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SimplyScripts Screenwriting Discussion Board    One Week Challenge    September, 2020 One Week Challenge  ›  Caller Unknown - OWC Moderators: LC
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mmmarnie
Posted: September 24th, 2020, 12:29am Report to Moderator
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I like the idea here but as is, it's confusing. I wasn't sure what Adam did to Kate but it's obvious he does bad things to people who call in for help...and that seems like a unique villain.  Sometimes these short challenges create a seed for something bigger.

Hope you work on this. It def has potential.


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Hi,

The characters and the dialogue are good and I think I understand the story, he's a rapist at the very least, Kate has contacted the cops and he's been set up and caught.
A good premise that a police call handler would use information to identify victims, if this was expanded to a feature this could be a great thriller.

Well done.


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OK, so from the 1st Slug, I know this is not an American writer, with the spelling of "CENTRE".

2nd sentence isn't a sentence as written, and reads very awkwardly because of it.  And, this 4 line passage unnecessarily ends with an unhappy little, lonely orphan.

"...the few other occupied cubicles on this graveyard shift." - we obviously don't where this is taking place, but night, graveyard shift, or whatever, an emergency call center would always be prepared for whatever amount of calls come in.

Adam would not be allowed to simply cut calls off short when he feels like it.

If Kate is her name, use it for all her dialogue, whether or not she's intro'd herself.

So, in reality, when this type of call comes in, a Supervisor would get involved as soon as humanly possible.  A 28 year old kid on the night shift would not be able to or allowed to deal with this.

The end.  Hmmm...rather confusing, or maybe more like there are several possibilities as to what took place, but considering there's a cop waiting for Adam, it appears this is some kind of setup for something he did 7 months ago - as in rape this woman.  And, that's pretty cool, actually...

...BUT...

It's all very far fetched to the point of being kind of ridiculous...to me, at least.

Listen...yeah, I know...movies/scripts/stories/whatever can be totally redonkulous and still work...very well at times.  I can see some really digging on this.  For me, it just doesn't quite work.

In terms of the dialogue, Kate's is quite good.  Adam's not so much.

When it's all said and done, I have to appreciate the creativeness on display here, and with some time and thought, this could be what it's trying to be and be a success.


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