DAY 5: Exchange Feedback For Week One

[Sandeep Gupta]

thank you Laree!

hi SU officially senior students, please show us how this works so we can exchange messages / PDFs without posting our emails publicly.

no hurry, i am a few days from sharing.

hi Class, given the size of our group, and being new, i will happily read for more than one person, if you do like my noisiness so far. sorry for being the loudest.

[Leona Heraty]

Hi Sandeep!

Would you like to exchange scenes for feedback? My email is heraty.leona@gmail.com.

I’m revising my scene as we speak and can have it to you within the next 24 hours, probably less. I will have the “before” scene and the “after” scene, which will hopefully show more depth with my protagonist’s character traits. 😎

[Sandeep Gupta]

Absolutely! Thank you Leona.

[Leona Heraty]

Thanks Sandeep. What’s your email? I can’t figure out how to send you a private message. 🤔

Leona

[Sandeep Gupta]

Leona, would it be possible to cut and paste the scene on a DM in Twitter? It takes 10,000 characters per message, that’s enough for a huge scene — actually 3.5 pages of full text. I have an account that’s open to DMs, my intent was solely to anonymously help screenwriters newer than me, but happy to interact with senior writers as well. It is @ screenwriting_1

[Leona Heraty]

Hi Sandeep,
I’m not sure how to do this in Twitter….I’ve only posted things that everyone reads. How would I DM you? Do you have email? That would be much easier. I saved it as a PDF but I could copy and paste it into an email if that works.

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[Sandeep Gupta]

I do have email Leona, but I am still figuring out who’s hunting my account/identity, so slightly reluctant to share email. Twitter DM is super easy. Just look for the DM icon, click, enter screenwriting_1, paste your scene there. Twitter does the safety check for us. You don’t need to follow me there to DM me.

[Leona Heraty]

Hi Sandeep,
I really prefer email, so I’ll pass, but thanks anyway. 😎

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[Sandeep Gupta]

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Leona, you are so welcome, and thanks for understanding. I can consider creating an email when I have a moment. At this point I am fresh out of addresses that I am using to investigate the mess. It is not a matter of trust; it is so bad that I couldn’t follow my own sister’s post and support in her final years. But Facebook decided other Sandeep Guptas should connect to her, not me…

[Trish Carothers]

Hi Sandeep. Would you like to exchange feedback. I will b glad to do fb on yours when you are ready

[Sandeep Gupta]

Thanks, yes Patricia I am doubly honored. Are you on Twitter? I love WordPerfect, but I haven’t used that wonderful editor for 33 years! Formatting shortcuts must be so fun for you. So glad it is around.

At the moment, the best way would be to exchange only text cut and paste. If Twitter DMs are an option, they seem safe, secure, and Twitter quality of text safety. Making a Twitter Account is easy if you don’t have one. I just posted my open DM details to Leona. Please let me know if this will work.

[Trish Carothers]

Sorry Sandeep…is Word the same as Word Perfect? Anyway, someone showed me how 2 do a pdf so that’s done. Just need to do Twitter for class duration. I am with Leona as to email preferences. However…I do respect privacy issues.

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[Trish Carothers]

As per your question on sending a file, I prefer Word Perfect 93, unless we can find a waY 2 do pdf

[Trish Carothers]

Hi Leona. If u r ready now for fb, then I am ready now too. Not sure how 2 do it. I put my email on site so can get fb and move forward also. I’m already behind! Arg…

[Leona Heraty]

Hi Patricia. I’m exchanging scenes with Sandeep first, then I can exchange with you after that, if that works. I think the best way to do it is to email the scenes back and forth. I have mine in a PDF, but if you don’t have Word, you could just copy and paste it into the email, no problem. I’ll touch base with you after I’ve gotten feedback from Sandeep. 😎

[Leona Heraty]

Hi Patricia,

Can you give me your email, and I’ll cut and paste my scenes into it, if that works better for you>

[Trish Carothers]

Thanks Leona: email is trish94c183@gmail.com

[Leona Heraty]

Hi Patricia. I’ll email you my scenes in a PDF today. Please email me your scene(s). I look forward to getting and giving feedback. My email is heraty.leona@gmail.com.

😊

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[Trish Carothers]

Hey Sandeep…I am old school! I dont do Twitter, but for the duration of this class and your safety concerns, I will do that. I will send you my text as soon as I set up Twits. Thanks

[Sandeep Gupta]

Thanks Patricia, I appreciate it. In general, it is a good idea for screenwriters to be on twitter. It’s like walking to a studio parking lot and shooting pleasant¹ breeze with other writers, and impromptu tutorials by great screenwriters when, e.g., they are stuck at the airport or in the cab. I personally don’t do it as much as I should, but I have posted info on that account for new writers to find screenwriting twitter, trades, people like Hal, ….

¹ yes it sometimes turns out too much drama. but unlike a parking lot, you can click away!

[Trish Carothers]

That is the best reason I have heard for joining. Thanks Sandeep!

[J.R Riddle]

Hi all, I don’t see many requests.

I’m ready to share a scene with somebody. Anyone else ready, please reply. I don’t do Twitter, right now, but have an email address.

Thanks, Jan