I used to be cool
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Topic: I used to be cool
Posted By: beckyrcollins
Subject: I used to be cool
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2019 at 11:35am
As little as two days ago I was so unaffected at the thought of results. Ice cold. Now it's all I can think about!! Anyone else at work with a brain made of mush because of this gross thing called excitement? Whatever the NYC gods have in store, good luck everyone! xxx
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Posted By: trish1206
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2019 at 11:45am
I woke up with butterflies today. I remembered out of nowhere about this week's results and came quickly to the forum to see exactly when to expect them.
I would LOVE to be writing again this weekend. I never made it this far in a screenplay competition so I'm psyched to have come this far. But to get into the finals would be sweeeeeet!
Wishing you luck, Becky!!!
Trish
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Posted By: MissKeister
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2019 at 12:18pm
Saaaaaame!
I remember last year, this round of results came in the MORNING so that is making me even more excited/anxious/nervous/MY TUMMY HURTS.
Best of luck to all!
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Posted By: manifestlynot
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2019 at 12:29pm
I don’t know if I ever used to be cool, lol, but I’d definitely looking forward to the results. I won’t be devastated if I don’t make it through because I have a busy weekend (theater + Oscars!) but it would be nice to know regardless.
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Posted By: beckyrcollins
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2019 at 12:41pm
manifestlynot wrote:
I don’t know if I ever used to be cool, lol |
Going to the Oscars definitely gives you a boost! Am trying not to geek out and ask an army of questions
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Posted By: beckyrcollins
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2019 at 12:42pm
MissKeister wrote:
Saaaaaame!
I remember last year, this round of results came in the MORNING so that is making me even more excited/anxious/nervous/MY TUMMY HURTS.
Best of luck to all! |
There's a chance it'll come before 5am?! The best thing about GMT is waking up to results, getting them before bed'll mean a sleepless night haha
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Posted By: beckyrcollins
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2019 at 12:44pm
trish1206 wrote:
I woke up with butterflies today. I remembered out of nowhere about this week's results and came quickly to the forum to see exactly when to expect them.
I would LOVE to be writing again this weekend. I never made it this far in a screenplay competition so I'm psyched to have come this far. But to get into the finals would be sweeeeeet!
Wishing you luck, Becky!!!
Trish
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I'm exactly the same. Last year I got a taste of the final round with FF, but with screenplay comp I was out first round. Wishing wishing wishing...
Best of luck to you too Trish! xxx
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Posted By: manifestlynot
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2019 at 12:57pm
beckyrcollins wrote:
manifestlynot wrote:
I don’t know if I ever used to be cool, lol |
Going to the Oscars definitely gives you a boost! Am trying not to geek out and ask an army of questions |
Oh no, I’m not going to the Oscars (I wish!!), just celebrating them excessively at home. We are total film geeks and try to see everything before the awards.
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Posted By: trish1206
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2019 at 1:30pm
That happened to me, too with screenplay. I the bed BIG TIME. My last brush with winning was when I placed third in FF2013. Hoping to break that six year losing streak soon!!!! I could really use the emotional boost right now.
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Posted By: J_Fox
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2019 at 3:14pm
I hope I get through so I can avoid finishing our income taxes for one more weekend.
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Posted By: lisafox10800
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2019 at 3:24pm
Just been trying not to think about results.
But now? Procrastinating everything else in life because all I'm thinking about are results.
argh.
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Posted By: jdadams1
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2019 at 3:51pm
I was never cool, lol :)
Yes, I’ve been checking email every few minutes. My expectations for my own advancement are low, but I am still very curious!
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Posted By: Tim G
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2019 at 4:05pm
Good luck everyone!
May the final be flush with forum friends!
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Posted By: Joni
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2019 at 5:23pm
J_Fox wrote:
I hope I get through so I can avoid finishing our income taxes for one more weekend. |
Haha same here! If I'm not writing, I'm going to have a really hard time coming up with a different excuse to keep procrastinating.
