It's a hard ask with 7 days left anyway, to be honest (I only got round to reading it yesterday, that's why I couldn't say earlier).
That said, look at the feedback giving you A WHOLE YEAR to improve your sitcom for next year's competition. There are only 'up to' eight 'winners', aren't there? So chances of 'winning' with a 7-day rewrite is pretty slim anyway. Give yourself 51 weeks' grace instead!
Dan
Quote: Alfred J Kipper @ April 9 2013, 10:25 AM BSTYes and talking of statistics, you choose to tell us this with just 7 days left.
Wish I'd looked earlier at that. Infact you have to look for that one. Maybe their website needs tweaking in places. Looks good value if you've spent ages on a project you yourself believe in. That outside, Dragons' Den like view is pretty essential to all creators at some point. I might look at the bronze feedback option this time but wish I'd seen that silver one.
Hi Alfred
The Silver option proved to be popular this time around and, thanks to a couple of enterprising writers who suggested it simultaneously, we provided an enhanced Silver feedback service where writers could resubmit their rewritten entry with two weeks to go and receive further feedback on it for an extra £40.
We didn't make a song and dance about it but it's proven popular so it's definitely something we'll consider expanding in the future. We're considering taking the pieces of feedback that we constantly repeat ourselves on and turning them into an ebook later this year.
Also, after the longlist is announced, we'll be offering feedback to those who didn't make it like we did last year.
We want The Sitcom Mission to remain accessible for all writers, and we definitely feel we've made the right decision with our change of format for this year.
Quote: Alfred J Kipper @ April 9 2013, 11:59 AM BSTAbout the longlist, while you're there - Is there any possibility of you extending this at all? Say if you were to receive a certain number of entries, like 1600 would enable you to longlist 16 again, 1200 - 12. That kind of thing. Having chatted to another entrant last year on this, they agreed the longer longlist gave much more of an incentive to enter, both of us feeling that just 8 seems a bit daunting, now you have international writers piling in as well. You still have the 4 winners or finalists but those few extra longlist feathers spur a lot more entrants on, I'm thinking.
You mean change the rules half way through the competition in an arbitrary fashion? Ok, hadn't thought of that.
Right, we'll longlist another 12. Just take out the Gold Longlist option for £75...
Seriously, we'll think about it. Good to know your thoughts and get your feedback, thanks for that.
Ok, Simon and I have had a chat about this and we're going to give a one-page bullet point feedback to a longlist of 32 (if you've taken Bronze feedback or are in the top 8, that will take precedence).
We won't be progressing with those writers or their scripts, but we absolutely take on board your suggestion and think this is a good compromise.
I think that is an excellent and fair way forward.
Dan
Sorry - it's probably a silly question, but am I right in thinking that just 8 of the 32 will be invited to rewrite their scripts? In other words, 32 will be listed, then a later announcement will be made on the successful 8? Okay, it was two silly questions.
Thanks
Alan
I think there should be a platinum option, where you're a guaranteed winner for £1,000.
I was thinking of a platinum option too! Except the feedback by Simon and Declan is delivered in Hollywood while the three of you parachute from 2,000 feet.
The way this is going I have high hopes that you will soon be giving out sterling silver badges for people who can retrieve a rubber brick from the bottom of the six foot end of the swimming pool whilst dressed in pyjamas?
If so I'm in, I blew my last chance at that in the 70's and as I lay on the cold tiles with snot coming from every orifice and having lost my PJ's in the hideous wake of bubbles and dressed only in suspiciously tight trunks I vowed I would return.
The trunks may be tighter than ever and I might have put on a few pounds, but if rubber brick is introduced put me down for a bash!
Bash... Teddy... rubber brick. Yep, ok.
Declan I can tell you from experience that bashing people with rubber bricks can rebound on you.
That said I have my original Pj's and trunks in a Gola bag in my loft, you name the pool and turn up with the rubber brick and I'll retrieve it faster than f**king Troy Tempest in Stingray!!
Crown Pools in Ipswich. The diving section, not the leisure pool, if you can handle it.
I've got a certificate with your name on it. Come on then.
I can't go to there Declan apparently I'm the spitting image of the 'Ipswich Strangler'
I have no idea if I do look like him, but I fully understand his reasoning.
I've heard they strangle vowels in Ipswich. Or perhaps that was voles.
Have you ever tried strangling a vole? It's really hard because of how small they are.
No it's much better to strangle prostitutes, that way you're guaranteed to get disco music and funny lights inside your head again.
