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Posted by: Don, September 7th, 2014, 5:41pm
Pimple-itis by Rion Martell - Short, Comedy - A hotshot movie star gets a taste of his own medicine. 18 pages - pdf, format 8)
Posted by: IamGlenn, September 11th, 2014, 1:18pm; Reply: 1
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Posted by: Don, September 16th, 2014, 7:21pm; Reply: 2
Link fixed.

Apologies.

Don
Posted by: DustinBowcot (Guest), September 17th, 2014, 4:44am; Reply: 3
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CRAVEN
(to himself)
You are a handsome devil.



Cut this dialogue. You could simply word it in the preceding action block that he is preening himself in a mirror, rather than just looking in one.

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A PIZZA GIRL shows up delivering a pizza. She is young and
dressed in pizza delivery clothes.


A pizza delivery girl wearing pizza delivery clothes... whodathunkit?

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She is pretty except for
the nerdy glasses and her horrible complexion. Her entire
face is dotted with PIMPLES.



Why point out she is pretty then go on to describe how ugly she is? Why can't she be fat as well? Head misshapen?

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The Pizza Girl is holding a boxed pizza.



This should have been included in the initial description. You're going the long way around everything.

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A PIZZA GIRL shows up delivering a pizza. She is young and
dressed in pizza delivery clothes. She is pretty except for
the nerdy glasses and her horrible complexion. Her entire
face is dotted with PIMPLES.

The Pizza Girl is holding a boxed pizza. She ask a
PRODUCTION PERSON for directions. The Production Person
points towards CRAVEN. The good looking man with his legs
crossed.

The Pizza Girl nods and walks towards Craven sitting in his
chair.



The above three action blocks need to be made into one. Find a way.

I've had a little scan through page 2 and it really isn't my type of comedy. Hopefully the tips I've given so far help in some way.
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