Quoted from dogglebe Martha Stewart's Dinner At Home?

Of all the books ever written, how the hell did you guess? Fucking mind reader, man. I'm telling you...

I'm embarrassed to say that I referred to this book, also.


Phil

I'm in! And it sucks goat nips.

Gary

Fourth and final draft now completed and submitted. Hopefully all spilling mistakes are now banished, some tidying up, removal of one or two things that did not work, addition of another few things that will work even less.

I am done.

Well done everyone, looking forward to reading everyones work.

Will be interesting to see how many we get in.

I wrote 5 pages at work today... don't look like I'll meet the deadline.  

Pia,

You still have time. i didn't know time had ran out.

One more page and your in....

Do it!

Shawn.....><

Submitted.  Planning to read all of them.

I'm out. Too bad because I really liked this OWC. Just totally ran out of time.

Good luck everyone!  

Submitting mine now.  Just added a new ending for your reading enjoyment.

Look forward to reading everyone's scripts and congrats to all who got done so fast, just got done, or about to get done.

Good stuff!

When is a subject or content sub-horror?
Is it like... intense drama while not necessarily horrific?!
"You must be this high to scare people or at least make 'em squirmy"?
Is Mommy Dearest horror?
Slingblade?
Marathon Man?
Nights in Rodanthe?


I'm sorry, Mr/Mrs Screenwriter. According to The League of United Horror Writers of America we find your usage of blood and gore to be... not quite up to our standards. Although your torture sequences were indeed "intense" the 1.5 centimeters of bone exposed failed to meet our minimum criteria to qualify as horror as defined in the LUHWA guidebook.
We look forward to your next work.

Boo!
Pickles the Taxidermy Clown


Shawn, TY

Ray,

I say this with all respect.

You're a trip.

Shawn.....><

Just submitted.  The story actually ended up darker than I thought when I came up with the idea last night.  Don't know if it's good, but its definitely horror.

And now, to drink more heavily.

Quoted from RayW When is a subject or content sub-horror? Is it like... intense drama while not necessarily horrific?! "You must be this high to scare people or at least make 'em squirmy"? Is Mommy Dearest horror? Slingblade? Marathon Man? Nights in Rodanthe?

That would depend on the writer's intent, I believe.  If the writer want to primarily frighten you, then it would be a horror script.  The movies that you mentioned are dramas with frightening elements to it.

There are those who say that A Christmas Carol is a horror story because it is about a man who is haunted by ghosts.  In Hamlet, the prince is haunted by the ghost of his murdered father.  Are these really horror stories?


Phil

I see both points here. As someone who watches VERY little TV and has not been to a movie in over ten years, my definition of horror may vary from the average person here.

I do have the insite of being a PI for several years. My primary area was in patholigy documentation.

Nothing IMO has more horror than reality. The public seems to agree as well for the most part. A safe seat watching  NCIS, SVU, and others reminds us, we all have a morbid facination with terror. But only at a safe distance.

It has been my experience, it is not the gore, but the reality when experiencing that gore that another human being created the carnage.

In my book, be it reality, or not, scary differs greatly from horror. Scary gives you goose bumps. Horror makes you double check the windows and doors.

Shawn.....><

submitted and awaiting confirmation.