advice

Well, my second unofficial screenwriting guru (after Philip J. Riley), PJ McNeil, who I contacted after I'd read a blog he wrote on http://www.simplyscripts.com/, gave me the following advice:

Here is advice he gave me after I sent him the graded rubrics by CinemaSpoke on Pillow Queen:

"Feel free to send me Pillow Queen when you're ready for feedback.  I'm interested to read it, especially now that I've read through these rubrics.  Both of the reviewers, as far as I can tell, were pretty offended by the script, so that piques my interest right off the bat.  I'm confused though...they evaluated the first 30 and the last 10?  How could you possibly critique a script that way?  Sounds really sketchy to me."

Couldn't agree more.

And he wrote this when I asked him about PitchFest and whether or not I should pursue it (despite the lack of communication I've received and lack of news):

"I don't know much about Pitchfest, but I do know people who sing praises of it.  Here's the most I can say:  it's a great opportunity to learn to pitch in front of actual companies and interact with other screenwriters.  I wouldn't spend an arm and a leg on it, but it might be worth spending a little and trying it once.  Like I said, the people I've known who went really enjoyed themselves; but I can't speak to their success.  I know they got reads, and I know some optioned, but I don't know how reputable the companies were.  BUT, you will learn to pitch; which is valuable.  I'd just be weary of how much you're spending."

Good enough for me...