Whilst out metal detecting a metal detectorist has an accident rendering them unconscious. Upon awakening they start hearing voices in their head.

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Write a 6 to 10 page properly formatted script on the theme.

Submit scripts to SimplyScripts.com/OWC by Friday, April 22nd at midnight (est).

THE USUAL:

This isn't a contest. It's a challenge. There are no official prizes.

You can revise your script as many times as you wish up until the deadline.

Do not put your real name(s) on your script; this is an anonymous challenge. However, please use your real name(s) when submitting your script.

After the challenge closes you can either have your script removed or resubmit your script with your name on it.

Participants must read and comment/review in the discussion board at least 10 other scripts submitted or your work will be removed (no harm, no foul. I understand that life gets in the way.

Please put (c) 2022 on your title page.

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Please do not rate scripts in your review.


Clarifying questions:

What is metal detecting?

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You weren't kidding. That is really specific.  

Okay... not exactly like National Treasure... but I can work with this.

Cool.

Work begins.

Nice! Gonna start brainstorming.

Cawood should love this one!  

I just have to decide which genre I want to write. I have ideas for two.

The theme is interesting. I'd like to give it a try. I don't know if I can because I have my personal matter to take care of. I will try my best.

Michael

I forgot to ask. "Upon awakening they start hearing voices in their head." Are more than one person hearing voices
in their head or just one person hearing voices?

Thanks

Michael

OMG... an OWC specifically about my other hobby, amazing!

Now I just have to find some time to write a script!

For anyone looking for inspiration, coupled with me looking an idiot, check out my detecting channel on Youtube...

https://www.youtube.com/c/tcDetects

Anthony -- no way! What a great coincidence. Clicked around the channel a bit. That's awesome.

Anyway, I can't decide whether to enter this OWC or just take up metal detecting.

Quoted from AnthonyCawood OMG... an OWC specifically about my other hobby, amazing! Now I just have to find some time to write a script! For anyone looking for inspiration, coupled with me looking an idiot, check out my detecting channel on Youtube... https://www.youtube.com/c/tcDetects

Sweet! My wife and I bought a detector after watching The Detectorists on ACORN TV. We've only taken it out a couple of times, but, hope to do more.

Also, for anyone who hasn't seen it, The Detectorists is a really good show. Subtle, but fun.

I always have voices in my head so I'm going to write my own biography.

It was Detectorists, great show, the writing is phenomenal, that got me into that I usually call my outdoor hobby!

Quoted from PKCardinal Sweet! My wife and I bought a detector after watching The Detectorists on ACORN TV. We've only taken it out a couple of times, but, hope to do more. Also, for anyone who hasn't seen it, The Detectorists is a really good show. Subtle, but fun.

Which detector did you buy?

Quoted from MichaelYu I forgot to ask. "Upon awakening they start hearing voices in their head." Are more than one person hearing voices in their head or just one person hearing voices? Thanks Michael

Could just mean : he or she?
Don will need to clarify on cast number.

Quoted from AnthonyCawood OMG... an OWC specifically about my other hobby, amazing! Now I just have to find some time to write a script! For anyone looking for inspiration, coupled with me looking an idiot, check out my detecting channel on Youtube... https://www.youtube.com/c/tcDetects

We'll be expecting big things from you, Ant!  
Anyone seen this Aussie production?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6020800/

They weren't metal detecting, but this instantly came to mind. Harrowing, and a mind-bender.

Edit: Forgot to paste the link.

This idea sounds really cool. Wonder what inspired Don?  

Quoted from MichaelYu I forgot to ask. "Upon awakening they start hearing voices in their head." Are more than one person hearing voices in their head or just one person hearing voices? Thanks Michael

One person.  This is me being non gender specific.

- Don

Quoted from LC This idea sounds really cool. Wonder what inspired Don?

Athol Forsyth

Quoted from Don Whilst out metal detecting a >metal detectorist has an accident rendering them unconscious. Upon awakening they start hearing voices in their head.

They? Them? So there really are voices inside his head  

I'm betting at least three writers are playing around with the idea of naming their script,  "What Metal Detectorists Want."

Which is the sequel we are all waiting for! Well, Anthony is anyway.

Quoted from DarrenJamesSeeley They? Them? So there really are voices inside his head

He/She hears voices in his/her head.

Don

I think I may have something. Now, just to write it.

Libby - Gold looks great, will need to find that somewhere!

I have myself an idea and I've started working on it. I think I may be in for this one.

Have an inkling of an idea. Let’s see if I can flash it out a bit.

