April 2017 OWC

As promised, a new and original format!

Timeline: challenge announced 4/14, 10 PM EST

Scripts Due: 4/21 midnight

“Winner” of the challenge announced 2 weeks later

For those new around here: there’s no entrance free, no prizes...this is an exercise.

There will be 3 levels to the scoring:

Title and logline
Reader polling
A professional writer

Those 3 components will have equal weight.

Title and logline:

This scoring will be determined by special guest evaluator Carson Reeves, the scriptshadow. He will score each logline. This is not just about constructing a good logline...this is about coming up with a title and a concept that stands out, which is crucial to getting your project noticed.

Reader polling:

Each participant will get to score the other scripts: Poor  Fair  Good  Very Good  Excellent

Special judge:

A mystery professional writer has promised to read all of the scripts and give scorecards.

Everyone who enters should understand that it’s expected that they read as many scripts as they can and provide honest notes. We’re all in this together...quid pro quo



Now go get those Chinese keyboards before the stores run out!!!  

Woohoo!!!!  Love it!

Sounds great, Pia!

Loglines are not my bestest friend, but I'll sure make an effort on this one.

Looking forward to it.

Sweet! I can't wait for this.

~Zack~

A week to finish what I'm on with and clear the decks... bring it!

Wow. So this is very exciting!

Let's guess the genre and challenge!

Here's my humble guess.

Genre- Dance (i.e. Footloose, Dirty Dancing)
Challenge- An aging spy takes one last job.

Pure gold!

~Zack~

My first OWC!! I joined at a really perfect time, this seems like a mini nanowrimo for screenplays so there's a chance I'll actually finish this!

My guess...

Genre - Back to School

Challenge - A Mexican learns Chinese and falls in love with an Aussie

Best of luck HeyDaddy, these are a lot of fun.

Will take part in this one for sure.

Woah, you've got contacts, Pia! Maybe Matias is our pro-reader... it's exciting to guess even

Awesome! Thanks for doing this, Pia!

Looks like I'm finally gonna have to learn how to write a logline.

Aga! I got it - Pia is doing this OWC and James scarefest club. Only why is there 3 s (as in SSSC) as opposed to 4. It is SimplyScripts Scarefest Script Club. I see 4. Maybe SimplyScripts is being counted as one word or something.

Innovative approach here - sounds interesting

Cool

I have this feeling this could have a large entry...boom boom.

Exciting stuff

Quoted from khamanna Aga! I got it - Pia is doing this OWC and James scarefest club. Only why is there 3 s (as in SSSC) as opposed to 4. It is SimplyScripts Scarefest Script Club. I see 4. Maybe SimplyScripts is being counted as one word or something.

Khamanna has gone crazy. No one listen to her wild ravings.

Kham's gone all pirate too - Aga!  

This sounds like a very interesting collaboration, to say the least.

So, Carson's only logline and title, not reading and judging story?

Hmm, the plot thickens...

Oh wow!!!
This is a great opportunity for all of us to get a feel for the whole process.

I am SOOOO glad I got the flu this week and can be recovered by then.  I just need to hibernate until I feel better!

I hear there's a second Tuesday of the week coming soon.

PS. The topic is half-llama and it has to be set in the future!!

Dan

Quoted from LC Kham's gone all pirate too - Aga!

Ugh, Russian trips me - I thought there's aga in English, something you say when you discovered an interesting fact. Like something about James and his club.
(by the way, on FB you can switch your language settings to Pirate and it's a lot of fun)

Quoted from LC So, Carson's only logline and title, not reading and judging story?

I'm thinking he might not resist an interesting logline.

Kham,  I think you prob meant: Aha!
Twas funny either way.

My nipples, they scream with delight at this news!

Quoted from MarkRenshaw My nipples, they scream with delight at this news!

You, sir, have made my day. Well, you and your nipples.

~Zack~

Quoted from MarkRenshaw My nipples, they scream with delight at this news!

Or whenever a dog with a stubby tail passes by, I suspect.

just let me know how i can somehow spin the genre into a comedy

Quoted from SAC Or whenever a dog with a stubby tail passes by, I suspect.

You know me too well!

This looks like a great little challenge. Wish I was not swamped!

Quoted from khamanna Maybe Matias is our pro-reader... it's exciting to guess even

No. This is someone I met at Done Deal years ago.  

Quoted from LC So, Carson's only logline and title, not reading and judging story?

Correct.

Quoted from khamanna I'm thinking he might not resist an interesting logline.

I'm not sending him the scripts. Only title and loglines. I doubt he would search his way all over to this place just to find a short written in a week.

But, who knows, maybe he'll be so blown away by one of the logs concepts or such that he'll ask for the script.

See ya'll on Friday! I have the assignment figured. I like it. Wish I could take part.  

Dena, I know you'll stamp one out!  

As Calvin Candy once said "You had my curiosity, now you have my attention."

Tomorrow needs to hurry up!

~Zack~

Damn, all these OWC are coming fast and furious lately!

OH gawd... I really need to be doing a million other things but these challenges for some reason draw me in like a moth to a flame.... If it's horror... it will be hard to keep me away.

I hope it's action or maybe sci-fi! Been lookin' to try something new.

~Zack~

I hope it's romance, romcom, or pisser.

Okay. I've been gone for a while but this seems like a perfect time to get back in touch.
Looking forward to the challenge.

Quoted from Dreamscale I hope it's romance, romcom, or pisser.

I think you'll be happy.  

Wes, is that you??

Quoted from Grandma Bear I think you'll be happy.

I'm almost always happy!  I'll be even happier once I know what this challenge is all about and have a couple shots of Jager down my throat.

It's Friday! It's FRIDAY!!!!!  

~Zack~

Looking forward to this one - hope a decent idea emerges

Best guess re theme - either a war story, or Easter kids theme

C u you all tomorrow

Preteen love story where the boy's family is blown up, so he moves in with his lovergirl and then impregnates her, so her father tortures him in the basement.  When baby is born, "it" too is thrown in the basement and grows into killer creature, eating his father and ravaging all girls in the hood.

I'm pretty sure this will be the theme and challenge.

I'm hoping it's an experimental art house script and we are only allowed to use Braille.

Quoted from Dreamscale Preteen love story where the boy's family is blown up, so he moves in with his lovergirl and then impregnates her, so her father tortures him in the basement.  When baby is born, "it" too is thrown in the basement and grows into killer creature, eating his father and ravaging all girls in the hood. I'm pretty sure this will be the theme and challenge.

Jeff, you know me too well! I told you you'd be happy with this one.  

Quoted from MarkRenshaw I'm hoping it's an experimental art house script and we are only allowed to use Braille.

And in a non English language  

Quoted from Grandma Bear Jeff, you know me too well! I told you you'd be happy with this one.

Someone's gonna die then  

Quoted from Reef Dreamer Someone's gonna die then

Many people will die!!!

Don't forget Spiritual. Family.

Release the Kraken!!!!!!

Happy Easter Weekend to all SS'ers!!

Quoted from Dreamscale Release the Kraken!!!!!!

Yes. I also need the Kraken's tentacles all over me.

~Zack~