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Posted by: Don, September 2nd, 2017, 9:31am
Paper Airplane by Logan McDonald - Short, Drama - A man working in a high-rise in New York City finds a paper airplane with a disturbing note that claims a woman is being held captive in one of the rooms. 25 pages - pdf, format
Writer interested in feedback on this work
Posted by: eldave1, September 2nd, 2017, 8:07pm; Reply: 1
First page problems that are going to dampen your reads.
Quoted Text EXT. FINANCIAL DISTRICT NYC - 22 MAIN STREET - MORNING |
Don't put the address in the slug. Tell us about the building.
EXT. NEW YORK FINANCIAL DISTRICT/SKYSCRAPER - MORNING
Quoted Text The fifty story building looms over FiDi. |
FiDi ?????
INT. VACANT APARTMENT - DAY
Quoted Text The door unlicks and in walks Leon with a young couple and a Broker. Leon walks them into the living room and lets them wonder. |
Unlocks not unlicks
Wander - not wonder
Young Couple and Broker should be CAPPED
Quoted Text WOMAN What direction is this facing?
|
You never intro'd her as a character.
Quoted Text INT. ELEVATOR - DAY Leon and company ride the elevator down to the office floor.
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Who is company?
Quoted Text INT. HALLWAY - AFTERNOON Leon walks down the hallway lined with glass windows that look over the courtyard. He glandes outside and something catches his eye; |
glances - not glands
That is from page 1 - I am assuming there are similar issues on the other pages - a clean up here would be worthwhile.
Posted by: Simon, September 3rd, 2017, 6:14am; Reply: 2
This took a while to get going. I think you should cut some of the dialogue that isn't necessary. Why was Leon so obsessed with the paper airplane in the first place? I would have thought most people would have ignored it. Why didn't Leon just phone the police, instead of just worrying constantly? 'I can't. They're expecting me back in five minutes. I'll come back. I promise.' That's a bit of a weird thing to say, coming from a person who put so much effort into helping her. Your writing isn't bad, however.
Posted by: Logan McDonald, September 6th, 2017, 10:51am; Reply: 3
Thanks for the feedback guys.
Dave- Thank you for pointing out the typos. Ill do another revision and see what else i can fix.
Simon- I was aiming for a slower pace (kind of like Blow Up) but there is definitely some dialogue i can at least make more interesting.
I mostly considered just plain curiosity as Leon's main drive to look at the note. The inciting incident is something that actually happened to me while i was working in a high-rise. The whole kidnapped woman thing didn't happen though, obviously haha.
Posted by: eldave1, September 6th, 2017, 11:38am; Reply: 4
No problem - glad it helped - best of luck
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