10.30.2006

American Gem Short Screenplay Competition

2 scripts in the Top 101 list (out of 1200) felt good.

NO LIMIT named a Top 25 Finalist felt even better.

And finding out it didn't win, well that felt... appropriate, seeing that the script deals with the topic of failure and success.
In the end, the main character (ME) realizes that maybe being THE BEST at something isn't as important as he once thought.
When the script won at Woods Hole, people found that contrast rather amusing.

The conversations went something like this:

"So what's your script about?"

"Failure... and that being the BEST at things isn't as important as I once thought."

"But it won, right?"

"Yeah."

"So much for that whole failure idea, right?"

"Well..."

"That's pretty funny!"

"Well, it IS a comedy."

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