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Specs, pitches, loglines and how to use signals without chasing them.

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Page One Friday: share the opening line of your script (week 38)
#page-one #weeklyby TheNightDesk
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CoverageGoblin
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Contest coverage notes: patterns from about sixty horror scripts this season
#coverage #contestsby CoverageGoblin
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CoverageGoblin
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Is found footage a hard sell as a spec script?
#found-footage #specby TapeDeckTerrors
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Logline critique thread: post yours, get honest (kind) notes
#loglines #feedbackby CoverageGoblin
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PaleDoorman
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Writing a monster you never fully show
#creature #craftby InkAndIchor
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HexKeyHannah
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Using CRYPT signals in a pitch deck without looking like a trend chaser
#pitching #signalsby ReelRotScripts
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ReelRotScripts
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A producer wants my haunting rewritten as folk horror. How do I keep the bones?
#folk #rewritesby LagosLanternLight
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SignalWarden
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Contained horror on a tight budget: what on the page quietly costs money?
#budget #containedby NightSoilPictures
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NightSoilPictures
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