Quoted from khamanna Steven, I modified your post a bit as the challenge is going to be anonymous. I think yours qualifies very well but you know how it is - it's up to the readers to decide. Good luck to you with it!)

Thanks, forgot about the anonymous part.

Can two people partner up and co-write an entry?

I have not come up with any good ideas yet... still brainstorming.

Regarding mentioning the phobia. Why not write your logline and then simply add the phobia after it.

Jeff, a ladies man...living in Arizona, has to confront his biggest fear, an Australian man in denim cut-offs on the golf course. - Steviephobia

The reason I'm suggesting this is due to previous experiences with the OWC and MP contests. If you don't name the phobia you chose, there will be some readers who will mark down your score simply because they can't find it on the list or don't want to do research.

Don't know about the co-write, Dena. That's up to Khamanna.

Cheers writers!

Quoted from Grandma Bear Regarding mentioning the phobia. Why not write your logline and then simply add the phobia after it.

Hey, Don might post the given phobia right in each script's thread; perhaps behind the genre reference. I imagine so because I saw a text box in the submission form, asking for the phobia, right under age rating, see here…

http://www.simplyscripts.com/unpro_short_exercise_17_10.html#submit

Otherwise, a hard challenge you set, Kham. I think the hardest part for the writers is to reach a wide audience because a phobia is something pretty specific… and it's hard to make it "universal".

Quoted from Grandma Bear The reason I'm suggesting this is due to previous experiences with the OWC and MP contests. If you don't name the phobia you chose, there will be some readers who will mark down your score simply because they can't find it on the list or don't want to do research.

Both of these won't be my subject but let's say we don't name the phobia anywhere in the script. Instead, you clearly visibly show Character X scream and jump on top of a chair when they see a mouse. Do we have a "very observant" Character Y who says " I guess that person  has a case of musophobia" Or we show someone in a full sweat at the sight of a scarecrow. Character Y will say to X "I never knew you suffered from Formidophobia!"

Right?
Right.
The question may not be giving readership pause to look it all up, but rather reading it without getting tongue tied.

That's my two sense.
However
Maybe we should put the phobia in our message when submitting, if that helps.

I found labeling the phobia too on the nose, so I wrote it out. You'll still get a sense of the phobia, just not someone saying "Hey, you have XXphobia!"

Done with the second draft. Time to let it marinate and revisit later. Kinda on a fence with this one.

I think if your character is scared of something we should be able to get it's the phobia. Maybe Don planned something about indicating the phobia next to the entry, I don't know. Prussian says the link to submit asks you to indicate your phobia. If you're still not sure we'll see it have it on the title page in brackets maybe.

Dena, about the co-write - I don't mind at all unless there's a protocol against it on SS. If you ever done it before at OWC then go ahead write your entry with the cowriter. If not I'll wait for Don. If it's up to a challenge mod - I say yes.

[quote=me]Regarding mentioning the phobia. Why not write your logline and then simply add the phobia after it [/quote=me]

I agree, it could go right after your logline. I'm waiting for Don on that.

Submitted, don't think I'll need to edit it before Friday either. Looking forward to this one.

Questions answered:

The name of the phobia will be included in the listing. You'll see the question addressing the phobia in your script when you submit.

@Dena - co-writing is fine.

Also, just in case - it's one entry per person unless you manage to sneak one in by Don.

Thank you for the questions or I was getting bored here)

Quoted from khamanna [quote=me]Regarding mentioning the phobia. Why not write your logline and then simply add the phobia after it [/quote=me] I agree, it could go right after your logline. I'm waiting for Don on that.

The entry form at SimplyScripts.com/OWC has a slot to put the phobia.  I was going to include it in the listing along with the ratinge, e.g.,

Sophie's Curse Anonymous 5

Sophie finds true love online only to discover her lover's fears will forever keep them separated.  9 pages in pdf format   (Young Adult rating) Equino-Podo-Kabourophobia




Don

I wrote most of one last night but I don't like it. I do like what I did with it from a filmmaker perspective, it's the story that's weak.

I have so many ideas for this one, I have another one already cooked up and will try writing that.

Quoted from Don The entry form at SimplyScripts.com/OWC has a slot to put the phobia.  I was going to include it in the listing along with the ratinge, e.g., Sophie's Curse Anonymous 5 Sophie finds true love online only to discover her lover's fears will forever keep them separated.  9 pages in pdf format   (Young Adult rating) Equino-Podo-Kabourophobia Don

What if there is more than one phobia? Do we list them all or just the most important one?

Quoted from ReneC What if there is more than one phobia? Do we list them all or just the most important one?

You don't have to unless you want to. The main goal is not to let people think there's no phobia in your entry whatsoever so that they don't mark down for it.

Well - got something done between a thousand other things. Look forward to the reads. Just need to get over my Allodoxaphobia.

Done and submitted. Hopefully we'll have a few good scares in the mix. Good luck everybody!
~John