The Future of Script Nurse

[ScriptNurse]

Good idea ... there's the Chat Room ... all you have to be is registered on the site to use it.

When?  A day of the week ... and time?

[JeremyT]

I'm pretty new here so I don't know all that has been done before, but how about a monthly live Q & A session -- maybe an hour or so.  That way, we can get together in here and fire away questions about the biz and get prompt responses from the group with a little interaction.  You'll also get a good idea of the volume of people who are actively using this great site for help -- and possibly attract a few more members.  It's just a thought, but I'd be interested in participating in something like this.   

[rnbrewer]

Getting members ready for the big contests is a great idea! I recently entered the American Zoetrope contests. I won't find out if I won or not till Feburary, but having more feedback on the script I entered would have been great to have.

Hmmmm... other purpose.... I'll have to ponder that one for a while and see what idea's I can come up with.

Ryan

[ScriptNurse]

This is great insight and I couldn't agree more. In fact, we are currently in a period where I've stuck my finger in my mouth and thrust it up in the air to see which way the screenwriting breeze is blowing.

Participation tends to be like the tide ... it ebbs and flows.  It always ebbs in the summer and flows more in the winter months.

Here's the problem with contests ... we just can't compete with all of those bit-time contests with their big prizes and the option of getting produced.  It's a nearly full-time job just getting sponsors and prizes donated.

My alternative was to try and get members ready for the big contests.  Is there another purpose we can serve?

[rnbrewer]

While I certainly agree with everything that has been said here, I think it is time that Script Nurse move forward. The advice and knowledge on this forum is some of the most valuable insights one could ever dream of. However, we can only the same questions so many times. I think it's time that Script Nurse grew up a little. Evolved.

As a 4 (maybe 5) year member of this forum, I think it would be nice to see a little more from its members. Participation is lower than when I started and that saddens me. If people are willing to read my scripts than I am more than willing to read theirs. We have a chance as members to get real, objective, feedback from other members and I see no reason why we shouldn't take advantage of that. I would also like to see more contests. Even if the prize is nothing more than feedback, I would be more than willing to participate.

In the end, I think what it all amounts to is that we all have to keep working to keep this forum alive. There's nothing like it out there on the internet... for free. So why not make it the best at what it does? Let's keep posting. Keep asking questions and providing feedback for one another and Script Nurse will live on forever.

[uncle_al]

I couldn't agree more.

Since I've been here, much has happened, and much continues to happen.  Don and all the rest of the denizens here have been nothing but supportive, encouraging, and motivational.

What more could you want?
Besides Angelina Jolie, Natalie Portman, and a ten billion tax free nest egg, that is?

Cheers!
Al B.

[picohours]

There is no doubt that Script Nurse will continue to grow and have more enthusiastic script writers to join this forum. It is indeed a great place that has all the talents under one roof. It is full of inspiration and creative ideas as well. I believe that this place will continue to grow and attract more people whether they are still new to this industry or has been playing this game for centuries. It really has a bright future ahead.

[seansshack]

All sounds good Don.

Onwards and upwards.

[padnar]

Well Script Nurse is where I got my mentor Lloyd Boyd and a lot of help ,
Though I have help from A friend Dawn chapman I want to write my
script alone I am tryng to do my level best, one thing I assure myself that I will ever
give up inspite of advice to the contrary.
padma 

[One Mundane Life]

Don,

This site is great as it is.  Implementing your vision is simply remarkable for writers such as myself who have but the slightest prayer of ever selling a script.  I'm thousands of miles from California, not a single contact, and what you're willing to do for free others charge an exorbitant amount of money.  If I am ever one of the fortunate few to achieve any amount of success writing, I hope to follow in your footsteps and help others realize their dreams without trying to capitalize in the process.  

Thank You!

[uncle_al]

Don, this seems like a right and proper direction to go... I'm on board, however I can be.

Cheers!
Al B.

[GuyM]

Gee Don, number three seems like a massive commitment for you. Most people in your position charge for that. What an outstandingly fine individual are you!

I'm flat out finishing a very intense diploma but will be done with the worst of it in a couple of months and hope to go nuts with my screenwriting and be able to take advantage of what your offering and contribute to the site more.

[dohope]

My thanks to you for your help in the past...seems like the future's going to get even better!

Don W.

[rnbrewer]

I've been a part of this forum for over three years now and I must say it has been of better use to me than any of the hundreds of books I've ever read. I'm really looking forward to seeing Script Nurse continue to evolve and assist us writers in our endevours. If I must say, and I'll put this bluntly -- because that's how I roll -- you have done a hell of a job, Don. The same goes to all the contributer on this forum.   

[ScriptNurse]

Where is Script Nurse headed?

Most of the writers are here for information — I have information, guidance and free advice. Script Nurse serves its purpose best in nurturing new writers, teaching them the ropes and getting them ready to go out and sell that first script. Perhaps I should change the name to Script Coach. Ten years ago, I started Script Nurse because I didn't feel I was qualified to call myself a Script Doctor — and I still don't. So, being second in line seemed more appropriate. Well, in the last ten years I've learned a thing or two.

How will things be different in the months ahead?

1. The same free advice and opinions you've always had available will continue.
2. More focus on education.
3. Free spec screenplay coaching on your writing projects, schedule permitting ... I will read and offer suggestions on your work.
4. Script Nurse will become more about what it takes to write, rewrite and polish up a script ... cost for all this? FREE

What I will NOT do.

1. I will not edit your work for you.
2. I will not read crappy, lazy or sloppy writing.
3. I will not hold back.
4. I am not the right person to help you with non-spec script formats like anime, cartoons, games and live video.

I would like to have a couple of Assistant Coaches so we can help more writers simultaneously. I want to have a mechanism where everyone on here can have a private space to have a story conference on their projects that's entirely private from other users — one on one meeting rooms, if you will. I am working on this now.

That's my vision for the future of Script Nurse.