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Dreamscale
Posted: July 20th, 2017, 2:54pm Report to Moderator
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I'm sorry Jeff, but it looks like I'm out. I wrote one, but it didn't want to be any longer than five pages. I tried to come up with more stuff, but it would've just felt like filler.  


I understand, Pia.  No big deal...
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Stevie, Don agreed.  We will have some form of the asterisks system in place.



Excellent news brother



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Just noticed the deadline is midnight Eastern time. 9pm for me. I kinda forgot about that. Hard to manage, but I'm trying!


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Dreamscale
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Just noticed the deadline is midnight Eastern time. 9pm for me. I kinda forgot about that. Hard to manage, but I'm trying!


Yeah, that's the usual deadline.

YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!  

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Surely it could? A Vanilla Sky-style piece where someone finds themselves in a deserted location (but filmed in a 'real world' location, e.g. a museum, park or something), only to discover it's a computerised dream world run by an experimental project in 2017 and therefore not real? Strange land, limited characters.

I just finished something and realised it might fall under this type of banner, even though it's not that specifically, and even though the actual filming would take place 'real world location'. I think it'd get slammed. Oh well, I'll post it after.

Be interesting to see what pops up, I'll def read and review some..



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Grandma Bear
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Quoted from LC

Oh well, I'll post it after.

Why not enter anyway? You will still get reads and suggestions how to improve the story. Some people, especially those who takes "winning" seriously, will always slam any script that doesn't quite fit within the set parameters. I can't enter mine, because it's almost four pages short and that would be a little too much. I will probably post it after the OWC though.  


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Won't be entering this time, too much on.

Will try and read some though.

Best of luck all and thanks Don for the chance.


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Inner Journey - Page Awards Finalist - Bluecat semi final
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Entered. Up till 2am last night finishing.  Thainks Don and Jeff, you guys are great! Look forward to reading what everyone came up with this go round.


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For the first time I think I've submitted with time to spare! Already I'm winning!

My only fear is that some people may read mine and think it doesn't fit the theme. I will argue it 100% does, but not in a way most would be expecting. We will see.

Also, when submitting, there was no option I found to submit an outside link, only to have SS host it. Did I miss something?

Best of luck to all. As always looking forward to all the feedback and entries. These are great writing exercises.


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Cameron
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Also, when submitting, there was no option I found to submit an outside link, only to have SS host it. Did I miss something?


I think if you've got an outside link it'll probably reveal who you are, as you'll be hosting it under your name on a different site. That's my guess anyway.
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Quoted from CameronD

Also, when submitting, there was no option I found to submit an outside link, only to have SS host it. Did I miss something?


No. For the challenge, I host the scripts as some folks may be able to figure out who wrote what based on dropbox links.  Once the challenge is over, you can update with a dropbox or outside link.

Don




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Had a last second idea, sketched it out this morning, opened FD to write...then realized part of my story didn't meet the requirement. Oh well.

I really wish we wouldn't make these things so constrictive.
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Quoted from leitskev
Had a last second idea, sketched it out this morning, opened FD to write...then realized part of my story didn't meet the requirement. Oh well.

I really wish we wouldn't make these things so constrictive.




Actually, I agree with you, but many dislike the open ended challenges - as if they need to be penned in.

IMO, this is pretty open ended, though.  We have a theme, we have a number of genres to choose, a character limit, and a stipulation being set in 2017 and using real "things".

I don't see where the problem lies here.

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I don't like the 9-12 page count. Mine is a thriller with almost no dialogue. It's a lot of action. It probably would play nine minutes as film at only five pages. 6-12 pages are good. Having 9 pages as the minimum doesn't make any sense to me at all. Besides, most filmmakers looking to make a short film, are usually looking for stuff near the 5 minute mark.


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Dreamscale
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I don't like the 9-12 page count. Mine is a thriller with almost no dialogue. It's a lot of action. It probably would play nine minutes as film at only five pages. 6-12 pages are good. Having 9 pages as the minimum doesn't make any sense to me at all. Besides, most filmmakers looking to make a short film, are usually looking for stuff near the 5 minute mark.


I understand what you're saying, Pia, but at this stage in the game, it's way too late to make that change.

The reason i set the page count at 9-12 was because I find it almost unfair when peeps write a very short script compared to others at 12 pages.  And, readers tend to read the shorter ones, because it involves less time, which again, to me, is not fair.

I do hear you, though.
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