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Well, bleah.

Recap: last Summer I wrote a 'Simpsons' spec script which (I thought) came out fairly well, so I sent it off to a couple competitions.

Results from the first contest arrived last night.

I suck.

Here are the comments from the judges, helpfully broken down for me into two categories:

Strengths: Strong concept, active plot, some original scenes, description shows that writer has command of the language.

Weaknesses: Poor balance between plot and subplot, secondary story needs more cohesion & impact, humor is too on the nose, script could be more subtle in its delivery.


My translation, part 1: It was a nice idea, but all those bits where you tried to do 'humor'? Failed, failed, failed.

My translation, part 2: I'm going to be a half-assed secretary for the rest of my life because, as marginally talented as I am at that, at least I suck less at it than at any of the *other* things I want to do.

(Yes, I'm failing to mention that I was ranked in the upper 25%. Big whoop. It's self-pity time. They're probably lying about that, anyhow.)