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Write a 4 to 7 page (not including the title page) properly formatted short script.
Theme: "Creature Feature" Genre: horror, thriller, suspense, noir, or keeping with the season Rating: PG (no cursing or excessive violence) Challenge: Create a three page comic. Each scene would be one panel of a comic. And there could be one to 7 panels per page. Visit HyperEpics.com to help you visualize your action slugs.
Has Cold Feet by Jerry the Jack - Short, Horror - On Halloween, a recluse fears the trick and treating kids will meet his dead wife.
Wamphyr by ? - Short, Horror - To stop an ancient evil, a band of soldiers must resurrect something much worse.
So Warm The Water by ? - Short, Horror - A tormented Mariner finds comfort in the most unlikely of company.
Umbra Spirituum by Pope Boniface VIII - Short, Horror, Psychological, Paranormal - Darcey and Jessy go trick or treating along with their older sister Marta. They encounter some nasty night time creatures that make them regret ever wanting candy again.
Case of the Banzai Banshee by ? - Short, Horror, Noir - A private detective's investigation of a missing daughter leads to murder and a battle with a vampire.
Ole Bess' Bait Shop by ? - Short, Horror, Light - Wanna catch something big? Choose the right bait.
Beneath The Surface by ? - Short, Horror - Who knows what lurks beneath the surface of the deepest, darkest waters, or what lurks beneath the surface of the darkest waters of all, the Human Soul?
Nanobe by Don Siegel - Short, Horror, Sci Fi - After surviving cosmic extinction, a Nanobe finds hope and new food sources on planet Earth.
The 13th Leeds by Dee C. Marvel - Short, Horror - There's always a catch when you deal with the Devil.
My Monster by ? - Short, Horror - The parents of a young girl suffering from night terrors, arrange a sleep over; but at what cost?
Blood Diamonds by An Elephant - Short, Suspense - A guide leads a man to a cave of riches and learns some bargains have too high a price.
The Boring Thing by Mr. Ed - Short, Horror - It's been working its way up from the center of the Earth for a billion years. Today it surfaces.
The Void by ? - Short, Horror - Beings of infinite power and knowledge are still no match for the seduction of power.
If this was fourteen entries I'd be disappointed at the turnout. However, thirteen is too cool for a Halloween contest to be disappointed with. Pity, it isn't a Friday also.
I am still shocked though... this is an opportunity to have something published as opposed to winning a mug. Not that the mug isn't great. You know what I mean. Very strange. IMO, every writer here should have landed on this opportunity.
If this was fourteen entries I'd be disappointed at the turnout. However, thirteen is too cool for a Halloween contest to be disappointed with. Pity, it isn't a Friday also.
I am still shocked though... this is an opportunity to have something published as opposed to winning a mug. Not that the mug isn't great. You know what I mean. Very strange. IMO, every writer here should have landed on this opportunity.
The mug is never guaranteed. It's a challenge, not a contest...
I think that several things are playing into the lower turnout including the the comic format, the open-endedness of the theme, the maturation of the members, and, of course, the slow, sad, decline of SimplyScripts...
Also, I didn't advertise this outside of SimplyScripts.
I'm cool with this. I want to try new things which may not resonate with SSers and I'm willing to fail. However, I don't consider 13 submissions a fail. Zero submissions is a fail.
tho, I do feel bad for the 52 writers I had to reject to make the numbers come out...
If this was fourteen entries I'd be disappointed at the turnout. However, thirteen is too cool for a Halloween contest to be disappointed with. Pity, it isn't a Friday also.
I am still shocked though... this is an opportunity to have something published as opposed to winning a mug. Not that the mug isn't great. You know what I mean. Very strange. IMO, every writer here should have landed on this opportunity.
I felt EXACTLY the same way when I saw and counted the entries. You spoke my heart.
I've read a few and will read the rest. I'm at a rapid chess tournament all day today so I will get stuck back in tomorrow. Or perhaps read a couple tonight.
The 52 other writers can still submit normally. I'm busy writing for the 7WC so I'll see what I can do. Not guaranteeing anything.
And Don, don't be saying such blasphemous things. SS is not dying. It's just in hibernation like a bear lol.
Gabe
Just Murdered by Sean Elwood (Zombie Sean) and Gabriel Moronta (Mr. Ripley) - (Dark Comedy, Horror) All is fair in love and war. A hopeless romantic gay man resorts to bloodshed to win the coveted position of Bridesmaid. 99 pages. https://www.simplyscripts.net/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?b-comedy/m-1624410571/
The 52 other writers can still submit normally. I'm busy writing for the 7WC so I'll see what I can do. Not guaranteeing anything.
And Don, don't be saying such blasphemous things. SS is not dying. It's just in hibernation like a bear lol.
Gabe
I was kidding not only about the 52 other writers. And, too, about SS dying. A long-running inside joke that has been going on for the last fifteen years...
Done and dusted. I'm not an entrant btw. Not saying that to skite, just saying it as a heads up.
It was a cinch reading through all these and commenting. I don't think anyone has any excuses for not being able to devote themselves to this lot, even if you work two jobs and have ten kids, you still should be able to manage it.
Kinda disappointed there weren't more classic Creature Feature characters, but pat on the back to everyone who entered.
Look forward to seeing the final Hyper Epics product.
Read and commented on them all. For me, one is just perfect, one almost perfect and just needs a tweak and one needs quite a bit of work but the ending is so good I think it's worth the effort.
Well done to all who entered! Trying to write something that fits into these parameters is not easy. There are plenty of entries that had loads of potential, either as a comic or a short script, but just need a re-think. In my opinion of course.
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I don't think anyone has any excuses for not being able to devote themselves to this lot, even if you work two jobs and have ten kids, you still should be able to manage it.
Hahaha. This sentence is fine. I think you hit the nail.
I'll get reading tomorrow. Still drained after the tournament yesterday and am nowhere near my normal sarcastic, hateful self. I may actually start enjoying other people's scripts and we can't have that, can we?
Been a while since I've been in one of these things : forgotten just how good the collective consciousness on here is. Sometimes brutal, but always illuminating and a lesson in making sure you get all your pieces in place.
Special shout out to Libby and Jeff for their in depth reviews on the scripts.