Quoted from jwent6688 Any members that have been doing alot of reading this OWC, please PM me the name of your script if I haven't read it. I'm about half way in and no way will I get them all. Gonna read a few more this weekend before I vote.

Same offer here.

I swear that most authors I actually know have told me NOT to read their scripts.

It is so odd....

Same here. Only one person sent me a pm to read his script, but he didn't tell me the title. He's also not reading so....

Quoted from ajr Jeff, If Phil kill-filed you, which I expect means he hid your replies from his view, then he cannot see your multi-paragraph admonition. Which means you've now taken to talking to yourself on a message board...

Killfiling people that bother you makes SS that much more enjoyable.  If I didn't do it with SR, I would've left the boards a lot sooner.


Phil

Honestly, my viewpoint on it is this.  I come to Simplyscripts for:

1) Comraderie with fellow writers

2) Feedback on my work - both the good and the bad/critical...even damning - as long as it's honest, respectful, and truly meant to be constructive.

Anything that doesn't fit that description ruins my enjoyment of the site, and the very reason why I come here so often.  

Better to kill-file such aspects...and get back to what we do best here at SS...write, review and celebrate the whole process of creating!

There are a few that I read partially that I didn't really care for, but of the once I have read and commented on, I think the quality has been pretty good. Some excellent ones even!

I haven't read that many of them but I picked ones I was pretty sure I would like based on the reviews inside.  That's how I'm kind of getting through them.   So any suggestions of scripts I shouldn't miss would be appreciated.  

I haven't been able to get as many read as I wanted to as well.

Maybe a third.

I will try and get a few more done tonight.

When is the deadline?

I noticed an E-mail by Don talking about the writers choice submissions.

I'll make the same offer as others. PM me and I will do my best to give you a read tonight.

Shawn.....><

Led!  Please read my script!  Please?  Pretty please?  It's realy, really well...I mean good.  I mean it's really, really, really good.

Thanks.

Quoted from Ledbetter When is the deadline? Shawn.....><

I too would love to know the deadline! I thought it might be Tuesday, to coincide with when the voting stops, but it would be a bit of relief to have it confirmed as I've only got 7 to go.

Quoted from DarrenJamesSeeley I have already started to re-write my script.

Here here.  Me too.  Just finished v.2  Added a few pages, and it's a definite improvement, IMHO.  (Congrats to Kev on that one - his pm'ed suggestions really gave the story a shot in the arm...despite my initial objections to them)

Quoted from DarrenJamesSeeley Ray's breakdown will have little effect, sad to say.

Noooooo. That's imposssssible.
Everything I do MUST have an impact on the very fiber of your...
Nevermind.
That's cool.

Quoted from Grandma Bear I looked at the breakdowns Ray. First I'm amazed that you took the time to do this. I do have a comment though in regard to especially the audio FX. They are all pretty easy to come by. Either as free stock audio or rerecord them yourself. I just don't think a writer should worry about those when writing except for specific music of course. Neither would they worry about the visual FX. An amazing amount of things can be done on the computer.  Neither would I worry too much about anything else that might up the cost or the rating of a film either. Writers should concentrate on the story IMO. If a producer loves the story, they are usually creative enough to improvise with some changes. I personally would love to do Bert's pirate short in San Augustine. There would have to be changes made, but I would love to do that one.

D@mn.
What have I got to do around here to make everyone happy?!
You guys are killing me!

Nah, juss yolking.

Yeah, finding audio off of soundbible.com, pdsounds.com, et al is pretty nice.
It's just that when you gotta custom build some of these it gets time and resource consuming.
And it's for a short, which has the economic value of a five year old sweatshirt.
You just gotta love it, or else...

Definitely, writers SHOULD concentrate on the story.
Heavens, yes!
I'm still working on my (non-comprehensive) 2010 Independent Film Distribution & Revenue Analysis thingie and one of the first things I noted was just that: If the story rocks or sucks theater owners/purchasers will book accordingly.

Recognizable movie stars WILL NOT save your film.
A big budget WILL NOT save your film, either.

Story!
Story!
Story!

And it honestly is more about the premise than the execution of a story.
People will come by the thousands to see a film they end up hating.
Why?
Because the premise got each of them to cough up the AJs.
If they were unsatisfied with the product then that's too bad, but they've already spent their money by then, so whoop-tee-effing-doo!
Too bad. So sad.

I'm just pointing out that if you're writing a story for a major studio to pick up (and they produce plenty of <$30m features) be mindful of the budget and bend your story accordingly.
If you're writing a small story for an indie director/producer to foot the bill on then write accordingly.
Know your film. Know it's market. Know who is likely to produce it.
About $7m is the average indie film budget, and they can expect <$8m box office, so there ain't no big money in this biz.

And that's the few distributed films in ten-thousand features that get filmed each year.


Build a house people will want to live in.
Build a car people will want to drive.
Serve food people will eat.
Write a story people will want to see.

Quoted from RayW And it honestly is more about the premise than the execution of a story. People will come by the thousands to see a film they end up hating. Why? Because the premise got each of them to cough up the AJs. Build a house people will want to live in. Build a car people will want to drive. Serve food people will eat. Write a story people will want to see.

I would like to write a film that people would cough up dollars to go see and those dollars would benefit our children in the up and coming generations.

I don't need much of anything. I have a farmer close by who supplies me with potatoes (yes he's Irish... and I love him he's so strong...). My meals are very simple. A boiled egg and a piece of the bread I bake lasts me all day. When I cook I cook like Hell... usually huge pots of soup that might last a lifetime if you are studious and keep adding to them.

The most important thing for me is to bring back "the home" into house. The love back into "sex".

As far as the premise/story thing goes, I try and entertain people and share with them and teach them. If I can do all three, then (when that happens and I can do it in a blink) I think I might have come close to have mastering part of the craft.

Sandra

I've read all of them but 4 or 5... maybe 6 ... I will get to them, but I've got a back log of like 12 scripts I need to review before I do.  I read Forever Thine 3 days ago and just now got around to my review and it's not fair to the author for me to do that -- more so if they read mine and reviewed it day and date.  

I just hope the deadline can last until Tuesday, I've only a couple to read and I want to re-read a few of them.

Its been a great OWC. Thanks to Don, and all that have made this happen. what a brilliant site. We are lucky to be here and have this.

My gratitude for the big man goes no bounds. All I can say is thank you.

I wanna start guessing who did what?!!