What has changed with Script Pimp over the years?
Our submissions to the Workshop have continued to grow, as well as the competition. In 2008, we received almost 2,000 entries, with more expected for this year. We’re in the second year of our TV writing competition, which we hope to gradually expand, since there are far more opportunities in television writing, and the competition could be an excellent way for young writers to launch their careers. We’re also in the process of adding a great deal of additional content and functionality to our Writers Database. An entire new back-end will be launched in the summer of 2009 and all the current subscribers will of course enjoy these major upgrades at no additional cost. After the 2008 competition, I introduced Evan Daugherty and his grand prize-winning script “Shrapnel” to Jake Wagner at Energy Entertainment. The script made it on to “The Blacklist,” and just recently, Evan secured a major writing assignment, the “He-Man” script for Warner Bros. We’ve been instrumental in aiding other wri