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Posted by: Don, February 25th, 2006, 9:40pm
The Fish Bowl by Helio J Cordeiro and Spencer McDonald - Short - Louis Armsweak is an Aquarium Servicing Specialist who makes a housecall only to be face to face with trouble. 11 pages - pdf, format 8)
Posted by: Kevan, February 27th, 2006, 5:56pm; Reply: 1
Helio and Spencer, well done with the script..

The story is much better than the shorter and has a good resolution although I did like the earlier script too..

Love the ASS reference, this works very well and is a nice thread through the script.. Good characters, and good dialogue.. Loved the magic chanting..

Well done..

Kevan
Posted by: Helio, February 27th, 2006, 6:11pm; Reply: 2
Nice to hear from you Kevan!

If you don't do a good work alony then join to someone!
Posted by: spencerforhire, February 27th, 2006, 6:22pm; Reply: 3
Kevan

Thank you so much for the kind remarks. Writing with Helio was a great experience and I really think it made both of our writing stronger. I look forward to writing more partnered works. Keep up the great comments... and if something needs improvement please let us know.

Spencer
Posted by: Mr.Z, February 28th, 2006, 9:27am; Reply: 4
Hi Helio and Spencer, just finished reading this script. It works well for a fantasy/comedy short and, storywise, thereīs nothing important I could bust you on. The script if focused, so I guess you get along well writing together.

The only thing I would suggest is to trim this down a little bit; it will read faster and improve the pace of your story. Cut everything that isnīt essential (i.e. the exact height of Butchīs mom, Louis saying to himself "This day is starting to suck" when we already know his day is sucking big time, etc).

Format was good, but there are a couple of tiny details I can point.

*Donīt include descriptions in scene hedings: QUIET STREET should be just STREET. You can include in the action below that itīs quiet.

*Avoid the infamous use of "we see" "you see", etc; I takes the reader out of the story. Instead of writing "You see a sign", just describe the sign.

*To avoid confusion, keep your scene headings always the same. I noticed: "INT. TOYOTA TRUCK", "EXT. TOYOTA FISH BOWL and "EXT. TOYOTA". If I understood correctly weīre talking about the same vehicle here, so just call it in one way and stick to the denomination first given.

*Only write in present tense. "Louis is wearing" should be "Louis wears".

Nothing more to add, guys. Congratulations for writing this piece and for finding a good writing partner.
Posted by: Helio, February 28th, 2006, 9:38am; Reply: 5
Z zhanks so much, man!

Yeah you are right about these things we have to rid them off quickly before they scare the pros!

About my new partner it couldn't better happened. Spencer is a clever and and also sarcastic writer...and of course a patient guy!

Again zhanks a lot for one more serious and competent review!
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