Quoted from Breanne Mattson Mike, is there any way you can provide this one for us?

Sure.  If I know who's going to be participating, I can email it over to everyone.  I will warn in advance that it's a large file. (4.8mb).

Having read the script I can say I enjoyed it, although I'm kinda biased when it comes to rom-coms based on personal taste.  

I read another script around the same time called "Bromance" that I preferred just a little bit more, but that wasn't by a first timer (Barry Schwartz has another IMDb listing for Parent's Weekend, but since both are scheduled to release in 2010, I have no idea which came first.)

Quoted from Dreamscale So we've decided on another produed script?  I thought we were going back to a member's unproduced script? Actually, I just wanted to send a post in so I'll be E-mailed when more posts show up, and I can stay in the loop.

Dreamscale,

Nothing's been decided. All I know is that I personally want to study a produced script right now. I want to study why it’s produced; why it got picked up.

If others want to study an unproduced script, that’s fine. But I want to study a produced script and if we have to do two different ones at once, I would rather do that than not get to study a pro script.

All I can say is that I want to study a pro script in terms of not how to improve it but to learn the ins and outs of a pro script. I want to learn how to write like a pro. That’s my top priority.


Breanne

Quoted from Shelton Sure.  If I know who's going to be participating, I can email it over to everyone.  I will warn in advance that it's a large file. (4.8mb).

Thanks Mike,

I’m sorry but I don’t know how to work this out. Some people want to do one thing and others want to do another. But everybody wants to do the same thing.

So I don’t know what to do. I may just go off by myself and study a pro script and say screw it -- haha


Breanne

Quoted from Breanne Mattson Dreamscale, Nothing's been decided. All I know is that I personally want to study a produced script right now. I want to study why it’s produced; why it got picked up. If others want to study an unproduced script, that’s fine. But I want to study a produced script and if we have to do two different ones at once, I would rather do that than not get to study a pro script. All I can say is that I want to study a pro script in terms of not how to improve it but to learn the ins and outs of a pro script. I want to learn how to write like a pro. That’s my top priority. Breanne

I'm ready to work on both right now. When the thumbs are up (hopefully no middle fingers) then I'll be here and I promise I won't post Sympathy For the Devil again. (LOL) Why do I have to mess with people's heads?!

Sandra

"I want to learn how to write like a pro. "

What?? You don't want to learn how to write like an unproduced Swede???

I thought the decision has been made now...  Although I personally would like to alternate between the two, I think its great that so many people want to read scripts. I became a member 3 years ago and as far as I can remember this scrip club thing is the closest we've had to actual studying and discussing scripts. I think it's great.

And are you going to serve beer or not?

Quoted from Grandma Bear "I want to learn how to write like a pro. " What?? You don't want to learn how to write like an unproduced Swede??? I thought the decision has been made now...  Although I personally would like to alternate between the two, I think its great that so many people want to read scripts. I became a member 3 years ago and as far as I can remember this scrip club thing is the closest we've had to actual studying and discussing scripts. I think it's great. And are you going to serve beer or not?

Haha -- I would love to write like an unproduced Swede.

If people want to do an unproduced script, that’s fine. I’m just having trouble shifting my focus to that right now because I’m still hungry from the Countdown thread. I don’t feel like I got everything out of it that I wanted.

I wanted to get into the intricacies of its construction. I wanted to pick apart the things that made it a pro script; the things that made it succeed. And I don’t feel like we ever really did that.

So I’ve still got a lot of hunger for that right now. I’m mad with desire -- haha

If others want to do an unproduced script, I’m okay with that, although I think I may go mad with craving.

But yes, I’ll definitely serve alcohol.


Breanne

Ok, if alcohol is being served, I'm in for either...or both...or whatever.

Let me know.  I'll follow whatever rules are put in place and I'll do my best not to piss anyone off, but I think you all know by now that's not easy for me.

I know some people have said that two script discussions would be too much, but have the boards really been that busy?  I don't think so, and I don't see any reason why they couldn't be done.

Although a script club thread for an unproduced script may suffer a little bit, it will also have the benefit of having two threads devoted to it with the Script Club plus its regular thread.

Another issue for me with doing an unproduced script right now is that, quite frankly, I don’t know what advice to give.

I can give personal advice on what I personally think the writer needs to do to improve. But what can I really tell the author that will help him or her improve toward the goal of making his or her script more salable?

I felt the benefits of studying the salability issues regarding a pro script would benefit us all as reviewers of unproduced scripts. I felt it would invigorate us to start giving more practical advice with regard to each other’s unproduced scripts. I thought it would provide great benefit to the script clubs when unproduced scripts were covered.

I was excited about learning, improving, and making my own work more salable, but I was also excited about offering more practical feedback to other authors when it came to reviewing the unproduced work of others.

So that’s another reason I’m so stuck on studying a pro script right now.


Breanne

Another option is to go the Skype route.  To literally discuss a script in real time voice chat, probably little by little, over the course of a week.

This would keep one of them off the board as well, for those worried about being overloaded.

Mike,

I want to F___ your -- I mean, could you mail me the script?

I have no problems with two threads, no problem with one thread, and no problem with Skype discussions.  What I do have a problem with is indecision, lack of clear goals, and lack of leadership.  Who is charge here?

Jeeze, that sounded a bit like Winston Churchill.

But really.  Someone needs to take charge and make the final decision about which script we do.  Some one has to decide what the boundaries and goals of the discussion are and moderate it.

Breanne - if you really want to do this then take the reins and let everyone know what's up.


Oh, and Mike, could you send me a copy of that F___ing script.


  

I thought the decision had been made...

The fuck your sister script!!

Breanne's in charge!

What are the goals of this discussion?  The last discussion went all over the place and didn't really accomplish anything.  I'm not interested if this is going to be like the Countdown discussion.

I'm sure this one will be run better.