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Posted By: Random
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2019 at 7:50pm
Joni wrote:
J_Fox wrote:
I hope I get through so I can avoid finishing our income taxes for one more weekend. |
Haha same here! If I'm not writing, I'm going to have a really hard time coming up with a different excuse to keep procrastinating. |
I managed to get both versions of TurboTax loaded last weekend, so I made progress. This weekend I'll have to be distracted vicariously...
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Posted By: jdadams1
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2019 at 9:53pm
They've dragging this one out 'til the last minute, LOL! I've been constantly refreshing email on my phone all day! :D
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Posted By: steph9289
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2019 at 9:55pm
I just wanna sleeeeep
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Posted By: MissKeister
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2019 at 10:02pm
jdadams1 wrote:
They've dragging this one out 'til the last minute, LOL! I've been constantly refreshing email on my phone all day! :D |
Glad I'm not the only one! Every time I see a new email in, my heart stops.
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Posted By: steph9289
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2019 at 11:25pm
Results are in!!
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Posted By: manifestlynot
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2019 at 11:27pm
5th place, I’ll take it!
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Posted By: J_Fox
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2019 at 11:30pm
I'm in! Woot! Saw a lot of names I recognize, but didn't look too closely -- too tired. Congrats to all! But now I must defeat you.
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Posted By: Tim G
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2019 at 11:34pm
Woohoo! Through with a first place, and better yet saw at least a dozen forum scripts through too so the final should be a livelier occasion :)
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Posted By: lisafox10800
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2019 at 11:35pm
I’m in!!! Woot! Saw a good amount of forumites!!! 😊 congrats everyone, May the prompt be in our favor!!
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Posted By: manifestlynot
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2019 at 11:36pm
Tim G wrote:
Woohoo! Through with a first place, and better yet saw at least a dozen forum scripts through too so the final should be a livelier occasion :) |
Congratulations - well-deserved!!
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Posted By: Joni
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2019 at 11:36pm
Snuck through in 5th! So excited to be writing again this weekend! And so happy to see so many forumites made it this time! Congrats to everyone!
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Posted By: Snarkmaiden
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2019 at 11:42pm
Kept waking up to check email, and every time I went back to sleep I had a different restless dream about going through, not going through, being HMed, etc... Thrilled to be in the final! And with a lot of familiar forum buddies too!
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Posted By: rossinny
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2019 at 11:43pm
Squeezed through. Regret booking that family weekend at CenterParcs now haha.
Congrats to all, LOTS of forum names. Special shout out to Group 4 where it looks as though all the finalists are forumites!
Oh and Much Tofu About Nothing? Genius.
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Posted By: rossinny
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2019 at 11:44pm
Tim G wrote:
Woohoo! Through with a first place, and better yet saw at least a dozen forum scripts through too so the final should be a livelier occasion :) |
Congrats on topping the group Tim!
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Posted By: jdadams1
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2019 at 11:46pm
Congrats, everyone!
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Posted By: rossinny
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2019 at 11:46pm
lisafox10800 wrote:
I’m in!!! Woot! Saw a good amount of forumites!!! 😊 congrats everyone, May the prompt be in our favor!!
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Whoop! Send in the fox! 🦊
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Posted By: lisafox10800
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2019 at 11:49pm
Haha! Congrats Ross!!!
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Posted By: Tim G
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2019 at 11:52pm
rossinny wrote:
Tim G wrote:
Woohoo! Through with a first place, and better yet saw at least a dozen forum scripts through too so the final should be a livelier occasion :) |
Congrats on topping the group Tim! |
Cheers Ross, and awesome work to you too! I’ll be joining you in the finalists-on-family-holidays subgroup!
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Posted By: rwalker
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2019 at 11:54pm
Sad I won't be moving on, but happy to at least get an honorable mention :)
Congrats to those moving forward!
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Posted By: steph9289
Date Posted: 20 Feb 2019 at 11:59pm
Bummed I didn't make it through, but excited for everyone who did!! As always...looking forward to putting the Master List together for the finals! :)
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Posted By: jdadams1
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2019 at 12:20am
steph9289 wrote:
Bummed I didn't make it through, but excited for everyone who did!! As always...looking forward to putting the Master List together for the finals! :)
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Thank you for all of your work! It is very much appreciated!!!
