August '07 One Week Challenge

Thanks to everyone to participated in the One Week Challenge this month.  The OWC isn't a contest, however  recognize that as writers, it helps to fill out your CV if you have a contest wins or even are selected as a finalist.  Since there were 40 entries and only 35 made it to the challenge, all 35 posted scripts are considered finalist.  I asked each of the participants to read three scripts and select the one script they enjoyed the most.  Those scripts are listed as "Writer's choice".  Three scripts were selected as "Webmaster's Choice" and one script was selected as "iScript Selectee".  

Thanks everyone for participating.  I truly enjoyed reading each and every script submitted.

With that being said, Listen to Sean Elwood's (Zombie Sean) Bull Creek.

Note: the audio recording is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivitives3.0 license.  In English that means, you can share it with whomever you wish.  You can't charge for it and you can't change it.  


- Don

The iScript.com selectee

Bull Creek by Sean Elwood (thedeadwalk2nite)  (OWC name - Menolly)  - Short, Thriller - Four teenagers are stranded on an old houseboat while being hunted by one of the world's most dangerous underwater predators. - Listen to the iScript August '07 One Week Challenge finalist, webmaster's choice, iScript.com's choice. - pdf, format

Webmaster's choice

Cobra Blood Cocktail by Breanne Holifield ()  (OWC name - Joel Lilienkamp)  - Short, Thriller - Three people: a detective, a bank robber, and a girlfriend. One of them is the mysterious assassin known as The Cobra. A rival assassin holds them all captive while he tries to deduce which one. August '07 One Week Challenge finalist, webmaster's choice. - pdf, format

Diplopia by Seth Hamilton (seth)  (OWC name - Shonagar)  - Short, Thriller - A young Cajun boy, cursed with supernatural powers, must make a decision. One that might blind him to the reality that is around him. August '07 One Week Challenge finalist, webmaster's choice. - pdf, format

Writer's Choice

Bugman by Yves Vrancken (movemycheese)  (OWC name - Mirrim)  - Short, Thriller - There is a reason our parents told us that being nosy is bad. August '07 One Week Challenge writer's choice selectee. - pdf, format

Light Mist Forming by Antonio Gangemi (Tony G)  (OWC name - Jaxom)  - Short, Thriller - A teenage girl rises from her watery grave to act out her revenge. August '07 One Week Challenge writer's choice selectee. - pdf, format

Little Old Joe by Zack Akers (Zack Akers)  (OWC name - Anise Fargoe)  - Short, Thriller -  When Eli wakes up in an old house boat, he confronts the boats owner (Joe) hoping to learn where he is and why he's there. However, lttle old Joe knows more than he's saying. August '07 One Week Challenge writer's choice selectee. - pdf, format

The River Is Her Home by Michael Cornetto (mcornetto)  (OWC name - Sallah Telgar)  - Short, Thriller - When a man and his son fall under the spell of a mysterious, beautiful river dweller, they find love is a deadly game. August '07 One Week Challenge writer's choice selectee. - pdf, format

To Die For by Bryan Mora (chomico)  (OWC name - Robinton)  - Short, Thriller - A sexual betrayal brings together a couple from the suburbs, and a critically psychotic woman… who’d do anything to get what she wanted ...ANYTHING. August '07 One Week Challenge writer's choice selectee. - doc, format

Cold Call by Mike Shelton ()  (OWC name - Torene Ostrovsky)  - Short, Thriller - During a routine call, a telemarketer overhears a woman's screams and decides to investigate. As he gets further into his search, he finds that the woman he thinks he heard has been missing for six months. August '07 One Week Challenge writer's choice selectee. - pdf, format

All the finalist can be found here:
http://www.simplyscripts.net/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?b-OWC0807/m-1186357863/
and
http://www.simplyscripts.net/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?b-OWC0807/m-1186357925/

Yes, congrats to everyone. Good work all round.


Matt.

Just finished the iScript myself. I was impressed with a lot of it, pretty cool. Special congrats to you, Sean.


Matt.

Hey, congrats to Sean!  Way to go.

As one of the few who actually had a quick peek at "Scary Movie 5" -- but could not bring myself to comment haha -- it is great to see you maturing as a writer.

Best of luck with future projects.

Congrats Sean! It's kinda cool to see that my script made the 'Writers Choice' list. It makes me feel good.

~Zack~

Congratulations Sean.

I really liked it.

Maybe you should write more zombieless scripts.

Congratulations Sean!

And congratulations to everyone who completed the challenge.

I definitely saw some names mentioned here that I thought did extremely well, but you can only have one winner.

I need to go back and read "Bull Creek" again and listen to it on iscript, but what I remember that I think is really good, is the concept of alligators (or was is a crocodile) being where you don't expect them; this special breed.

People have spoken on the boards about cliches and we all know how it can be a real challenge pulling out fresh material even when we're using "tried and true" devices.  Without even going back and looking at "Bull Creek" or some of the other scripts which resonated more for me personally, I'd have to say that besides all of the subtle energies that go into a memorable script, the germ which sets it apart is that bit of difference from what's been done before.

Anyways Sean, I hope you celebrate and treat yourself to something.

Sandra

Congrats there Sean.

I guess Bull Creek is next on my to-read list. I really loved the description in the IScript reading. If I wrote like that when I was your age, I'd be writing Citizen Kane 2 by now.

There's an idea. Citizen Kane 2: Apocalypse!

Congratulations to everyone else as well.

Congratulations, Sean!  Great script.

Thanks everyone. And apart from the clichés, unoriginalism, and lack of zombies, I'm glad yous guys enjoyed it. Oh, and Bert, Scary Movie 5...Well, let's just say that I'm afraid to go back and look at the thread...or the script itself. And Pia, I don't know if I can stray away from zombie scripts. I love them too much, as weird as that sounds...


And I want to say congratulations to the Webmaster's Choice and the Writer's Choice and to everyone else! This OWC was fun and I enjoyed reading the scripts and writing my own.

Sean

Sean,

Congrats!

Congrats y'all.

I fear that the next OWC, if it's horror, will have too many entries to manage.


Phil

Congrats Sean and good luck with future projects. Congratulations are also in order for those nominated for webmaster's choice and and writer's choice.

Gabe

Congratulations Sean! You did a great job. I liked Bull Creek when I first read it and I admit I was really surprised to find someone so young had written it. Terrific job and congratulations on the selection. You earned it!


Breanne