Love this subject.  Script submitted.

Quoted from SAC Have an inkling of an idea. Let’s see if I can flash it out a bit.

And after I “flash” it out, then I can flesh out my script.

Quoted from SAC And after I “flash” it out, then I can flesh out my script.

I thought for sure that was a deliberate pun on discovering all that glitters under the earth.  

Quoted from steven8 Love this subject.  Script submitted.

Wow!

Quoted from LC Wow!

Can't help it.  When a subject clicks, and the story drops into your head as JK says, then you lay there in bed and it plays out over and over in your mind, getting better every time, you just have to write it down...and I'm happy with it.  We'll just have to wait and see what others think.  

Quoted from steven8 Can't help it.  When a subject clicks, and the story drops into your head as JK says, then you lay there in bed and it plays out over and over in your mind, getting better every time, you just have to write it down...and I'm happy with it.  We'll just have to wait and see what others think.

Yes, wow. Between work and getting ready for a big holiday dinner I haven't even started yet, but I have been writing a few ideas down on paper (scrapped 2 ideas so far).

Can't wait to read all the scripts. I love the OWC.

Quoted from AnthonyCawood It was Detectorists, great show, the writing is phenomenal, that got me into that I usually call my outdoor hobby!

Yes, Detectorists. No "The." Thanks for the correction!

Mad props to Mackenzie Crook. So good. And, Toby Jones is always good.

Anyway, to answer your other question from a separate comment, we bought the Fisher F22. (I say "we" but my wife really lead the charge.)

We've found multiple crushed cans and little else. Our big find was a brass hose nozzle. We had lost it when we first moved into our house 20 years ago. It must have rolled down our driveway and slowly been buried over the years. We cleaned it up and started using it again. So, that's $5 saved.

At least we knew what we were getting into!

First draft is done. I'm now going to tinker with it for eternity.

I liked the theme. Unfortunately, I won't enter due to my personal matter to take care of. Maybe, I enter next time.

Have a nice day!

Michael

I'm gonna have to bow out of this one. Got a good opportunity that I can't pass up. But I'll try and read as many as I can.

Quoted from Zack I'm gonna have to bow out of this one. Got a good opportunity that I can't pass up. But I'll try and read as many as I can.

Drop and give us one!

Quoted from Zack I'm gonna have to bow out of this one. Got a good opportunity that I can't pass up. But I'll try and read as many as I can.

But Zack, I was so looking forward to the many, many horrible things you can do with a metal detector.

- Don

I have a script written. Just wondering if I should truly submit it. I think I might've broken a rule in the theme, but eh, that didn't stop me from writing!

Sean

Quoted from Zombie Sean I have a script written. Just wondering if I should truly submit it. I think I might've broken a rule in the theme, but eh, that didn't stop me from writing! Sean

If you've written about a mental detectorist,  we'll that's an easy mistake to make.

Quoted from MarkRenshaw If you've written about a mental detectorist,  we'll that's an easy mistake to make.

Quoted from Zombie Sean I have a script written. Just wondering if I should truly submit it. I think I might've broken a rule in the theme, but eh, that didn't stop me from writing! Sean

Sean,

Now we all want to read this script.  We're intrigued.  You must submit it. It would be against the rules* if you didn't submit it now after all this hype.

- Don

*There are no rules. It's not a contest.  It's a challenge. You're already a winner.

Quoted from MarkRenshaw If you've written about a mental detectorist,  we'll that's an easy mistake to make.

It would still fit the theme.  Under the American's with Disabilities Act, I have to take dyslexia into consideration when accepting or rejecting entries to the OWC.  I can't penalize an entrant because of his/her/their disability.

I think in another thread I decided that it would be against the rules if I didn't accept the entry.

- Don

Quoted from MarkRenshaw If you've written about a mental detectorist,  we'll that's an easy mistake to make.

Shoot, I wrote about a metal detective! Back to the drawing boards…

Sean

Quoted from Don Sean, Now we all want to read this script.  We're intrigued.  You must submit it. It would be against the rules* if you didn't submit it now after all this hype. - Don *There are no rules. It's not a contest.  It's a challenge. You're already a winner.

The suspense is killing you!

Perfect…

Sean

Quoted from Zombie Sean Shoot, I wrote about a metal detective! Back to the drawing boards… Sean

mental detectorist
metal detectorist
metal detective
mental detective
Tinman from The Wizard of Oz

are all, under the American's with Disabilities Act, legitimate protags.

This makes me feel better, as I wrote a script about somebody who hears vices.