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Posted By: cheezopath
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2019 at 1:03am
4th finals in a row! see you folks this weekend
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Posted By: Tim G
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2019 at 1:41am
cheezopath wrote:
4th finals in a row! see you folks this weekend
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Posted By: beckyrcollins
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2019 at 2:25am
Not this time for me. But I found this round so tough that I'm just happy I (after two attempts) made something I actually liked!!
Well done to everyone for submitting! Some fierce scripts this round. Good luck forum finalists!!!! Xxx
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Posted By: dias
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2019 at 2:36am
Thrilled (and terrified) to be joining you guys in the final! Congrats to everyone
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Posted By: rossinny
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2019 at 4:11am
dias wrote:
Thrilled (and terrified) to be joining you guys in the final! Congrats to everyone |
I just read your entry - I don't think you've any need to be terrified, it's great! Congrats on progressing!
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Posted By: tedsturge
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2019 at 4:31am
Congrats everyone! Excited to have made it to the next round!
Glad to see a lot of scripts I read see go through. Everyone's critiques in this forum has been invaluable; such a fun group to be a part of!
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Posted By: dias
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2019 at 4:49am
rossinny wrote:
dias wrote:
Thrilled (and terrified) to be joining you guys in the final! Congrats to everyone |
I just read your entry - I don't think you've any need to be terrified, it's great! Congrats on progressing! |
Thanks Ross, that’s very kind! Congrats to you too, I think the final will definitely be more interesting with so many forumites on board :)
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Posted By: beckyrcollins
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2019 at 4:53am
manifestlynot wrote:
5th place, I’ll take it!
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Congrats Heatmate!!! It's always tough when scripts that weren't on the forum sweep the top places (I feel oddly territorial hahaha), so am mighty glad you got through! I still remember your script very clearly, was an absolute cracker xxx
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Posted By: trish1206
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2019 at 7:58am
I feel the same way!!
I didn't place in our heat either. Now I want to read those that did.
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Posted By: haole
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2019 at 8:04am
Congrats to those who made it! I knew I had some tough competition just from what got posted, and I appreciate all the feedback I received.
I will lick my wounds and hopefully be back strong in the Screenplay contest
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Posted By: Zblugg
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2019 at 8:40am
Gratz everyone! Man, the forumite proportion is OFF THE CHARTS!!! It's... OVER 9,000!!!!!
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Posted By: Joni
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2019 at 9:53am
steph9289 wrote:
Bummed I didn't make it through, but excited for everyone who did!! As always...looking forward to putting the Master List together for the finals! :)
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Thanks so much, Steph!! As always, you're awesome!! Sad to see yours didn't progress, but the screenplay challenge isn't far off so you can come back with a vengeance!
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Posted By: Random
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2019 at 10:22am
I'm not in this, but if someone would like an overly pedantic beta reader or a place to bounce ideas send me a PM. I'm spending my weekend working on taxes, cutting wood in the shop, and probably cleaning my office and the basement. Reading a five minute script? Break time!
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Posted By: JeffreyHowe
Date Posted: 21 Feb 2019 at 3:16pm
cheezopath wrote:
4th finals in a row! see you folks this weekend
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Jeez, it has been four.
Congrats to all who moved on! Gonna be driving back to STL Saturday, so I may end up dictating notes on whatever I write on the road. Or talking to myself, depending on one's perspective.
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Posted By: cheezopath
Date Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 5:43am
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Posted By: fioOxf
Date Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 6:13am
cheezopath wrote:
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"cool with hiccups"..
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Posted By: J_Fox
Date Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 6:12pm
Well, this should be fun, sexy time for me tomorrow:
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Posted By: Random
Date Posted: 22 Feb 2019 at 6:23pm
J_Fox wrote:
Well, this should be fun, sexy time for me tomorrow:
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Looks like you're about to be cool again. No getting hot and bothered about the prompts, either. Just cold, calculating genius.
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