Quoted from Jeremiah Johnson Dreamscale

No, the other Jeff. The only one I know is Dreamscale.

Quoted from DustinBowcot No, the other Jeff. The only one I know is Dreamscale.

Ah, that would be me!  

Quoted from Equinox Sorry to disappoint you Dan, Evil Genesis doesn't qualify - it's too long

Funny you should say that Thorsten.  The very first version of this story was, in fact, a comedy.  And the class was roaring.

It was a "this is the worst day of my life" kinda story.  Where it starts bad, and just gets worse.  

Then it hit me, this story isn't funny, it's damn scary.  There is such a fine line between horror and comedy.  I can recall watching Cable man (I think that was the story) with Jim Carrey.  He stalks this guy.  I found that to be more scary then funny.  The scene where the spider walks across his face had shivers going up and down my spine...

So, yes, Evil Genesis COULD be that story, just not the version you read.  I really should tackle that at some point and do a major rewrite.  I think I'm a better writer today then I was back then.  And I admit that the story would need major finances to do.  I might be better off writing something that won't cost 100M to make...

Dan

Let me ask everyone a question:

What if we all chipped in a bit more and we did these once a month?  And then once every six months, we did a full feature?  I'd love to do these more often, but, I know and respect that Don can only do so much.

So, if we all chipped in and helped out, we could do these more often...

Who's in and who knows what'd be involved to make this happen?

Dan

Quoted from Mr. Blonde You had it pretty close, Pia. I miss the contests sometimes. I got so bored after reviewing all of the scripts once, that I sat down to figure out the grading algorithm. Lol. Jan - Logline. Feb - 5 Page. Mar - 5 Page. Apr - First 10. May - 5 Page Jun - 10 Page Jul - 5 Page Aug - Feature. Sep - 5 Page. Oct - 5 Page. Nov - Short Film. Dec - Open 5 Page. That would be the worst if SS went down, too. Still, everything comes to an end at some point. It just doesn't have to be for a while. =)

Dan,
It looks like there is somewhat of a "schedule" already.  I want to participate more, but my stupid "working for a living" is getting in my way!  I'll try to get more involved here too.  I like that more are willing to participate, even though that puts my chances of "winning" (it's not a contest!) even less.  If only two or three submit, I'll at least get second or third!  

Quoted from DanC Let me ask everyone a question: What if we all chipped in a bit more and we did these once a month?  And then once every six months, we did a full feature?  I'd love to do these more often, but, I know and respect that Don can only do so much. So, if we all chipped in and helped out, we could do these more often... Who's in and who knows what'd be involved to make this happen? Dan

You can have too much of a good thing.

The way these come around makes everyone want to participate. If they were more regular, then they'd become the norm. Normal isn't as exciting, IMO.

Quoted from DustinBowcot You can have too much of a good thing. The way these come around makes everyone want to participate. If they were more regular, then they'd become the norm. Normal isn't as exciting, IMO.

I agree.

MP was completely different and sort of ran on auto pilot. At SS, Don has to do everything.

I think we'd get bored if it were monthly, as it is we get a nice build up in these threads, then the 'fun' of the challenge itself, then the guessing about who wrote what, and finally the scoring... seems pretty good

I need to man up and post the script I wrote for the last OWC - the game thing. I haven't finished back then, so haven't submitted to the OWC.

(this is just me talking to myself - I sometimes do, so why not to do it here)

Yeah, c'mon girl, man up.  

Seriously though. Kham, I talk to myself all the time. I think a lot of writers do, going over dialogue etc. These days it's good too, everybody looks like a bit of a loon, plenty of people appear as if they're yapping to themselves with phones, ear buds etc. Anyone passes you all you need to do is tack on a 'talk to you later' and you look just like the rest of them... If you even care.  

Quoted from LC These days it's good too, everybody looks like a bit of a loon,

Quoted from LC tack on a 'talk to you later' and you look just like the rest of them... If you even care.

High five to dat!!!

The main thing here is not to get into a fight)

Quoted from khamanna I need to man up and post the script I wrote for the last OWC - the game thing. I haven't finished back then, so haven't submitted to the OWC. (this is just me talking to myself - I sometimes do, so why not to do it here)

I drive about 300km twice a week and I talk to myself all the time, sometimes I watch my scripts or new story ideas as movies in my head. I guess that's some kind of outlining as well.

Quoted from Equinox I drive about 300km twice a week and I talk to myself all the time, sometimes I watch my scripts or new story ideas as movies in my head. I guess that's some kind of outlining as well.

Well, you just took talking to yourself to the whole other level!! I'll definitely try it.

ah, but will it start tomorrow night???

lets hope so, even if I'm away

Ladies and gents, the OWC theme will be announced tonight at 10PM EST. =)