I've noticed it's a little slower here than usual. I'm wondering if there will be an Oct OWC? Me personally, I still have three 7WC scripts to read, not to mention rewrites and new scripts of my own, so it's not like I don't have enough to do, but I think in the last 10 years I've been here, there's always been an OWC in Oct.  

I'm in if there is one...

I can't help it. Of course, I'll be in.

I am getting to the reading of the 7wc. I just feel it best if I can devote the full time needed on a script rather than doing it in two doses. I have a chess tournament coming up on Sunday so practising for that is taking up lots of my free time. It's my first one and I'll be graded by the ECF. It should be pretty high, I just want to ensure it's as high as possible. Be cool to call myself a chess expert and have the grading to prove it. So that's very important to me. I think everyone has read mine, hence the explanation for my slacking. I will be back on perfect form Monday.

GL with the tournament Dustin!

Don likes a good horror OWC. I'm sure will be on, if his life permits.

I just hope its not on during the week of the 24th etc as I'm on holiday with the kids, without much wifi - but needs must if it is.

Dustin - interesting to hear, best of luck

God, I've been crazy busy lately and hardly even been on here. But I'd like to take part of course.

Over the next few weeks I wanna get reading the 7wc too and post a short I've just finished. I'll get there..

I'm in,. damnit!  Just scored a kickass new job today. The Kid is back, and now is a Director...no...not a film Director...but you all can address me as Mr. Director, please.


LOL!!!

I'll be busy going forward, but if we got ourselves a horror OWC, you can bet the house, shack, or tent, that I'll be down and ready to roll.

Chalk me down as a 'maybe'.

Writing two papers for my PhD, struggling to get them ready to submit for publication by early November, not to mention the 7WC rewrite... But never say "never"

P.S. Good luck for Sunday, Dustin.

I've got quite a good idea for a horror OWC, if anyone is interested:


Horror of the Ordinary.


I recently read a fantastic short story by an American authoress, Joyce Carol Oates.

EDIT: I think it was called The Bingo Master.

I forget the title, but it was about a small town American girl in her thirties who had a religious background and was still a virgin. None of the men in the town appealed to her, but there's a new Bingo caller in town, a rather theatrical gentleman in extravagant clothes and with a fake tan.

She ingratiates herself into his company, then goes back to his room. So desperate is she to get it all over with she rips off her dress, buttons included. He's appalled at the whorish behaviour, slaps her across the face and says she's a disgrace, that decent people don't behave like this and how dare she ruin the sanctity of his room in such a way. She leaves the room, dress torn, ashamed, still a virgin.

The great genius of the story though was the sheer emotional horror the writer managed to create. There was more horror in it than in so many stories with violence and monsters. My heart was racing reading the girl's fear and her discomfort at trying to join a world she didn't understand at all.



I reckon it would be a fun challenge to attempt a similar story. Creating a genuinely terrifying reading/watching experience from a very ordinary plot. No monsters, or typical horror plots, just some ordinary, every day type situation, but told in a way that makes it seem genuinely terrifying.

It would be a good challenge, but we'd also end up with a lot of easily producable scripts, and ones that could really fly if they were done right, imo.


Anyway, just an idea. I won't be offended if it's ignored! Rick

Congrats on the job, Jeff!!!

Toby, what are you studying?

Rick, I just started the thread. Don is in charge of the OWC...if it will even happen at all. It has kind of turned into an October tradition though.

Quoted from Scar Tissue Films I've got quite a good idea for a horror OWC, if anyone is interested: Horror of the Ordinary. I recently read a fantastic short story by an American authoress, Joyce Carol Oates. EDIT: I think it was called The Bingo Master. I forget the title, but it was about a small town American girl in her thirties who had a religious background and was still a virgin. None of the men in the town appealed to her, but there's a new Bingo caller in town, a rather theatrical gentleman in extravagant clothes and with a fake tan. She ingratiates herself into his company, then goes back to his room. So desperate is she to get it all over with she rips off her dress, buttons included. He's appalled at the whorish behaviour, slaps her across the face and says she's a disgrace, that decent people don't behave like this and how dare she ruin the sanctity of his room in such a way. She leaves the room, dress torn, ashamed, still a virgin. The great genius of the story though was the sheer emotional horror the writer managed to create. There was more horror in it than in so many stories with violence and monsters. My heart was racing reading the girl's fear and her discomfort at trying to join a world she didn't understand at all. I reckon it would be a fun challenge to attempt a similar story. Creating a genuinely terrifying reading/watching experience from a very ordinary plot. No monsters, or typical horror plots, just some ordinary, every day type situation, but told in a way that makes it seem genuinely terrifying. It would be a good challenge, but we'd also end up with a lot of easily producable scripts, and ones that could really fly if they were done right, imo. Anyway, just an idea. I won't be offended if it's ignored! Rick

The story reminds me of something, isn't it a Greek tragedy of some kind? Or a fairy tale? It strikes a chord somewhere.

Anyway, I love this idea. Be a nice challenge.

October OWC - of course! I've been thinking about it for a while now.

I'm sick right now, but hopefully will get better by the time it starts. When does it usually run? The last week or the week before the last?

October OWC has always been the most fun.

Quoted from Grandma Bear Congrats on the job, Jeff!!! Toby, what are you studying? Rick, I just started the thread. Don is in charge of the OWC...if it will even happen at all. It has kind of turned into an October tradition though.

Applied neuropsychology

So a lot of brain imaging and cognitive psychology. I mainly work with patients suffering from movement disorders; strokes, Parkinson's, that type of thing. I absolutely love it, but it can be pretty gruelling at times, not to mention time consuming. I've been doing most of my writing recently on my commute!... It's the only time I have to myself

I'll most likely be AWOL if there is one. I'm still in limbo with my main puter, stuck in a state of flux cliffhanger on p81 from the previous 7wk challenge. I am considering firing up the old mac which has my older version of FD and starting from scratch as a last ditch attempt. Might be an interesting excersise all in itself to compare one version to another. But I'm on p81 right in the middle of a scene that's been burned in my brain for almost a full month now.

Perhaps I needed a break from it anyway.

In any case, I been having some thoughts about my next script.
A few weeks ago, there were three different odd news stories (I follow such things religiously) where one fella set fire to a spider on his car near a gas pump. a traffic accident involving a spider....and the other was a airlines that cancelled a flight due to a loose tarantula on board.

So now y'know, I'm on this killer spider vibe right now.