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Posted by: Don, March 9th, 2024, 1:09pm
The Party by Steven Sallie - Short, Drama - Things go from bad to worse when Katie's son invites her ex-husband to his birthday party.  23 pages - pdf format

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Posted by: D.A.Banaszak, March 10th, 2024, 3:32pm; Reply: 1
This is nice and warm. The characters are well developed. It doesn't have a twist in the end but I don't think one is always needed.

I do have a couple of comments.

Near the top of page 8, The paragraph right after the scene heading INT. DINING ROOM - AFTERNOON, ends rather awkwardly. I think "Presents sit on the table. Forgotten in favor of the switch.", should be combined into one sentence, separated by a comma. It's picky but I feel compelled to point it out.

Also, near the bottom of page 10, I think there is a word missing. Jacob's line to Christopher reads, "Maybe you should your promise then". I think you meant "keep your promise"

That's pretty much all I can help you with. I thought this was a nice, heartwarming drama.
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