Quoted from khamanna I'm here swearing to myself about the assigned genre and trying to get a new one.

Now where is the challenge in that?

~Zack~

Jeff, we don't all live in the same time zone

But awake now and ready to go... more than happy with the gender side of the challenge BUT Kabuki... really

Now just need to carve some time out to write something, oh and have an idea...

Writing a Female in a period drama is throwing up all sorts of different images for me  

Joking aside I've got a Bum deal in the genre department but I'm not going to ask for a change - it's challenge time.

Quoted from Zack Now where is the challenge in that? ~Zack~

Not only I cant write in that genre but also Im not a little bit interested in it( the worst I cant think of for me!

I get the feeling there's going to be a lot of lesbian couples in this months OWC scripts.

Damn! This sounds awesome actually. Now, I do wish I participated.

Lesson learned: Head out of own ass.

Good luck guys and gals and vice-versa

Just to confirm:

There can't be ANY instances of the other sex in the script?

Like a dead body, or just a shot of city street where other people are walking by.

There will literally be only the one sex on screen at any time?

I believe it's no opposite gender characters. A dead body is not a character. Unless you write something like swiss army man.  

Quoted from AlsoBen I get the feeling there's going to be a lot of lesbian couples in this months OWC scripts.

*coughJeffcough*

Quoted from Female Gaze Damn! This sounds awesome actually. Now, I do wish I participated. Lesson learned: Head out of own ass. Good luck guys and gals and vice-versa

You can enter at any time. Just send me an RSVP in my PMs and you'll be given your genre.

Quoted from Scar Tissue Films There can't be ANY instances of the other sex in the script? There will literally be only the one sex on screen at any time?

Correct. Only women if you're a man and only men if you're a woman.

Well. if Melvin Udall can go it - so can I!

Quoted from eldave1 Well. if Melvin Udall can go it - so can I!

Watch out for the cracks in the sidewalk, though.

No inspiration just yet for me. A few things floating around in my head, but that's just what they are, things.

Got a great story, but I reckon it might be too complicated for me to get right in the time.

I always get ripped when I try something a bit too ambitious in the time. It works better in the hustle and bustle of the OWC to have a really simple story, I find.

Not that anyone cares. I'm just chatting...

I'm a bit unsure of this one. I usually do quite well given a set of parameters and can come up with a unique story for me. This one seems so open, anyone can pick any of their existing short scripts that's in their genre and just change all the characters to be the opposite of their own gender.

I won't do that of course, I'm just saying anyone could. I find when a challenge is too open, I struggle.

It's like if you said, write a sci-fi script - ANY sci-fi script. I'd be sat here drawing a blank all week. But if you said write a sci-fi script, 10 pages long where your character encounters an A.I. that's just achieved sentience. Well, then my mind would be off like a shot.

With this...I'm really drawing a complete blank, but I'll have a think.

Quoted from Scar Tissue Films Got a great story, but I reckon it might be too complicated for me to get right in the time. I always get ripped when I try something a bit too ambitious in the time. It works better in the hustle and bustle of the OWC to have a really simple story, I find. Not that anyone cares. I'm just chatting...

If you have a ambitious story I'd stay tackle the challenge head on and try to write it. There's no penalty for not succeeding. The only way you will absolutely fail is if you don't even make an attempt. And you can always expand upon it later.

Quoted from khamanna Not only I cant write in that genre but also Im not a little bit interested in it( the worst I cant think of for me!

Should be a hell of a challenge for you. I'm not to keen on my genre either, but I'm running with it. And female characters have always been a problem for me, so I'm sorta double screwed. Oh well. Bring it on. I like these challenges because sometimes they really force me to step out of my comfort zone. Good luck to everyone involved! Can't wait to read what you guys come up with.


~Zack~

Strange how sometimes one can invent a hundred stories and other times... Absolutely nothing.

I had that with the fairy tales... Tried for a week to get a story.  Never got a single thing.

Start asking yourself some questions or set your own parameters.