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Totally concur...the usual suspects read and comment, the others do nothing.
I had a busy weekend, including alot of cleaning and organizing around the house, then the AZ State Fair yesterday. Somehow, I've already gotten through 19 scripts -
- now, there are those who will say I'm not reading the scripts in their entirety, but I'm reading as much as I need to, to know when a script is terrible, and when a script deserves to be completely read.
Sadly, out of 19, I have 8 scores of ZERO and 4 scores of ONE. That's not good.
So far, the worst batch of OWC scripts I can recall in a long time.
Totally concur...the usual suspects read and comment, the others do nothing.
I had a busy weekend, including alot of cleaning and organizing around the house, then the AZ State Fair yesterday. Somehow, I've already gotten through 19 scripts -
- now, there are those who will say I'm not reading the scripts in their entirety, but I'm reading as much as I need to, to know when a script is terrible, and when a script deserves to be completely read.
Sadly, out of 19, I have 8 scores of ZERO and 4 scores of ONE. That's not good.
So far, the worst batch of OWC scripts I can recall in a long time.
When you rate these scrips, what does the scale that you're scoring from look like? You said you gave zero's and a one...are you grading these as if they're fully polished material?
You gave me a score of "none," by the way...which is fine, I really don't care.
When you rate these scrips, what does the scale that you're scoring from look like? You said you gave zero's and a one...are you grading these as if they're fully polished material?
You gave me a score of "none," by the way...which is fine, I really don't care.
From the many breadcrumbs you have dropped I pretty much know which script is yours and here is another breadcrumb. It's anonymous challenge - stop with the hints.
My apologies will be sent if I have picked the wrong script for you.
From the many breadcrumbs you have dropped I pretty much know which script is yours and here is another breadcrumb. It's anonymous challenge - stop with the hints.
My apologies will be sent if I have picked the wrong script for you.
Huh? I'm not deliberately hinting at anything. He's given a few scripts "no score."
I also didn't comment on every script except my own, so there shouldn't be any hints.
When you rate these scrips, what does the scale that you're scoring from look like? You said you gave zero's and a one...are you grading these as if they're fully polished material?
It looks like ZERO to 5 stars. I'm grading these based on how they meet the challenge, how well written they are, how readable they are, and how good they are.
You gave me a score of "none," by the way...which is fine, I really don't care.
That would be a ZERO, then. ZERO stars are usually given to scripts I don't finish. If I get through the entire script, but it's terrible, it usually will get 1 star.
It looks like ZERO to 5 stars. I'm grading these based on how they meet the challenge, how well written they are, how readable they are, and how good they are.
That would be a ZERO, then. ZERO stars are usually given to scripts I don't finish. If I get through the entire script, but it's terrible, it usually will get 1 star.
Huh? I'm not deliberately hinting at anything. He's given a few scripts "no score."
I also didn't comment on every script except my own, so there shouldn't be any hints.
From your posts I know (assuming that they were true)
- Your scrips is 8 pages long. - It is a drama - The Phobia is obscure - The name of the phobia is not mentioned. - The nature of the phobia is not clarified until the end - Rest in peace is the last line of dialogue but some action follows afterwards
That was before the scripts were posted. Now I know.
- It got mostly good feedback - Jeff gave it a rating of ****
Those are the breadcrumbs I was mentioning. If they are not intentional - fine - but stop.
If I have your script wrong I will apologize after they are posted.
Through 24 and am going to take a break for a bit.
My overall observations are:
- Many more scripts this go around with basic formatting and grammar issues. Normally, I don't bother and sail through these as I expect more than average given the parameter of the week. But there were several scripts with so many issues in this regard it took me out of the read - out of the story. Maybe more newbies - which I think at the end is a good thing. I don't know, just a lot of basic errors in the lot.
- Some problem with genre selection. A lot of horror where the phobia just made sense based on the horror experienced (i.e, the fear seemed rational).