http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/writersroom/2009/07/writers_academy_14.shtml en-gb 30 Wed 16 Dec 2009 01:56:55 GMT+1 A feed of user comments from the page found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/writersroom/2009/07/writers_academy_14.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/writersroom/2009/07/writers_academy_14.shtml?page=17#comment8 Thanks for clearing that up. Sounds like there is value in applying again. Mon 13 Jul 2009 16:22:43 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/writersroom/2009/07/writers_academy_14.shtml?page=15#comment7 Two or three had made the workshop stage before. The rest hadn't got that far before. Mon 13 Jul 2009 14:58:18 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/writersroom/2009/07/writers_academy_14.shtml?page=13#comment6 Ceri, of those, how many have fared better this time compared to previous applications? Have they all made the workshop/shortlist before? Mon 13 Jul 2009 14:56:51 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/writersroom/2009/07/writers_academy_14.shtml?page=11#comment5 @ BrucewriterI can tell you that just over a third of the shortlist had applied before. Mon 13 Jul 2009 11:34:07 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/writersroom/2009/07/writers_academy_14.shtml?page=8#comment4 Ceri, you suggest that people try again, but I hear and read of people who've tried two, three times and never seem to get any further. Is is possible to say of the thirty on the shorlist, how many have applied before? How many are making progress, how many get selected on a second or third application? Fri 10 Jul 2009 19:06:32 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/writersroom/2009/07/writers_academy_14.shtml?page=6#comment3 Thanks Ceri, that's fair enough, I do understand. And I didn't really mean 'going wrong', just why the script/application didn't get through to the final list. But like I say, I do understand why you can't do it. Fri 10 Jul 2009 16:26:16 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/writersroom/2009/07/writers_academy_14.shtml?page=4#comment2 @badger_martin... and others who've asked for personal feedback. It's not a question of BBC policy here. It's just not practical. We look at people's scripts in detail - three/four different people read them. The marks are just a guide, as the team reads each script and takes a view on the marks - so not just the highest end up going through, but the ones that are right for us. In the end you get through via a combination of several people's subjective reactions. It's not a question of "going wrong" and how can you do it right the next time. Fri 10 Jul 2009 15:59:43 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/writersroom/2009/07/writers_academy_14.shtml?page=2#comment1 I understand the BBC has a policy of not giving feedback to individual entrants who failed to make the final shortlist, and given the numbers involved it makes sense, but I wonder if an exception could be made here? I'm sure there are many from the final 150 (myself included) who would find it useful to know where they went wrong at the last stage, especially if they are thinking about trying again next year. Even just knowing the final 'score' out of 80 would be useful! Would this be possible? Fri 10 Jul 2009 14:05:23 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/writersroom/2009/07/writers_academy_14.shtml?page=0#comment0 Thanks, Ceri. Really useful to hear about the process. Sounds exhaustive! Wed 08 Jul 2009 16:06:09 GMT+1