While looking through my hard drive...

Posted by: dogglebe (Guest), August 21st, 2010, 8:29am

I found twenty-four (count 'em, twenty-four) partially written feature-length scripts. I couldn't believe this number; I figured it was closer to ten, or so.

I wonder how writers kept their scripts in order when they worked on typewriters.

Phil

Posted by: Shelton, August 21st, 2010, 9:10am; Reply: 1

Quoted from dogglebe

Alphabetically, most likely.

Posted by: Mr. Blonde, August 21st, 2010, 9:35am; Reply: 2

Quoted from Shelton

Alphabetically, most likely.

Most couldn't get past the "A"'s.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
All work and no play makes jack a dull bvoy.
All wrok andno play makes Jack a dull boy.
All work and on play makes Jak a dull boy.

Posted by: dogglebe (Guest), August 21st, 2010, 9:53am; Reply: 3

Quoted from Shelton

Alphabetically, most likely.

In three foot high stacks, no doubt.

Phil

Posted by: stevie, August 21st, 2010, 8:28pm; Reply: 4

24, Phil? Wow, that's a few. Do you think you'll ever et back to them at some stage?

I've got 2 partially done and hope to get to them one day.

Posted by: dogglebe (Guest), August 21st, 2010, 10:25pm; Reply: 5

I'm not going to work on any new projects until I clean this up a little. After I finish the first draft of an urban horror script I'm writing, I'm going to resume a comedy that I started years ago. After I finish these two scripts (after some more revisions), I'll be picking something else out to continue.

Out of these incomplete scripts, three are either sequels or feature-length adaptations of shorts I've written.

Phil

Posted by: George Willson, August 23rd, 2010, 6:58am; Reply: 6

I know mine is overwrought with ideas and partials. I've never endeavored to count them primarily because (a) it's too depressing to actually count and (b) I store stuff everywhere.

Posted by: Brian M, August 23rd, 2010, 1:49pm; Reply: 7

I have 5, but they're all really bad! :(
Maybe only one of them is worth going back to.

Posted by: dogglebe (Guest), August 23rd, 2010, 2:40pm; Reply: 8

I just finished the second draft of one of these scripts. I'm going to put it down while I pick up another another unfinished masterpiece.

Phil

Posted by: Blakkwolfe, August 25th, 2010, 4:34pm; Reply: 9

Think of it as 24 seeds planted, each one waiting for it's given time to blossom into:

A. a fine, aged wine
B. a beautiful young woman
C. a rotten, marauding corpse devouring any brain that would dare to confront it.

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