In which the writers had a week to write a short comedy script on the theme of losing one's job.


You Win Some, You Lose Some by Tyler Higgins - Short, Comedy -  Losing your job can have hard effects on your whole family, especially your kids. <15 pages - pdf, format

Pinkslip by jekitchell (jeffrey) - Short, Comedy - No summary.  <15 pages - pdf, format

Axeing the Zombie by James Moen (dethan) - Short, Comedy -  Jake has been fired from his job as a zombie extra but like any good zombie he won't go away. < 15 pages - pdf, format

The Resignation by Matthew Orobko ("mattman") - Short, Comedy - A man quits his job. <15 pages - doc, format

John Must Go by Michael Cornetto - Short, Comedy - Faced with a choice between telling his wife that he lost his job or committing suicide, a man opts for the latter.  <15 pages - pdf, format

Unconditional by Jonathan Terry - Short, Comedy -  Richard Linkard, a former business man who just lost his job, must find a way to keep his wife calm (and sedated) during one of her "bad days." < 15 pages - pdf, format

H.A.N.D.S. by Robert Skotte (sniper) - Short, Comedy - A doctor gets fired.  Here's why. <15 pages - pdf, format

Oh Sh*t! by Matias Caruso (mr. z) - Short, Comedy - A down on his luck liar is forced to reveal some awful truths to his oversensitive pregnant wife and her violent cop sister. < 15
pages - pdf, format

Tall Tales by T.J. Hundtofte (death monkey) - Short, Comedy - A man contemplates the best way to tell his wife he's lost his job. < 15 pages - pdf, format

Workhorse by James McClung - Short, Comedy - Everyone seems to push Howard around but one cup of coffee is about to change the life of this office workhorse. <15 pages - pdf, format

Kryptonite by Chris Shalom (heretic) - Short, Comedy - Hey, EVERYone has to lose their job.  Even the guy in the tights. <15 pages - rtf, format

Another Day, Another Dollar by Sean Elwood - Short, Comedy - After being fired from her job, Madeline searches for another one. She finally finds one with high pay, but first, she has to talk to her husband. <15 pages - doc, format

When Duty Flees by Mike Shelton - Short, Comedy - When Jerry tells his wife that he's suddenly lost his job, they band together and do the only thing they can...go looking for it. <15 pages - pdf, format

Covert Careers by Pia Tomson - Short, Comedy - A married young couple has to come to terms with their own lies and deceit. < 15 pages - pdf, format

Don, just to let you know, I liked the email you sent to those who submitted for the OWC. It made me chuckle.

I can't wait to read these!

Sean

Quoted from Zombie Sean Don, just to let you know, I liked the email you sent to those who submitted for the OWC. It made me chuckle.

Well, I know you entered.  HaHaHa.

Quoted from Zombie Sean Don, just to let you know, I liked the email you sent to those who submitted for the OWC. It made me chuckle. I can't wait to read these! Sean

To bring everyone in on the joke, my notification email,

"Just a quick note to let you know that your script for the One Week Exercise
is up at: http://www.simplyscripts.com/unpro_short_exercise_04_07.html
There were twenty five entries of which 15 were posted.  The rest were, to
put it mildly, a mess.  You you all get an extra 5 points for speling,
punctuation; grammaring and,  not using capitalization in a totally raNdoM
manner."

To those foks who didn't make the cut I did send them an email pointing out at a high level what they needed to do to bring their script up to snuff.  I'm a little more critical of the scripts for the OWE since the purpose of the exercise is to not only produce a script quickly, but also produce a script quickly that would pass muster in the industry (i.e., correctly formatted, spelling checked, punctuation and grammar in a generally agreed upon standard.  NOTE: Rejection or Acceptance of the script had nothing to do with the content of the script or the story.  You could have had the very best story in the bunch, however it was hidden by the structural problems.  

Don

Quoted from Shelton Well, I know you entered.  HaHaHa.

Yeah, but even if I didn't tell you, I bet you could still find out which one I wrote.

Sean

I'm guessing "Oh Sh*t" based on your fascination with foul language and inappropriate behavior.

More clarification:  All of the entries were from members of the discussion board.

Don

I know which one zombie sean wrote, and it's not "Oh Sh*t".

Quoted from Splatter Boy I know which one zombie sean wrote, and it's not "Oh Sh*t".

There was a little bit of a joke in my previous post, Zack.

Go read and comment.

"There was a little bit of a joke in my previous post, Zack."-Mike

i know Mike, i'm not that stupid... i think...

Don, you crack me up.

Regarding the names used this month.  This month's names of authors (until the real authors are revealed) are from a short story which is a favorite of mine.  This short story was made into a movie and is the one case, in my mind, where the movie was better than the source material.  The names were randomly selected is all cases but two where the submitter picked their own pseudonym.

Don  

Yes!  I've read them all.

Well that was fast mike.  Read them again and make comments on them for me so I get brownie points for reading even though I didnt submit.

I've read three entries so far and so far, so good. Quality stuff. Nice turnout this time around. Better than last time. I was worried this one would be lacking entries. Glad to see that's not the case. I'm also glad to see the numbers of pages were omitted this time around. I've noticed in the past OWC that scripts on the longer side don't get as much attention as those on the shorter side, I just never thought to mention it. Personally, I think it's better this way. Every script gets an equal shot at getting read this way. It's up to the loglines to hook readers this time around, as should be the case. Not sure who came up with that one but I think it was a good idea.