Matt Dycus: Screenwriter in Martin, TN, USA.

Is it a mind game (i have a better word but can't use it here) or what?  I welcome constructive criticism but this is confusing.  First of all, they wrote "There are nice dramatic turns laid in throughout her synopsis. I wouldn’t want to see Christine sacrifice the in-depth richness of her synopsis." after they told me to cut back and use my words more economically. What does that even mean? Then they said "At times, Christine could more effectively heed the writerly maxim, “Show, don’t tell.”  Do we do that in pitch?? I thought we should only do that in a script. Thoughts?

James Bond School For Boys

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At the prestigious James Bond School for Boys, JB, the illegitimate son of James Bond, navigates the elite spy training academy, kicking bullies' butts and uncovering dark secrets while defying his mother, Miss Moneypenny, MI6’s personal secretary.

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Hi! New writer, caught the writing bug during the COVID lockdowns. I have a fully-written season (on spec) of a TV show, 1 hour episodes, crime thriller, character-driven, low-budget, female-led craziness. If Walter White and Lorelai Gilmore had an alcoholic daughter who grew up in a Steel Magnolias type of town, well... yeah.

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Hi all,

I'm currently writing a character whose English is rather poor, and I find myself conflicted. On the one hand, poor English is part of character. On the other, badly written syntax and the occasional use of a different language could make the script harder to read.

Online advice is very contradictory. Some say it's okay to use other languages but never poor syntax, while others advise to always write in the same language but it's okay to be creative with grammar and syntax.

What do you reckon?

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I got my second pitch feedback, and she loved it, said it even has promise. Her only complaint was the budget since it’s an animation. So hopefully I can figure out with adding that to the pitch and getting every episode down for the first season!

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