Quoted from LC Nice one, Kham! Especially as you didn't enter this time around. I think surely it's just slipped your mind that you would have given mine a Rec too.

So we now know you didn't write any of these:

Quoted from Kham AMA, Destinations and Hattippers, Fair's Fare, Alternate Route.

... or, did you?

Quoted from MarkRenshaw I've noticed a few writers commenting on their own scripts in the last couple of OWC's to throw people off the scent! Sneaky!

I done that before. It usually backfires- either a) peeps will know I wrote it or b) my in depth comments make it so where other peeps won't comment because I said it all!


Note: I did not do that this time.

Quoted from DustinBowcot So we now know you didn't write any of these: ... or, did you?

Hmm... That is the question.
The other question is:  Unless I'm blind, where did Destinations & Hat-tippers go? Pulled?

Quoted from LC Hmm... That is the question. The other question is:  Unless I'm blind, where did Destinations & Hat-tippers go? Pulled?

D & H-T removed at the request of the writer who shall forever remain anonymous.

- Don

Was that the funeral one? If so, I had Henry down for that.

Quoted from DustinBowcot Was that the funeral one? If so, I had Henry down for that.

I think the operative reaction here is Hmm.
Henry

I did not enter, but I did comment on every script.

If I were voting, I'd vote for...

Driven to Death

followed by...

a 3 way tie for 2nd, with...

Fair's Fare, Red Light Indicates...and A.M.A.

Followed by a 3 way tie for 3rd, with...

Whiteout on Route 89, Speed Relationhiping, and Hard Fare

And a Special Consider to one of the most memorable scripts this time around...

Taxi Joe

Quoted from DustinBowcot Was that the funeral one? If so, I had Henry down for that.

Nah, it's about a woman who mournes her daughter. A beautiful script and now I'll never know the author. If I didn't know who wrote it -not me, be sure of that.

@the author - I won't tell anyone.

I never have a clue on who wrote what other than I can generally separate the U.S. writers vs. the Brits ( or are they Aussies???.

Quoted from khamanna Nah, it's about a woman who mournes her daughter.

Oh, yeah, I remember that one. Should've hung in there.

I still have some to read before voting. I probably won't be able to comment on all, and I'll have to go back through most to remind myself which was which. I made the mistake of not making notes.

I'll have more recommends and considers than usual. Kudos to all.

Henry

I don't understand why someone would pull their work.  My first ever entry did awful and I was crushed.  I just hung in there and took the criticisms as a bunch of jerks

KIDDING

NAH, I took the criticism to heart and used it to fix my errors and try to be a better writer.  Now, I'm tackling genres that I NEVER thought I'd write, like ever.

Last one was a comedy.  This one was a drama, for the most part.  Yes, there were issues, I tried a very difficult technical trick and it didn't work.  But, I can safely say that a year ago, I NEVER would have even attempted that.

I use these as a barometer of how I'm progressing as a writer.  Believe it or not, this one still had its critics, Dustin, Jeff, others, but, at least this time I also got a few compliments about how ambitious it was.  That made me feel good.

As writers, we have to pick and choose what each piece means and how the advice can help us.  

That's why if any of my friends rip it, I never take it personally.  I want to know the truth, no matter how awful.  At least here, I can fix it.

I'm working on rewrites of a few OWC.  I think I might try to fix this one too, simply because I want to have something from each genre in my bag of tricks.   You never know if you sell something, or a producer/director/person with cash might not like one story, but, interested in your style and ask you what else you have.  

I read stories like that all the time online.  So, I know they happen.  While I admit that the idea of being pigeon-holed into writing comedies or dramas for the rest of my life would terrify me (Hollywood is very much like the music industry in that they want the same over and over, no chances), I can alter my ideas to be more of the fringe of any genre and still be my story, at least I hope I can.  I mean, I can turn a slasher into a love story, right?

Like, Like, ahemmmm   Oh, I married an Axe Murderer.  Oh, that did bad at the box office...

Yeah, I'd be screwed, but, at least I'd have one sale

Dan

ps, I think people will be a bit surprised at what I wrote.  It's very different from everything else on this site.

Quoted from DanC I don't understand why someone would pull their work.  My first ever entry did awful and I was crushed.  I just hung in there and took the criticisms as a bunch of jerks

Lols, I'm having the opposite experience! My first one went really well, this one not so. Totally agree though, no one should be embarrassed enough to pull their effort down. Take your lumps, and learn from it, I know I will have to after this OWC!

TBH, I'd say all of the entries here have been of a good enough standard, so no one should be embarrassed. If anyone's having a crisis of conscience they just need to read some of the 1 pagers on the last challenge

So, I Married An Axe Murderer? My favorite Mike Myers movie!

I reckon the pulled one was from PrussianMoby.

I thought I recognised that poetic kind of style.

Quoted from Cameron Totally agree though, no one should be embarrassed enough to pull their effort down. Take your lumps, and learn from it, I know I will have to after this OWC!

To be fair, we don't know why the author removed it - may not have anything to do with criticism. Maybe they had an offer on it, or saw potential for a feature or any number of other reasons.