Quoted from DarrenJamesSeeley Now that's funny. Maybe we are on the same wavelength. In my submission, a character eats part of a gingerbread man!

Does he scream? The GingerBread Man?
Bleed?
Does he summon gingerbread hordes to pour from the oven of Hades then surround and eat the flesh from the bones of the GBM biter?

Murphy,

Got yours, just sent mine over to you.

I liked the quote you posted but if it makes you feel uncomfortable, I will take it down.

Shawn.....><

Quoted from Baltis. If not we should team up for an epic Action flick!!

That would be the weirdest collaboration in history. Besides, I can't write interesting action lines, which is why I basically steer towards dialogue-driven character dramas, as best I can. And we all know the highest grossing action movies of all time (about the top 10, at least) are there due to budget, marketing and V.E., not dialogue, I'd be fucked if I tried to go that route. Admittedly, I did try to write an "epic" action movie before. Long story short, I'm never attempting that again.

Quoted from Beatlebum Yeah, and us Aussies get an extra 14 hours to finish in (even though we gave youse 14 hours head start) So there...PTHHHHHHHWWWWWTTTT

As an old friend of mine said, you lot are from the future.

Quoted from Murph Larger than average dolphins can cause issues when on camping trips with small shelters. In fact they can be too long for all in tents, and porpoises.

Oh shite. Someone who's a bigger smartarse than I am. Fuck. What happens next? Hopefully mutual appreciation, understanding and good work to entertain.

Here's to hope...

R ox

Fucking story. I hate this. I'm writing it, but I can't get it to come out the way I want it. The further I get in, the less I like it.

Mine seems rushed compared to what I want to do with it.  The pace has been thrown off completely in the last few pages.  Everything happens way faster than I want it to due to the page restrictions.  I've got all these ideas I want to throw in here but simply don't have the page space to do it.  

What everyone is getting is a watered down version to be sure.  A made for TV version. ha.  Still good but missing elements.  Why o' why couldn't the page restriction be 10 to 15 pages instead of 6 to 10!!!??!?!?!?!?!??!  

That's the way it goes, Balt.  Same deal every OWC, but this one has a bigger page restriction than usual.

I still may try and put something together but at this point, I'm not sure.  I will definitely read them all, though.  Of course, my reviews will be 100% positive and I can already tell that I love them all.

Quoted from Baltis. Mine seems rushed compared to what I want to do with it.  The pace has been thrown off completely in the last few pages.  Everything happens way faster than I want it to due to the page restrictions.  I've got all these ideas I want to throw in here but simply don't have the page space to do it.(

This may be the first time in the history of the site (since I showed up) where you and I agree 100%. I may actually skip over the OWC part and just write the whole thing out the original way I planned it and post it up when it's done the way I pictured it. We'll see, though. Two more days to decide.

Quoted from RayW When I read bible stories to my little kids I always make a point out of after two thousand years people are still pretty much doing the exact same stupid, pagan things as they did way back then.

Keep in mind that the Apostles didn't start writing the New Testament for thirty or forty years after Jesus died.  By this point they were old men.  Their memory might be called into question at this point.

Add to the fact that the church kept the New Testament under lock and key for a thousand years.  Handwriting copies for itself for generations.  THe world were translated to different languages over and over again.  You don't think things changed over this time?

Quoted from RayW Does Salman Rushdee still have a million dollar bounty on his head for writing words? Offensive words.

Most religions have offensive words.


Phil

There are all types of horror, kids.

Anywhere from The Evil Dead to Nosferatu to The Shining to I spit On Your Fucking Grave. Sorry, is it past the fucking shed of water yet? Eau? Eh?

Now, or then, whenever...

Mr. Blonde says "F**king story. I hate this. I'm writing it, but I can't get it to come out the way I want it. The further I get in, the less I like it."

This is a common problem. I've been there. And in my role as Mr. Pink I say "Get a grip. If you don't like it Blondie then fucking start again. Scrap it. If you don't like it what chance have the rest of us got? You gotta like it.

Or maybe you've written something genius. Get someone else to read, see what they say then ask questions. My fellow writers, to misquote Dave Stewart, in producer role for a well know Irish musician, "There's 7 billion people on the planet, somebody's bound to like it"

Here endeth the lesson.

Don't let anyone stop you. Keep writing, or cooking, as I like to say. Never stop. You never know...

R ox

Quoted from rendevous There are all types of horror, kids.

I thought that this was the biggest gimme for the OWC.  Any type of horror was permissible.  In the past, the genre was adolescent horror or gothic horror.  I think these narrower genres made the OWC more difficult.


Phil

Quoted from rendevous This is a common problem. I've been there. And in my role as Mr. Pink I say "Get a grip. If you don't like it Blondie then fucking start again. Scrap it. If you don't like it what chance have the rest of us got? You gotta like it. Or maybe you've written something genius. Get someone else to read, see what they say then ask questions. My fellow writers, to misquote Dave Stewart, in producer role for a well know Irish musician, "There's 7 billion people on the planet, somebody's bound to like it"

Oh, I would like it, I think. I just need the write the whole story instead of the Cliff Notes version. I have a habit of writing these post-apocalyptic stories, but instead of focusing on all the interesting stuff, I just stick to dialogue. So, generally, my stories aren't well received, to say the least.

No, it's not genius. Genius is the guy who figured cutting a pig into strips and frying it to become bacon would taste good. Mine's closer to the guy who thought to make blood sausage. You know, someone likes it but the majority... not so much. As for the 7 billion. I can't guaurantee one of them would like it, but I'm sure one of the 100 billion people who have lived on the Earth at some point would've.

I think this OWC was easy to come up with an idea for.. Don't get me wrong.  I just wasn't expecting to like the idea as much as I do and not be able to handle it the way I feel it should be.  Give it the care and attention it deserves.  There is a huge backstory in mine that I would love to explore, pace, and plot out better.  The way it is, I bet the some of the first things people will say is "I want to know more" ... "You didn't explore this aspect as much as you should have" ... "You should've been more clear here".

The story works, don't get me wrong.  It's complete, but not near as complete as I know it could be.  I'm not unhappy with the script, I'm very happy with it and cramming the bulk of the story into 10 pages is a challenge in itself.  I'm happy... Just not as happy as I could have been if it were only 2 to 3 pages longer.

I'm at my 10 page mark but still need a bit more to call it complete. After that, it's revision time. By today or tomorrow, I'll submit.

"No, it's not genius. Genius is the guy who figured cutting a pig into strips and frying it to become bacon would taste good."

Or the guy who put CO2 through drinks. Or Percy the Cats Eye guy.

Blut Blondie, every published writer knows you gotta ask someone else to read it who you respect. Find out what they like. There's no other way of knowing. Not me, I'm reading Yeaster's and I owe six billion people reads. You know the craic. Keep on keeping on.

And Balt, think of it as more the start of the movie, you gotta fill the criteria. Hell, I coulda made mine twenty pages long. It was when Janis and Freddie Mercury and Kurt Cobain were in it. Something had to go. And it did.

Ever seen Sideways? He delivers his book to his bird. It's three boxes worth. That's not a book. It's the Encyclopedia Brittanica.

Keep rocking, dude.

P&L
R xo