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Don
Posted: March 3rd, 2012, 2:53pm Report to Moderator
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I liked it.

Some minor spelling mistakes, but format, structure and pacing are all good.

Had only one shot that didn't seem to fit the tone - when Abbie jumps the car in her bike. Felt a little out of plcae as compared to the rest of the 10 pages.

No sign of the antagonist yet. I would suspect he/she will be making an appearance soon.

Overall - Good job. I like the idea of a Wiccan cop. Has lots of potential!


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I was intrigued by the log line here and so decided to give this one a look.  Glad I did, I love the premise.  You'll definitely want to do a reread on this, because I noticed a lot of small typos and such.  Not enough to confuse, but it was a little distracting.

Otherwise, I thought your writing was pretty good, it read well and I could easily picture the action.  Not sure if we got to the inciting incident yet or not, but you may want to cut this opening back a little if not, if you intend on expanding to finish the feature.

Congrats for finishing!
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This was okay. You open a few interesting threads in the story (namely the nexus of Abbie knowing Larry) and had a good car chase scene. The killing in the robbery was pretty cool, too. Despite having those two strong pillars, the story itself felt too slight and lacking cohesion. To be fair, though, you've done this in a week. I'm most curious as to whether or not you have a backstory in place, 'cos a lot of it felt stream of consciousness. As a cool aside... I pictured The Undertaker when reading Larry. You definitely did a good job with cultivating a strong antagonist. I liked the name as well. Memorable, but hints at comedy - sounded like a stoner story.



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This was fine. It kept me interested enough to read the whole way through - part of it is because I wanted to see how you would integrate the OWC theme into it.

One line stood out as very "on-the-nose." It's when Larry says "I have nothing to lose.." Other than that it was okay.
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Couldn't get whether this was to be a comedy or a thriller. Pretty good opening scene. Didn't get why you had Sam stick around to help Joe, only to have them both get wasted. I thought they were hip to Larry and were ready to outsmart him.

The cat had me laughing with all the "Meow, meows" and sticking to the hood. The scene with Abbie bunny hopping the car on a motorcycle I also found funny. Should've given her that E.T. moment in the sky in front of a full moon. Cat in the basket.

Smiled while I read, hopefully, your intended reasons.

James


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Well...shocking amount of mistakes on display here.  Spelling is not good.  Sentence structure is not great.  Overall writing seems extremely rushed.  You have a tendency to use many words and phrases that are completely unnecessary, making this 10 page intro about 4 pages longer than it needs to be.

Can't say this worked for me in any remote way.  Sorry.

Good effort.
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Could have been much better.

The writing needs to be tightened up and desperately needs to be proofread.  This read was ruined by a lot of technicalities, unfortunately.  

The cop was cool.  Even Larry as a druggie, crack addict, robber, murderer, fugitive from justice, psychotic douchebag was okay.  

Just really needs to be cleaned up.

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easy read, definetly entertaining. came across a lot of typos... but i'll leave those to the experts.

Abby seemed more like a superhero then a witch with all those stunts. you were pushing it.

i think the  "unit 66" thing is a bit cheesey... she's got a pentagram..shes a witch... we get it. no need to over do it.

the invincible black cat thing kinda bugged me a little - going to need an explanation on that one.

other then that fun read. good stuff!
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This has a lot of problems technically, grammar also could do with some work but it had a lot of white space and was an easy read even with the typo’s and awkward phrases.

Try to avoid words like obviously, apparently and also try to cut down on “suddenly” it got repetitive to keep seeing it pop up every other line.

The story on the other hand was a hoot and I think you probably had a good time writing this. Maybe it’s the 80’s action movie lover coming out in me but I really enjoyed this, thought the cat clinging to bonnet was a really funny visual.

A couple of lines gave me a giggle “greased lighting” I saw referenced somewhere.

Although technically it wasn’t great, this was a fun and entertaining ride.

Congrats on completing the OWC

Steve
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So yeah, you've got some stuff to work on, but that's not a huge deal here. I kinda liked this one. The thing that worked the most, IMO, is the pacing of the chase scene. It really drew me in, so good job

Wouldn't mind seeing the rewrite;)
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There were typos in pretty much every sentence.  This was one of the more unfortunate ones:  "sweet drips from his forehead as he submissively hands the bag to Larry."

The idea behind this isn't bad:  a cop that uses witchcraft to bust crime.  But, the execution here came off as comical when I'm pretty sure it wasn't meant to be.  I have to admit, the cat sticking to the roof like TJ Hooker had me laughing.

So, a good concept, but in need of a more consistent tone.  Either go funny or go serious, but don't try for both.
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Yeah, the misspellings and run-on sentences were killers to deal with at times.
But even with that, it still read fast to me.
I guess you were going for comic relief. Some of the goofy dialogue Larry's says to himself
has to be done intentionally: "splat."  "I'll be having fun tonight."  "I don't have anything to lose dammit."
Found it corny but amusing.
Disable the "continued" feature on your software.
Some good elements here with the cop and her cat, but fix the typos and stuff.
Fun read despite the problems.
Good luck going further.
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Title - yeah i think this works. We have the Pagan name and then patrol to represent the police on bikes, just like Chips, but a witch....

Logline - humm, this needs some work for me, at present it is a tagline. i'm sure we are all going to debate this further and i am not the best, but i do feel it needs to sell the story, who the pro tag is, whats their obstacle is etc As if you have to pitch your script in an elevator to a movie mogul (and not get down on your knees and beg!)

Story - starts with a robbery, murder, then chase, capture and a reveal at the same time. Yeah, sound order.

Yes, the writing needs some work, avoid ly ending words. Occasionally they can be used, although some dispute even that, but there are far too many.

For example instead of  "Suddenly a call comes in..." simply try " A call... It won't take long and to be fair the story still flowed.

As a concept two things bothered me;

1] black cat - cliche? maybe works but i'm just questioning. on reflection i could live with it as she seism to have a goth vibe and this fits.

2] if she's Wiccan, they believe in the rule of three and as such do no harm otherwise it comes back threefold. She clearly does harm. Does this conflict, well yes it does. So, if we have a conflict maybe we need some indication of why.

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I had a few problems with this one. One of which is the tone. I'm not sure if this was supposed to be intentionally goofy, but some of the dialogue (Larry's) seems to be going for a comedic touch.  

Also, if this is the start of a feature -- I'm trying to imagine a 90 minute script with a biker-witch-cop who's cat rides up front on her ride. It could be really good fun, like GhostRider with boobs or something, but...

I dunno. There's also some slightly odd description like where the bike "jumps" over the car and then a nod to evil-kenieval. Again, could be really silly and fun -- but it just didn't seem to nailed properly yet.

Anyway, there's certainly something good here, just not sure what to make of it yet!
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