This Friday, April 20th, the genre/theme for the one week challenge will be announced.  

For those of you unfamiliar with it, it's an 'unofficial contest' to see how well you work under pressure.  Imagine of a director came up to you and asked you to write a short that takes place in a petshop.  Could you do it?

The unenforceable rules for the challenge are:

Entering is not mandatory!

You have one week to write a fifteen page (or less) script based on the genre & theme announced Friday.

Do not put your name on the script.  For the first week or so, the scripts will not have the writers' name on it so no one can pick favorites.

No betting!

Submit the script as you normally would.  In the comments box, on the submission page, mention it's part of the one week challenge.

Don't start guessing right away who wrote what.  There's plenty of time to chat about it later.


Phil

And as another note, DO NOT fill this thread up with childish posts and jokes. I will be watching it closely as the other one was a mess.

I guess I'm posting the theme and genre tomorrow morning (EST).


Phil

Cutting and pasting from a previous post, here are the rules:


Entering is not mandatory!

You have one week to write a fifteen page (or less) script based on the genre & theme announced Friday.

Do not put your name on the script.  For the first week or so, the scripts will not have the writers' name on it so no one can pick favorites.

No betting!

Submit the script as you normally would.  In the comments box, on the submission page, mention it's part of the one week challenge.

Genre:  Comedy
Theme:  Telling your spouse that you lost your job.

Good luck with it!


Phil

And so it begins...

Good luck, everyone.


Cheers, Chismeister.

Hmm, interesting theme.

Quoted from dogglebe Do not put your name on the script.  For the first week or so, the scripts will not have the writers' name on it so no one can pick favorites.

Note to some of you newer members.

To help preserve anonymity, you generally do not state explicitly whether or not you are even participating.  I just deleted a post from somebody who stated that they were.

And one script per customer please!

Quoted from pia Okay... It says on the calendar the next OWC is going to be announced tomorrow.... Where's the buzz? No jokes, no nothing? What's up with that?

Quoted from W And as another note, DO NOT fill this thread up with childish posts and jokes. I will be watching it closely as the other one was a mess.

A conflict of interests?

I think pia's right, things are a little dead around here...

WAY too serious around here. I for one will not, not be entering, maybe, if I feel like it, Could be 50 50 chance of me entering, 100% sure that I will probably/ probably not participate.

Quoted from dogglebe Genre:  Comedy Theme:  Telling your spouse that you lost your job.

Maybe I'll enter this, maybe I won't...

Personally, I think the subject is way too specific. Not that it doesn't allow room for creativity, I'm just worried we'll end up with a lot of very similar scripts.

I much prefer it when the subject is short and simple e.g. Horror - Milk, Thriller - a diary Comedy - Prison, Drama - A debt etc... I think that allows for wider range of interpretation.

Quoted from Martin Maybe I'll enter this, maybe I won't... Personally, I think the subject is way too specific. Not that it doesn't allow room for creativity, I'm just worried we'll end up with a lot of very similar scripts. I much prefer it when the subject is short and simple e.g. Horror - Milk, Thriller - a diary Comedy - Prison, Drama - A debt etc... I think that allows for wider range of interpretation.

I think its more of a challenge if the parameters are a little tighter. That way, you have to try harder to think of ways to separate yourself from the crowd. It's more fun that way. Personally, I thought the Western and Drama at a family BBQ OWC's were a little on the easy side (even though I didn't get to participate in the second one). Not that that's a bad thing. I've heard a few complaints about the OWC over the past few but personally, I've never had a problem with them. I think they've all been pretty varied. This topic seems a little more specific than the last one but a little easier as well IMO.

Quoted from Martin Personally, I think the subject is way too specific. Not that it doesn't allow room for creativity, I'm just worried we'll end up with a lot of very similar scripts. I much prefer it when the subject is short and simple e.g. Horror - Milk, Thriller - a diary Comedy - Prison, Drama - A debt etc... I think that allows for wider range of interpretation.

I think there going for something closer to what might be experienced if a producer asked you to write something, so that the exercise is actually preparing you for something.  There was a thread about it, about how it should be more specific, I'm not sure what  it was called...

Quoted from Higgonaitor I think there going for something closer to what might be experienced if a producer asked you to write something, so that the exercise is actually preparing you for something.  There was a thread about it, about how it should be more specific, I'm not sure what  it was called...

I know what you're talking about. I think it's a discussion that came out of the last OWC thread. Some people seemed to think SciFi and popcorn was a concept too whacky for any producer to suggest. Likewise, horror and milk. The last OWC was fun but I think those guys are right.

Well, I will definitely not reveal whether or not I'm not participating or not. No way.

Quoted from dogglebe Genre:  Comedy Theme:  Telling your spouse that you lost your job.

I have to admit that given my current situation, the subject is a just a little bit ironic.