Quoted from Don mental detectorist metal detectorist metal detective mental detective Tinman from The Wizard of Oz are all, under the American's with Disabilities Act, legitimate protags.

What about a mental defective? Basically an autobiographical script.  

Quoted from PKCardinal This makes me feel better, as I wrote a script about somebody who hears vices.

Love it. This OWC is going to be wild!

It's been a while but how could I pass up a OWC with a mezcal distillery theme. After all, it IS the vice in my head!

Submitted.

Great. Just when I decided to write my desktop that had FDR (and all my work on it!) crashed. I'm gonna try save it all on a harddrive and trash the comp.

Good luck to all. I'm gonna read while at work. My cubicle is the best - you should see it, I see ppl comps and they don't see me.

I may have something to submit. Keep my place at the bottom of the list.  

Submitted! WOO!

I might have something. Game day decision on this one. Good luck to all!!

Mighty quiet around here....

Quoted from JEStaats Mighty quiet around here....

Yep. Often that means writing frantically to the deadline. Let's hope so.

Quoted from JEStaats Mighty quiet around here....

Too mighty quiet.



I just hit submit. Goal for the week was to finish what I started, as I am currently stalled (for the first time ever) on 3 separate projects (I have 2 complete first acts and the first 10 pages of a novel based on an existing script.) I just keep creating new projects when I get stuck. Was looking for this OWC to unstick me. Let's see if it worked. Circling back to the first script to finish it!!

It was until these people started, "It's mighty quiet'n".

- Don

Yo, Don, just wanted to point out that when I click on the submit link at the top of the page, it just refreshes to the same page. I had to use the link in this thread to submit.

Could just be me. It usually is.

That is weird. When I went to bed it said there was 5 hours left of the countdown. 7.5 hrs of sleep later, and 2 hours lare eft on the countdown...my mental detector is ringing!

Mark, when time's up I think it just starts counting again unless Don removes it.
It's also Don's way of messing with your head to get you into The Twilight Zone

Unless it's just my poor memory... but haven't the words changed to 'Time since event started'?

That makes sense, kinda, but it is making my brain implode.

Quoted from AnthonyCawood Unless it's just my poor memory... but haven't the words changed to 'Time since event started'?

Yes. No flies on you, Ant. I've seen that before too.
I don't have all the answers.
Only Don does.  

Quoted from MarkRenshaw That makes sense, kinda, but it is making my brain implode.

I'm pretty sure that's the aim.  
Don't worry. This too will pass.

Sorry to not be in this one. My kids got covid last weekend and my wife got it a few days ago. I've been taking care of them and cleaning a lot, no time or creative energy for this.

Our neighbors have it too, they got it just after we spent time with them last. I feel like I'm dodging covid like Neo from The Matrix.

Quoted from ReneC Sorry to not be in this one. My kids got covid last weekend and my wife got it a few days ago. I've been taking care of them and cleaning a lot, no time or creative energy for this. Our neighbors have it too, they got it just after we spent time with them last. I feel like I'm dodging covid like Neo from The Matrix.

Oh, dear. Hope you manage to continue to kick Covid's butt, Rene.

Hope you all recover quickly Rene!

Quoted from ReneC Sorry to not be in this one. My kids got covid last weekend and my wife got it a few days ago. I've been taking care of them and cleaning a lot, no time or creative energy for this. Our neighbors have it too, they got it just after we spent time with them last. I feel like I'm dodging covid like Neo from The Matrix.

Sorry to hear that, Rene. Speedy recovery to one and all. I was in a similar boat a few weeks ago when my wife and son caught it a few days before our holiday to Florida and we had to cancel.

I thought I was gonna get it for sure but my daughter and I somehow got a covid hall pass that time. It's a nasty virus for sure. Even though both had mild cases,  both are still suffering a few weeks after testing negative with a cough that wont quit and getting out of breath easily. My wife had to take short breaks even going up the stairs!

I thought I was dodging it too. No such luck, tested positive this morning. Really hoping it's mild, but I have a bad feeling about this.

Quoted from ReneC I thought I was dodging it too. No such luck, tested positive this morning. Really hoping it's mild, but I have a bad feeling about this.

Oh cr*p.  Fingers crossed for you, Rene.  You need to stay well enough to take care of everyone else.  

Quoted from ReneC I thought I was dodging it too. No such luck, tested positive this morning. Really hoping it's mild, but I have a bad feeling about this.

I hope it's a mild case.  

Damn, sorry to hear this. How are you feeling this morning?

