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Don
Posted: August 20th, 2017, 11:15pm Report to Moderator
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God Does Not Play Dice by Won Nut - Short, Drama - A retired Cardinal reveals a secret to a trusted friend. 3 pages - pdf, format

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The Steve Bannon line was pretty hilarious.

My issue with this is that it felt unbalanced. Is this a comedy or a tragedy. I thought it was one, then the other, then the other. The tone was all over the place. also it seem strange that these two are friends yet the pastor uses the cardinals full name.

You did work in both challenges in one, so kudos there.


Am I on the right track with THIS ? Let me know.
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Hi.
Sorry, I couldn't pick onclues in this. Didn't understand why to play dice and how it matters in the end.

Written well and all. I wish the writer could explain as this could be very interesting. A pastor and a Cardinal play dice. Maybe it's thenumber of pages that hindered the clarity in this.
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Hi,

SPOILER

Another one hanging from a jump rope.

So technically this doesn't meet the challenge rules as you have used both sets of criteria, but that would have been pretty hard to do in 3 pages so good on you.

I think the story may have suffered because of it though.

The point of this wasn't very clear to me.


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I liked the Pastor and Cardinal playing dice in the church. You actually have all four of the requirement - I noticed "two residents" at the beginning of it as well.

I couldn't pick up on clues here. They are playing dice - I didn't get what for, and how that plays out in the end. The Cardinal is about to... but I didn't get why at all. And all the questions during the dice game - didn't get that either. Possibly the 3-page limit hinders the clarity in this. I wish the writer explained this after the OWC is over.
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He stares at an AIDE standing above a jump rope, 



Above a jump rope? Is he levitating?


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while TWO
RESIDENTS lacklusterly hold their respective ends.



lacklusterly is the wrong adverb. 'Unenthusiastically' would be better.

Yeah... hmmm. Not a story, more of a cheap comedy skit we'd see on TV. Not for me.
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Someone had an argument with their screenwriting software on the title page and lost me thinks!

Not sure if this is a pisser or not, the tone goes from serious to comical in an unbalanced way. Although the Steve Bannon line was funny, there was no way the Cardinal would know the pastor would ask that question of the dice, yet he seemed to know exactly what he would do with them.  

Reads like a skit, or sketch. Not really my cup of tea.

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A DQ, at least in my voting. Brazenly violates the rule about mixing sets.



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Wrong page numbers

odd first scene… should this be bizarre or ironic in case of the challenge's topic?

All right. I like it. One question: Did Cardinal hang himself because he heard that Bannon will become president? I just realized he wasn't present in the scene when Murphy rolled the dice, so how would Cardinal know that? Perhaps it's just a bizarre ending and I interpret wrong here. Nice comedic undertone.



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Eh, I didn't like the blatant middle finger at the rules.  Also, Just a couple of minor nitpicks... are Catholic priests referred to as pastors?  I would think he would be referred to as Father Murphy (I assume he's Catholic and thus the relation to the Cardinal).  Second, "twelve means it will definitely happen. One means no chance."  I think you mean "two means no chance" since you can't roll a one with two die.

The cover page is weird, man. All those continues. And the page numbers are off. Opening in the living facility does nothing for your story other than you're just jamming it in to fart on the rules.

The writing itself wasn't bad but it seems like you could have done more with this than turn it into a Brannon throwaway joke. All the best,

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I liked how it worked in both sets of criteria which is an auto DQ but  -- who cares? It was creative. This could have ended on the punchline rather than go into the closet.
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This one is not against the rules!)

Some say it is, but there was a discussion about mixing and matching and the answer is - as long as you have a required object/location set you're fine. You may include any other object or location in the world.
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Quoted from khamanna
This one is not against the rules!)

Some say it is, but there was a discussion about mixing and matching and the answer is - as long as you have a required object/location set you're fine. You may include any other object or location in the world.


Oh, missed that. Will give this one another look.



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What the heck is up with the title page?! Not a good way to start off....

Another derail: Genuflects... ugh. Got to look that one up. Oh. Couldn't you just say kneel or pray?

Okay, cool. The stone dice from the Romans. Nice touch. HAHA! How do you roll a one with a pair of dice? OOPS!

Best line: Patriots win the Super Bowl with a groan!

This qualifies in my books. Needs some clean up. Maybe just get rid of the retirement home beginning. Nice work.
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Well, you managed to pull off all four. But you went over the page count by one line. And only because you started with a CONT'D. Almost like it was on purpose. I'll take it as a clever statement on the absurdity of the rules.  


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