I get VEX man with all da tex-talk 
And, although I like all sorts of music, I'd be in the Indie box if I had to pick one. 
So, I did a comparison to vindicate my Language and Music snobbery - randomly selecting two artists from the mainstream charts and alternate charts. So; Conner Maynard versus Mumford & Sons - YouTube comments accompanying their toons:

Got the review of Red Star back from Raindance... Ouch! 
My Aston aspirations are on hold for a while based on this critique, at least if I hope to buy one from selling a script. 
The first reaction is a bit like a punch in the gut - Oomph.
Next, a creeping feeling of actually being really crap, especially on a re-read where the comments all make sense.
This is followed by: "been here before, surely I can salvage it?" Which vies with "What are you even thinking of? You're rubbish".
Eventually, my optimistic nature kicks in and my sub-conscious starts processing the comments in a positive way, working out how to incorporate them into the story.
Thing is, without a good reading circle to bat ideas off, and without friends or relatives (in the industry and prepared to be on hand for edits) the professional critique process is invaluable and really helpful.
Bless Raindance, their comments are spot-on, and they NEVER actually say "You're rubbish", AND they point out all the bits they like at the beginning ...in quite a short paragraph. 
Cuppa and fags on hand now, ready for the re-write.

After winning first place in PAGE sci-fi round, and the flurry of requests to see my script COLLIDER - and other scripts, it feels a bit flat - this period of waiting. I guess it's an early dance of show me what you have, and I'll show you mine.

It is lovely having Prod Co's, literary and managing agents (still got to get my head around what that means?) actually contacting me, rather than the other way around. Still, after writing for so many years, there's a huge part of me that's not ... not jaded, that's the wrong adjective! Just... realistic? Stoic? It all takes so very long!
I would love someone to buy Collider, wouldn't that be amazing? I do like the script, and I can imagine it on the Big Screen, but will it happen as a result of this competition? I'm not sure.
I was also convinced it wouldn't win though! I think I'm probably gearing myself up rationally, for another steep climb before selling something - although emotionally I am, in truth, mentally composing my response to IT-World, with an out of office:

 "Thank you for getting in touch. I am unavailable for IT work for the next 'X' months, and will be in touch if/when I've run out of income from writing."

So, now I've set my sights on Channel 4's excellent Screenwriting Course 2013.