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The Seven Week Challenge was to write a thriller involving amnesia.


The Avondale Park Killer - 7WC by Brian McCluskey - Thriller - When a horror car crash on a young bride's wedding day leaves her with severe amnesia, she begins to suspect her new husband, who she has no recollection of whatsoever, may be responsible for a handful of recent murders in town. 94 pages - pdf, format

C. C. World - 7WC by Catherine Hall (cmhall) - Thriller - Small business owners have to make a lot of difficult decisions -- like getting rid of a trusted employee, that's really difficult. 93 pages - pdf, format

Flying With Fake Feathers - 7WC by George Willson (tubkas) - Thriller - Chased by the mob, berated by a woman, comforted by a stranger -- a man without an identity struggles to sort out who he is and where he belongs amidst the bizarre people and events that surround him. 94 pages - pdf, format

Unforgettable - 7WC by Jeff Bush (dreamscale) - Thriller - A dream vacation in Barbados quickly turns into a nightmare for Jack, when his wife disappears and he has to fight through the maze of a lost memory to find her. 105 pages - pdf, format

Bleeding Green - 7WC by T. Joseph Fraser (Blaakwolfe) - Thriller - A beautiful eco-terrorist has a change of heart after being struck with amnesia. Will she recover in time to save the world? 96 pages - pdf, format

It Takes Two - 7WC by Khamanna Iskandarova - Thriller - An amnesiac patient must solve the puzzle of what have lead him to his present condition and choose who to believe his brother or his wife. Only he has a secret of his own… 92 pages - pdf, format

Blackout - 7WC by P. Cook - Thriller - A young, up-and-coming attorney must solve the mystery of all the dead women in his apartment...before the police do. 97 pages - pdf, format

Memwipe - 7WC by Herman Chow (coding herman) - Thriller - In a world where memories can be erased by request, a Memory Erasing Specialist desperately searches for the culprit when his wife becomes a target for erasure -- with his former colleagues hot on his trail. 115 pages - pdf, format

Lapse - 7WC by Ray - Thriller - FBI agent Elliot fights the Mexican drug cartel and American mafia to save the life of an informant to uncover the mole somewhere inside the US Marshals or the FBI itself. Instead, she uncovers a greater conspiracy. 101 pages - pdf, format

Am I right in saying we have 8, maybe 9 entries? Pretty good! I'll be reading them all in a completely random order, although it might take me two weeks to get through them all. It will be interesting for sure.

Carrying on from the other thread, I think Ray had a great idea about completing the full package, the synopsis, a treatment, and different pitches. I've never done any of them in the past as I didn't need them, I've never sent anything out to all the production companies. It could be something worth looking at in future challenges like this, where we all help each other come up with pitches etc. Just a thought.  

Is Ray gonna submit his later in the week?

Sweet!  They're up.  So, are we just commenting on them in this thread all together?

I doubt Ray will submit anything, but you never know.  Looks like a few others fell out at the end.

Great job all of you!!!

I want to thank Pia, Jeff, and others who were so encouraging for the last seven weeks.

I never thought that I can finish a feature-length script. But here I am. And I had a blast writing it! It was good to have people writing with you.

Congratulations to all those who finished it on time.

P.S. Com'on, Ray! You can do it. Just submit what you have!

It seems most of the scripts are within the 90-100 pages mark. I started to think mine is too long. Dang.

Quoted from Coding Herman P.S. Com'on, Ray! You can do it. Just submit what you have!

Howdy, Herman!

Yessir!
Yessir!

Just got baack in town to my own 'puter and am banging out my semi-rough, Pia style, knowing darn good and well there are things to augment and elucidate. < wink! wink>
Will post it late today.


>> I doubt Ray will submit anything, but you never know.  Looks like a few others fell out at the end. <<

Unwarranted ugliness on your behalf.
I don't want to date you anymore.
Please quit calling if you don't want me any more.
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Well done, Ray!

I've read two, "Bleeding Green" up next but I've got football tickets for tonight, I'll get to it Thursday/Friday.

I'm impressed so far.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and possibly make myself unpopular, but I feel it needs to be said. When we have the OWC, the comments tend to be very short and often end up just saying I liked it or this one didn't work for me. That might have to do with there being 40 entries and people hurry to get through them. I'm almost getting the same feeling about the 7WC...  I don't know about you guys, but I intend to read every single script and do my best to be helpful to the writer with hopefully a lot of decent comments and suggestions. We all completed a feature. Lets not rush through the reviews.... It's not a contest who can finish reading them first. Lets help us all improve our scripts and even help polish loglines and synopsises so we can all send our scripts out there into the real world with pride and confidence.  

I'm still working on mines in the hopes of submitting  it soon. But in my breaks away from writing, I read some of the entries. Not to the point of finishing but close enough. I'm really impressed on the fact almost everyone finished their feature and in reading it, how people took the concept and turned it into something of their own.

Post some comments, Gabe!  The more, the merrier!

I agree, Pia.  I've had 4 read and reviews but all are from non 7WC SS'ers.  Without them, I'd have zero.  I don't think you've had any yet, either (but at least you know I've already read yours - and will again with comments).

Herman is doing a Yeoman's job though on his commentary.  Good work, Herman!!

I feel bad about not finishing 3 of the scripts I've read, but I still tried very hard to offer as much advice/criticism/help as I could, and I will attempt to go back to them later.  I've even tried to go back on the 1 script I did finish and get some back and forth going to help, but it was not appreciated at all, by either the actual writer as well as 2 other non 7WC'ers.

I'm trying to help, and am always here for further assistance.

Hoooraaayyyy!!!
The fat man finishes his first marathon!
Just... a few day's late.
Oh, look. Maybe I can help the sanitation dept. clean up now that the crowds are gone.
Cool.


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It might not be purdy, but it's mine! And comin' yo way!!
Thank gawd.

I'll most respectfully start reading and notating 7WC scripts B&E Wednesday morning.
Ya'll have a night!
G'nite!

I'm giving each a thorough read. So far I've commented on Pia and Herman's and am planning to read and comment on all.

I'm a little slow getting started on the reading. I was lucky to finish the script in time as swamped as I've been lately. I will get through them all...eventually.

I'm trying to read through all of them, but I'm a slow reader.

I just read Catherine's and Brian's. One I like, one.....not so much.

I also feel bad if I have to stop reading a script midway through it. Are they really that bad that you have to stop reading, Jeff?