points: 1055 |
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Ha! That's a good idea! Won't the judge be surprised, though, when they find out the credit card is maxed out?
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