We should all post our entries for perusal. It will be fun.
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Good idea.
I really want to see people's bios too.
Am I the only pretentious loser who wrote theirs in the third person?
Yeah, Simon did also.
Charley, go for it, I'd like to see what people did for their synopses too.
My bio shall remain anonymous 
mine was less of a minibiog and more of a confused ramble. that says more about me than a biog anyday.
Btw - does anyone know how to convert a word doc to pdf?
I had to go to http://www.pdf995.com/ and download the converter.
Thanks.
Here's my synopsis:
Not long ago I broke up with my girlfriend and was still tender about it months later. I needed to write. Needed something to ease the pain pouring through the hole ripped through my soul that not even alcohol could sticky-tape shut. This was more than the fact I hadn’t had sex for months. Much more. For three hours a day for the next three weeks I sat down at my computer and typed. I never saw my friends and they spoke harsh words of me when I wasn’t around. Were they even friends? I didn’t know, I just called them friends because they delivered the mail to me in the morning. However I continued and before long the exception became the routine. My fingers developed calluses from the keyboard and I developed RSI, but only in one hand. The neighbours complained at the sound of tapping; morning, noon and night. But after two months of this I had a revelation: Writing daily e-mails begging my ex to take me back was not going to get me anywhere. In fact, I was worse off. All I had now was a restraining order and half a bran muffin which some kind kid had discarded outside my house that morning. The latter good fortune didn’t outweigh the former. So I ate that muffin and thought about things. Then it came to me. I had a routine, I knew how to type, why not use those things to write a screenplay instead?
It wasn’t easy, in fact it was damn hard, but before long a story began to take shape. I was writing a show that spoliated the very idea of love. One where the people in the book would go through a tremendous amount of suffering, all because they were ‘en amore’. It would make kids grow up too fast and toddlers realize Santa was dead. It would be the cause of global warming, Aids in Africa, and charity concerts. And worst of all, the evilest character in the show would be named after my ex. I was excited. My right hand throbbed and before long I was naked.
The RSI hindered my celebrations, so I used half an hour in the fridge to calm myself down. I was forced to consider my options. I knew myself to be in possession of maybe the most revolutionary TV show in modern times that hadn’t yet been written and I didn’t know what to do. I thought that my life might even be in danger. I went into hiding, but my friend the postman still found me. This is when I decided to write ten pages and send them to your company. Please consider the attached manuscript carefully.
I’m going to be a billionaire. The only question is, are you going to join me?
Quote: Charley @ September 2, 2007, 4:44 PMWe should all post our entries for perusal. It will be fun.
I got a bit concerned when Gavin posted his on here.
I wondered about the fact it was a competition and people could read it here too. I don't know if I was worrying too much.
Is it a good idea to post them here too?
I just had to look up 'spoliated'.
Woohoo! That's the nicest thing anyone's said about my writing.
I've entered my drama script 'The Unknown' into the comp.
My bio? Ahhhh go on then...
My name is Cameron Phillips, I am 26 years old and I have a wife and a ten month old son. I have wanted to get into scriptwriting for about the last ten years. This has involved many attempts, all with limited success thus far.
My background is in comedy. I started doing stand up whilst at art college in 2002 and this led to a gig at The Pleasance in Edinburgh. This was not during the Fringe however; it was a wet night in April. A lot of the scripts I have in my filing cabinet are in the genre of comedy, none have been picked up so far.
I graduated with a degree in media production in 2004. My final project, a short film called ‘Advice2Go’, was nominated for an RTS award. It didn’t win as it was beaten by a Kurt Cobain biopic.
I have entered this competition in the hope that somebody finally says ‘Yes’.
Quote: zooo @ September 2, 2007, 4:56 PMAm I the only pretentious loser who wrote theirs in the third person?
The Slagg Brothers also wrote theirs in the third person.
We kept ours VERY short.
"Winners of the 2007 Lycos and Comic Relief sketch competition, The Slagg Brothers are comedy writers from the Welsh valleys and have been writing and performing since 2003. At the start of 2007, one of their sketches appeared in a Sky1 advertising campaign and they then guest-presented an episode of a show on SKY 201. You can download video sketches at:
www.welshwriters.org.uk/slaggbrothers.
They’ve also written and acted in a promo DVD aired on ITV1"
I was told by an established author that it's best to avoid standing out from the crowd by writing something funny in a bio or personal CV. The reasons he gave me being many:
In the biog they want to know facts, the jokes should be in the script.
Many others will be trying for the same approach, so it won't be as memorable as we hope.
Your humour may not click with the reader and this gives them an excuse to bail out before opening the manuscript, if they've had a bad day.
Our personal detail is unimportant even our names age sex location. If the script grabs, then they'll (ideally) go back to that section to follow up.
Leevil imagines The Slagg Brothers are the type of dudes to talk in third person.