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Posted by: Andy Best, March 9th, 2015, 11:52pm

Hey Guys,

Just posting here to say hi and to test my signature. I just put up a script here and I'm more than willing to read and reply to scripts here or by e-mail. I've done a theatre degree and have written plays that were put on, having a crack at screenplays now, after travelling for a few years. Hopefully I've got something to offer.

Hit me up.

Posted by: LC, March 10th, 2015, 1:12am; Reply: 1

Welcome, Andy. :)

FYI, to see what scripts/members are active on the boards see the Portal and Recent Posts bottom left of home page/discussion board.

Posted by: Dreamscale (Guest), March 10th, 2015, 9:47am; Reply: 2

Welcome, Andy. I gave your script a look and left you some comments.

Posted by: alffy, March 10th, 2015, 5:01pm; Reply: 3

Welcome Andy, hope you enjoy it here.

Posted by: eldave1, March 10th, 2015, 6:28pm; Reply: 4

Welcome aboard, Andy. I've only been here for a few months and have learned a ton. Stock around.

Posted by: DS, March 11th, 2015, 6:37pm; Reply: 5

Welcome to the boards!

Posted by: Andy Best, March 16th, 2015, 2:07pm; Reply: 6

Thanks everyone.

Posted by: Reef Dreamer, March 17th, 2015, 4:10am; Reply: 7

hi Andy

welcome to SS.

Ive fancied writing a play, indeed was thinking of writing for radio the other day, but couldn't find any suitable templates and Final draft doesn't do radio.

Have to put a stage play on my long to do list.

cheers

Posted by: Andy Best, March 17th, 2015, 9:44am; Reply: 8

Hey Reef Dreamer,

Theatre plays are really different yeah. Everything you write has be doable on a stage. And if you look at some older classics, there's almost no action, at the very least a massive imbalance to dialogue. Most plays with more abstract elements or little dialogue tend to be devised by a working group then written up by a dramaturge.

When I was 20 I wrote a play and produced it, putting it in to a festival, then we won and I went off to study theatre at college.

Just like short film, the best way to start is with 'one act plays' and the best examples to look at for general format are more minimalist stuff like ... maybe early Harold Pinter? The Caretaker is good: characters, drama, single location and lots of unsaid meaning and Absurdism. In the USA maybe someone like Edward Albee?

Weirdly though, in the interim I was doing prose and articles, so my first attempts at screenplays come out way to verbose.

Posted by: Ledbetter (Guest), March 17th, 2015, 9:59pm; Reply: 9

Hey Andy,

Welcome bro!!!

It's a great site you've found here.

Give and take, you know? The more you dig into other writers work, the more likely others are to take a peak at yours.

Best of luck and if you have something you want read, bert loves giving reviews.

He's the one in the corner. ;D

Take care,

Shawn.....><