We noticed a hiccup in the Horror Collection submissions and need some of you to resubmit. We’re sorry for the inconvenience.
If you submitted on 7/18, 7/19, or 7/20, please go to http://www.scripped.com/submission and submit
your horror treatment again.
For everyone else, the Horror Collection ends today, 7/31!
Also, thanks to those of you who are already using our new Vault screenplay security service! We improved it based on your feedback and you can now secure your scripts with ease.
Start registering your material at http://www.scripped.com/vault.
For other updates or just to see what Sunil ate for lunch, check our blog at http://www.scripped.com/blog. We’ll try to keep it tasty.
Hey all, below is a press release that we issued this morning. We’re very, very excited to work with The Write Bros!
SCRIPPED AND THE WRITE BROS ANNOUNCE JOINT MARKETING AND TECHNOLOGY PARTNERSHIP
Partnership will extend Best of Breed Features and Technologies from Leading Web-based and Packaged Screenwriting Software
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Scripped, a new provider of Web-based screenwriting software and services based in Los Angeles, and Write Brothers® Inc., a Glendale-based publisher of the award-winning screenwriting software, Movie Magic® Screenwriter, today announced a strategic technology and marketing partnership that will change the way that screenplays are written and submitted to Hollywood.
Scripped.com and Write Brothers® will partner to provide aspiring writers both an online and an offline solution for their screenwriting software needs. Additionally, the two companies will leverage existing partnerships to help screenwriters take their works from concept to completion. The new partnership will entail:
Joint marketing/promotion of Scripped Writer and Movie Magic® Screenwriter
The ability to submit scripts via Scripped Inc.’s submission platform to proper Hollywood end destinations
Both companies will combat piracy – Scripped Inc.’s users, generally aspiring young writers, will have the ability to quickly transition to Movie Magic® Screenwriter at a lower cost.
Providing content that will be useful for aspiring screenwriters (both professionals and non-professionals).
“This is the first collaboration between a Web-based script writing company and a traditional scriptwriting software company and we’re excited to have the Write Bros’ as our client-side software partner,” said Sunil Rajaraman, CEO, Scripped.com. “Partnering with Write Brothers will dramatically shorten our time to market with new modules that enhance the screenwriting process and help both companies better connect all of the elements of the screenwriting value chain.”
“Expanding opportunities for Write Brothers clients and Scripped.com clients is at the heart of the partnership. We see a lot of potential,” said Chris Huntley, V.P., Write Brothers® Inc. “We’re excited about teaming up with Scripped.com. We think there are terrific opportunities to join the desktop generation with the Internet generation. It is win-win all around.”
In addition to joint technology development, Scripped and Write Brothers® will develop co-marketing programs to expand the use of their technology from screenwriters to other markets outside of the traditional Hollywood screenwriting value chain. The new integrated technology solutions are expected to be released by next year.
About Scripped.com
Founded in 2007, Scripped’s goal is to make screenwriting accessible to writers of all levels and provide the tools and community writers need to bring their ideas from inception to completion. Scripped aims to encourage and support the needs of all scripted content writers.
Scripped Inc. promotes the art of screenwriting by providing Scripped Writer, the first completely free web-based screenwriting software for writers. Scripped Writer is an innovative text editor that functions like a standard word processor but automatically formats and catalogs each screenplay element according to industry standards. Since its launch in January 2008, Scripped Writer has amassed a user-base of over 8,000 writers from all 50 states and over 50 countries. To try Scripped Writer, visit http://www.scripped.com. For additional corporate info and biographical information on the management team, please email us directly at contact@scripped.com.
About The Write Brothers
Since 1982, Write Brothers® Inc. (formerly called Screenplay Systems) has been a world leader in film and television screenwriting and production software. Since 1993, more than 80 percent of the Academy Award® nominations and 95 percent of the Emmy® awards went to companies and individuals that used Movie Magic Screenwriter or other software originally created by Write Brothers®.
Writer Brothers® is the first and the only creative team ever to receive an Academy Technical Achievement Award for screenwriting software. Thousands of Hollywood films and TV shows have been written and produced with Write Brothers®’ software.
Whew! It has been a busy month for The Scripped Guys, and you’ve been busy too. We tallied up your scripts and found something amazing: 14 MILLION WORDS written on Scripped! That’s a lot of writing.
Now with 8,000 writers and 10,000 scripts, we are making Scripped stronger and safer than ever. In fact, we are happy to announce a new service to keep you and your scripts secure.
Are you sharing yourscripts, pitches, and outlines with friends? Submitting them tocompetitions, festivals, producers, and agents? Sending them out forprofessional feedback/coverage or even just your little sister?
