A PROMISE I MADE TO MR. BAGELS wins the Top Prize in the Wiki Screenplay Contest
My screenplay A PROMISE I MADE TO MR. BAGELS has won the Wiki Screenplay Contest. Wiki is a screenplay contest which has mini contests held every month. They receive about 100 entries each month. I entered because I wanted a critique of my script and get some feedback on how to improve the screenplay. The reader who read BAGELS was quite impressed with it, so I had a good feeling after I placed as a finalist. And now I find out I won which includes a little bit of cash, a little bit of exposure to potential agents and managers and my script will be promoted and listed on INKTIP – a site devoted to writers and producers who are looking for screenplays to option (ie buy).
To see the full results, visit the Wiki page HERE.
Writing is subjective. What one reader loves, another one does not. I have given A PROMISE I MADE TO MR. BAGELS to different readers of various levels of expertise and I have received a variety of opinion. Some I agree with. Some I don’t. And some I just don’t know. What I do know is the reader who read my script for the Wiki contest happened to love it. Had it been another reader who was not so keen on the concept, I probably wouldn’t have won. It’s a bit of a crap-shoot. Right place. Right time. Right everything.
Yes, talent matters. Yes, perseverance counts. Yes, you have to have hope because without hope, what do you have? I live on the road of hope. But hope without works means nothing. You also have to have a little luck/grace. The right reader read my script and I was rewarded.
In art, like in all things in life, whenever you seek opinion, balance it and don’t drive yourself nuts when it’s received; when it’s not what you want to hear. Listen to others. Be open. Don’t feel you need to defend your position. When you’re asked a question, speak up and be clear. And in the end, go with your gut and go with a measure of confidence (cockiness is unbecoming). It’s a delicate dance of doubt and courage, but you must decide what is right for you in whatever path you choose.
And please, don’t forget to make some time for rest and relaxation whether that would be in your backyard, going for a walk, spending time with a friend, or hanging out at your brother’s cottage like I did recently below…
Romeo – this is such wonderful news! Congratulations! It is a wonderful play and I’m sure it will come to the screen soon!
Well done Romeo!
Congratulations Romeo,
You got this!
Congratulations Romeo. Looking forward to seeing as full production! Here’s hoping with you.
Jim
Congratulations Romeo! I look forward to seeing your work on the screen someday!
Congratulations Romeo!! This is such exciting news! I’m looking forward to the production one day in the not too distant future.
Congratulations you deserve it bravo bravo
I’m so happy for you Romeo
Romeo,
So incredibly happy for you! Congratulations!
Donna
Fantastic Romeo – congratulations! Wonderful to see your perseverance pay off. Looking forward to seeing you play when it is produced!
James 2:20:24
“Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
“You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only.”
Congratulations well done Rome!!
CONGRATULATIONS!
Congrats, Rome!!!! So well-deserved!
Nice to see that shot of you relaxing too. Balance is ALL!
Hey congratulations, finally a winner.