Quoted from ReneC I thought I was dodging it too. No such luck, tested positive this morning. Really hoping it's mild, but I have a bad feeling about this.

Oh, man. So sorry to hear this. I have everything crossed for you. With most people it is mild at the moment so let's hope you hardly notice it.

Sorry to hear about your test. This Covid crap is nothing to take lightly. Even if you're triple vaxxed it does weird things to people in a LOT of different ways. I've got all the shots, but tested positive first week in January. Felt fine except for a little sleepy. My husband had a scratchy throat for one day. That was it, until a couple of days later, I got up to go to the bathroom at night and fainted. Something I've never done in my life. I fell flat on my back and hit my head hard on the stone floor. I was out for 20 minutes... Not only did I get a concussion, but a fracture as well. Took 2.5 months to heal and now I have a flat spot in the back of my head. A few days later, the news came about Bob Saget. Apparently he was feeling great, but was Covid positive when he died. I would be willing to bet that what happened to him is the same thing that happened to me. So be careful everyone. You might be vaxxed and feeling great, but this thing can still get you when you least expect it.

Quoted from Grandma Bear Sorry to hear about your test. This Covid crap is nothing to take lightly. Even if you're triple vaxxed it does weird things to people in a LOT of different ways. I've got all the shots, but tested positive first week in January. Felt fine except for a little sleepy. My husband had a scratchy throat for one day. That was it, until a couple of days later, I got up to go to the bathroom at night and fainted. Something I've never done in my life. I fell flat on my back and hit my head hard on the stone floor. I was out for 20 minutes... Not only did I get a concussion, but a fracture as well. Took 2.5 months to heal and now I have a flat spot in the back of my head. A few days later, the news came about Bob Saget. Apparently he was feeling great, but was Covid positive when he died. I would be willing to bet that what happened to him is the same thing that happened to me. So be careful everyone. You might be vaxxed and feeling great, but this thing can still get you when you least expect it.

Yikes!!! Glad to hear you're okay.

Finished reading them all and voted. Well done to all who entered.

When is the winner announced?

Not for a good while yet, Athol.

People need to read and review, votes need to be tallied, Guess Who Wrote What goes up at some point when the majority have been reviewed. Usually a week at least.

Don has asked us to get our votes in by Friday so probably the winner will be announced sometime over the weekend.

Thanks LC and Mark

I've got my winner, I wonder if it matches up to the chosen one ?

Quoted from AtholForsyth When is the winner announced?

There are no winners.  It's a challenge, not a contest.  Just by finishing a scripts makes everyone a winner.  

The Writers' Choice, however,  will be announced on Saturday or when all the ballots are in.

- Don

Quoted from Don There are no winners.

No winner, nor chicken dinner.

My chad-free ballot has been deposited.

Quoted from ReneC Sorry to not be in this one. My kids got covid last weekend and my wife got it a few days ago. I've been taking care of them and cleaning a lot, no time or creative energy for this. Our neighbors have it too, they got it just after we spent time with them last. I feel like I'm dodging covid like Neo from The Matrix.

Get well soon, you and your family!

Quoted from Grandma Bear Sorry to hear about your test. This Covid crap is nothing to take lightly. Even if you're triple vaxxed it does weird things to people in a LOT of different ways. I've got all the shots, but tested positive first week in January. Felt fine except for a little sleepy. My husband had a scratchy throat for one day. That was it, until a couple of days later, I got up to go to the bathroom at night and fainted. Something I've never done in my life. I fell flat on my back and hit my head hard on the stone floor. I was out for 20 minutes... Not only did I get a concussion, but a fracture as well. Took 2.5 months to heal and now I have a flat spot in the back of my head. A few days later, the news came about Bob Saget. Apparently he was feeling great, but was Covid positive when he died. I would be willing to bet that what happened to him is the same thing that happened to me. So be careful everyone. You might be vaxxed and feeling great, but this thing can still get you when you least expect it.

Woah, Pia, what a story. Reading about Bob Saget right now - scary, I didn't know he tested positive for Covid and thus lost his consciousness.
Hope it's all in the past for you!

Quoted from khamanna Woah, Pia, what a story. Reading about Bob Saget right now - scary, I didn't know he tested positive for Covid and thus lost his consciousness. Hope it's all in the past for you!

Well, they said he was Covid+ but asymptomatic when he died. he fell and hit his head. Lightheadedness and fainting are some of the numerous effects of Covid. That's why I said, I'd be willing to bet. I have no way of knowing that was the case. Regardless, one of the scariest things I've ever experienced.