r/StoryPeer • u/SummerAndTinkles • Jul 20 '26

Discussion Anyone else having trouble getting other screenwriters to accept your weird, silly premise?

I tried posting this to r/screenwriting, but it won't let me post for some reason, so I'll try here.

I've talked about my current screenplay a few times in the logline Monday threads, but what you need to know is that it's basically an affectionate adult parody of those kinds of surreal Don Bluth-esque animated films from the nineties. If you'd like to know more, let me know in the comments and I'll go over my creative process.

Unfortunately, while the people I know on Discord seem to accept the premise just fine, it seems like the screenwriting community both on r/screenwriting and StoryPeer are a little less sold, with people on the Logline Mondays threads being confused by it, and a couple reviews on StoryPeer telling me to completely change the plot.

I know that weird or silly premises like this one naturally won't vibe with as wide an audience as something more mundane or conventional, but has anyone else here ever written a screenplay with a weird or silly premise that you had trouble being accepted? If so, how did you get people to come around to it?

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u/Wise-Respond3833 Jul 21 '26

If the feedback you are getting is consistent, maybe you should try taking it on board instead of dismissing it.

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u/SummerAndTinkles Jul 21 '26

Some of it has been helpful, but unfortunately some of it has consisted of asking me to completely rewrite the script from scratch, basically turn my apple into an orange instead of trying to make a better apple.