Whether you are protecting a work-in-progress or a completed work, registering your script provides you with peace of mind AND the authentication you need to prove you are the original author of the
uploaded document. Questions? Check out our FAQ page to get the low-down on how Vault
works.
If you sent your script after July 18, please resubmit! We have extended the Horror Collection to July 31. Now you can register your script for just$15 (5 bucks off) and put it on the desk of an Oscar-winning producer, all in thespace of 5 minutes.
Even if you already submitted your script you can Vault it today and be protected.
Also, our friends at Creative Screenwriting Magazine have agreed to blogexclusively for Scripped!
With your script written and protected, Eddie,Aaron and the folks at Creative Screenwriting Magazine will provide the knowledge necessary to take your writing to the nextlevel.
To our loyal readers/users - I hope you are having a good week. I just ate a fantastic meal at Sunnin, which is easily one of the best restaurants in Los Angeles. Of course I happen to be in Long Beach now, but the LA location is just as good. I’ve been eating a lot of good food lately, come to think of it….
Irrelevant intro aside, I wanted to address a couple of emails we’ve received from our users and non-users alike regarding our long term plans. A user recently emailed us expressing gratitude and satisfaction for providing such a “robust, free service.” The second part of the email expressed concern over whether a free screenwriting software company can exist for longer than a few months in this dicey economy.
To that user and to all Scripped users, I want to assure you that we are not going anywhere. We will be around for a very, very long time. We are not building a company with the 1 in a trillion hope that it will be acquired by Google (those who build a company for that purpose generally fail, FYI). We are not doing this because we are the only philanthropists in Hollywood. We actually do have a plan, and if that plan doesn’t work, there is a plan B. If that plan doesn’t work, there are also plan C’s, and then plan D’s, or whatever else you want to call them.
In the meantime, relax! The software will always be free and we want you to enjoy Scripped for one year, ten years, or however long it takes to write your screenplay. We are here to guide you throughout the creative process. We are also dreamers, and thinkers, and our 500 grand worth of education bought us more than a few beers at a frat party (incidentally, none of us were frat boys). We think that screenwriting software is great, but we believe the possibilities are much greater for us, and for you.
Enjoy the rest of your week, and finish that screenplay already!
You HAVE to enter this competition that CoverageInk is sponsoring. It’s called Writers on the Storm and the first prize is 10 grand. If I had any talent whatsoever, I’d enter myself. Instead, I rely on Zak and Ryan to do all the talking/writing.
Special thanks to Jim Cirile for his nice post the other day about his young daughter writing with Scripped! I can say with certainty that our partnership with Coverage Ink will be beneficial to the Scripped community. We will be announcing more details on our coverage partnership with Coverage Ink soon!
In the meantime, enter this competition and make some $$$! Tell us if you wrote your script on Scripped and please notify us of any success stories! The folks at CI are extremely nice, and they, or Scripped will be happy to help you with any questions about the competition.
Writers on the Storm Screenplay Competition
*DEADLINE APPROACHING 7/7/08*
$10,000 first prize!
Over $22,000 in total prizes
www.writerstorm.com
Writers on the Storm is presented by Coverage Ink and Writers Boot Camp, two leading names in screenwriting education. With over 140 companies participating and the most development-heavy prize package of any contest, WOTS is designed to help you take Hollywood by storm.
BONUS for Scripped members: ENTER the contest, then e-mail us at info@coverageink.com and say, “I want my free CI Spec Format & Style Guide 2008!” and we’ll send you our fun and comprehensive 80-page guide as a PDF download for free!
Or submit your script to Coverage, Ink for analysis before the 7/27, and contest entry is FREE!
The Horror Collection is now open! We’ll close the doors at midnight PST on Sunday, July 20, so polish off your scripts and [http://www.scripped.com/submission] submit soon.
This call for horror scripts is open for Scripped members only! If you have friends who want to submit too, have them sign up for a free account and they’ll be good to go. Each entry WILL be considered by an Oscar-winning producer team.
They are actively seeking the next big feature-length horror script and want to find it on Scripped!
The process is as follows:
- Sign into your Scripped account.
- Go to scripped.com/submission.
- Follow the directions and digitally sign the submission agreement.
- You will need your:
- Title
- Logline
- 1-page summary or treatment
You can find additional information on the Horror Collection page at scripped.com/submission.
Oh, and did we mention it’s free?
Happy writing!
Zak, Ryan, and Sunil
The Scripped Guys
P.S. A number of new features are rapidly on their way. Among them are our script registration service, a couple exclusive Scripped.com blogs, and some great new ways to have your script edited and submitted to more contests. Stay tuned…
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