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Posted by: Don, August 8th, 2013, 6:59am
Space Dick by Mark Rupprecht - Short, Sci Fi, Thriller - Sometime far into the future, where space tourism is the world’s leading industry, a detached homicide agent, deals with the madness of isolation and loneliness of space travel as he heads for a faraway planet to investigate the murder of an American traveler. 40 pages - pdf, format 8)
Posted by: SAC, August 13th, 2013, 8:40pm; Reply: 1
Hey Mark,
I don't know if you're around -- don't recall seeing your name on any posts -- but I took a read anyway. Glad I did.
You write very well. 40 pages for a short may seem a bit daunting, but this was a very quick read.
Okay, you have many unfilmables in here. They should go. Sometimes I get caught up too much in a good read, but it's just not proper for a script. You gotta show us, not tell us.
Your action lines. all were written pretty much without periods or commas. Instead you've chosen to give us dashes -- -- -- between your sentences. I have seen it done this way before, just not to the extreme you take it. I didn't mind all too much, but after a while it got a bit tedious. It think, perhaps, those dashes work when your're describing action sequences -- such as a car chase -- but not for the length of the script. You may wanna rethink your usage of those.
The story. Well, it was definitely a page turner. Your descriptions were vivid. I enjoyed the sequence with the travel agent to set it up, and I could feel Glumly's loneliness and frustration in space. Although it may have been a bit over the top with how frustrated he was, constantly banging on the equipment. Seemed a bit much. I also enjoyed the scene at the intake station. It gave me a good feel that Glumly was def in a strange, uninviting world.
However, it may have taken a bit too long. Could have gotten to this planet a lot sooner.
The rest was set up well. There was tension, suspense, humor that made this a good read. the one story issue is that the ending was anti-climactic. I was disappointed because I was expecting this big showdown, but it sort of fell flat. Skinless was a pretty good character. Would have liked to see some sort of resolution with him!
this def reads like it could be a longer piece. I suspect it might. I wanted Glumly to turn his ship right back around and take care of business. Or perhaps Skinless follows him back to earth? Either way, it could be a feature, IMO.
Well, I hope you show up around the boards. This was some pretty decent writing.
Steve
Posted by: Ugo, August 17th, 2013, 10:43am; Reply: 2
I liked it good read...
the story was different and very well thought through
the title is funny
keep up the good work
Ugo
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