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 Anniversary - WT
Wedding Anniversary (12 votes)
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The DeSoto Buzzer (12 votes)
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DanC
Posted: March 29th, 2018, 11:08am Report to Moderator
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Quoted from DustinBowcot


People voting for their friends.


I disagree.  I have no clue who wrote what.  And people might have voted on a variety of parameters.  Unless you liked fishing, you could have lost interest and voted for the other because you didn't lose interest.

People could have felt that the fish story didn't follow the parameters in what they considered for the anniversary and the death.

Sometimes the story that's written better might have so many strikes against it loses too much ground to another story.


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khamanna
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Hey, everyone.

Sorry you lost time on reading my entry as I'm outing myself. Which means I'm out. I think DeSoto Buzzer would make it but the entries have been strangely close (what have you guys been reading, man)

I feel like DeSoto is far more superior to mine. I just submitted to be a good sport. Chances are DeSoto would score higher but I'm about to go to bed and can't take that chance.

Thanks for reading and sorry I guess for your time.
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khamanna
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Dustin, you're so onto me.

I asked only like 7 or 8 don't know where the rest came from.
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Warren
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Okay, so it Kham's out logic dictates (look at me being all Sherlock Holmesy) that Stump wrote this.

I have a bit of an issue here. I don't have a problem commenting on my own script, I've done it in the past and will continue to do it in the future.

Does seem a bit strange to use the opportunity to clear up some plot points in an attempt to make the story more clear for future readers. I think one of the issues is how well a reader understands your script without being feed the details. Just putting a question mark after the statements doesn't make them any less telling.

It's like my questions about why Denny died are being answered.

Also a funny thing to note is that you gave you're own script a bigger review than any other script in the challenge, most of them only worthy of one line, for one pairing they had to share the same one line.

For the record I went with your script, Kham and don't think it would have been unreasonable for it to go through. It was a close race for a reason.



Quoted from Stumpzian


DeSoto Buzzer -- I like the situation here: four bass-fishing people and one fly-fisherman with his high-falutin' gear. And Uncle Denny, picking on the fly-guy boyfriend, getting drunk, grabbing the fly rod and messing up a fun time. I guess he drowned while trying to make things right? Tangled up in the line under the ship?






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Quoted from Warren

Does seem a bit strange to use the opportunity to clear up some plot points in an attempt to make the story more clear for future readers. I think one of the issues is how well a reader understands your script without being feed the details. Just putting a question mark after the statements doesn't make them any less telling.
It's like my questions about why Denny died are being answered.
Also a funny thing to note is that you gave you're own script a bigger review than any other script in the challenge, most of them only worthy of one line, for one pairing they had to share the same one line.


I've noticed in comments on several scripts that people make superficial, shoot-from-the hip comments when it's clear from what they say that they haven't read closely or made any real attempt to grasp what's happening or why.
Then there are the pissy comments, which in some cases are made by writers whose own scripts have been criticized.
As for "clearing up plot points," I didn't. Denny's actual cause of death is not specified in the script. All we know is that he, after having had too much bourbon, stayed down too long and never came up.  The other items in my comments only repeated what is made very clear in the script.
To know what I said about various scripts, I take it that you went looking. Maybe you're mad because I didn't like your script?
Henry



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Warren
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Quoted from Stumpzian


Maybe you're mad because I didn't like your script?
Henry


Lots of people didn't like my script, and from the comments I think I got a lot of votes just because they disliked mine less.




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Quoted from FrankM
I have a theory as to the significance of the length references, but will have to wait until we're officially guessing writers.


Officially waaaaaay off on my theory. I thought it was RJP or CameronD as some reference to the sandwich sizes at Subway, obliquely referenced with the title "Eat Fresh." (RJP wrote it, Cam explained it)


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PrussianMosby
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No way… No way… Kham! Sorry but the de Soto eyeyball thing is going nowhere.
Wedding was far superior. What's going on here....



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Did you out yourself cause you didn't want to write in the next round, Kham?

Very naughty.

Mind you, the vote is still close. You may still have to...


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The fishing one wasn't for me.  Took too long to get anywhere for not much of a payoff.

I prefer the prison one.  Lots of dialogue, made for a quick read.  It was kinda two stories in one.


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