Come on 7WC!

24th July has nearly finished over here!

Sit tight Max! It will happen soon! I imagine the challenge won't be announce too late. I mean, what does a few hours matter when you've got 7 weeks?  

Quoted from Grandma Bear Sit tight Max! It will happen soon! I imagine the challenge won't be announce too late. I mean, what does a few hours matter when you've got 7 weeks?

If I don't get started right away I'll end up writing 45 pages instead of 90.

I watch an incredible amount of wrestling as well, which depletes my time for writing scripts.

I'd be interested at the end of the month.  

Sorry I've been away.  I have had a slew of issues.  The 250 deadline was today.  I barely got my script rewritten on time and sent it in.  I was hoping to get it read here, but, oh well.

That Impact series is due at the end of the month.

Then, I'm open.

On top of that, my health has been problematic.  And we are in the process of looking for a hew house.  Doing all that when you don't feel well is draining.

And the worst:  One of the side effects of my condition causes me to "radiate" heat all the time, like a mutant.  So, I can get hot, even in the dead of winter and only need a tank top and a pair of shorts.  I have even had to go outside in winter dressed like that to cool down.

In the summer, I die with the heat.  It's brutal.  So, I can't sleep due to the heat, but, I can't stay awake or focus, so, I drift here and there.  And it gets hot here in the summer.  And the humidity is the worse...

But, hopefully, I'm back to stay.
Dan

Quoted from DanC The 250 deadline was today.  I barely got my script rewritten on time and sent it in.  I was hoping to get it read here, but, oh well. Dan

Hey Dan, good to see you back.

You know the Scriptshadow deadline has another two weeks to go - Carson added to the deadline due to popular demand apparently, so, you could always email him and tell him you're putting in another draft in two weeks time, if you still wanted to get feedback here beforehand.

Anyway, glad you're feeling a bit better.

Quoted from LC Hey Dan, good to see you back. You know the Scriptshadow deadline has another two weeks to go - Carson added to the deadline due to popular demand apparently, so, you could always email him and tell him you're putting in another draft in two weeks time, if you still wanted to get feedback here beforehand. Anyway, glad you're feeling a bit better.

Hi Libby,
     I did NOT know that.  Where was that listed?  I just checked yesterday when I got the info and it still read Aug 1 11:59pm PST.  

Glad to be back.  I'm taking stuff slow.

If you'd like to read it, I will certainly send it to you, but, I thought it wasn't fair to ask anyone to read it under such tight circumstances.  However, if there are 2 more weeks, then that could alter stuff.  I'm sure he'd let me do that.  I hope...

Dan

http://scriptshadow.net/scriptshadow-screenwriting-contest-just-15-days-left/

Dan, I'm working on the 7WC at the moment but not everyone is doing it. Perhaps post your opening in the work in progress section to avoid the delay with general posting, to get some feedback?

You're not meant to send a script. You're meant to send a pitch that entices him to request your script.

Quoted from DustinBowcot You're not meant to send a script. You're meant to send a pitch that entices him to request your script.

From http://scriptshadow.net/the-scriptshadow-250-screenwriting-contest-starts-now/

4) Your submission should include:
a. The title of your script.
b. The genre of your script.
c. The logline of your script.
d. A pitch of why your script should be selected for the contest – up to 300 words.
e. A PDF attachment of your screenplay.

FAQs
Can we send in our loglines then send the script later on?  No.  You must send a PDF of your script ALONG WITH YOUR SUBMISSION. You can’t test out a query, see if I bite, and then go write the script if I say you’re in. Your script MUST BE SENT along with your query.

Quoted from PrussianMosby From http://scriptshadow.net/the-scriptshadow-250-screenwriting-contest-starts-now/ 4) Your submission should include: a. The title of your script. b. The genre of your script. c. The logline of your script. d. A pitch of why your script should be selected for the contest – up to 300 words. e. A PDF attachment of your screenplay. FAQs Can we send in our loglines then send the script later on?  No.  You must send a PDF of your script ALONG WITH YOUR SUBMISSION. You can’t test out a query, see if I bite, and then go write the script if I say you’re in. Your script MUST BE SENT along with your query.

Ah. I thought he was going to read the pitch and then ask to read the screenplay. Obviously I wouldn't pitch a screenplay I hadn't written yet as he could ask for the script right away. Anyway, good job, you clarified this for me, thanks.

Damn, that means I'm suddenly overloaded. I admit, I was going to polish the scripts when requested. They are fully written and viable. That means I need to polish two features and finish this one for the 7WC. Writing two for the 7WC is out of the question now.

Sigh.

I'm sure the rules were different when I read them.

One of the upsides of being temporally disabled - on crutches etc, not to be confused with those with more serious issues - is that I have had some free time.

Now up to p64

Had a good afternoon plotting which is helping the second half, but inevitably I wonder off which causes a few spin off issues. Going to need some checking for plot holes, but moving forward.

You guys are beasts.

I've been able to only write about 10 pages this past week, as I've been on vacation, so have been out most of the day and evenings. On the plus side, I took my notepad out with me most days, and have got most of the plot fully hashed out.

I'm accepting that this script will definitely be above the 100 page mark... probably nearer 110. It's going to be a classic red-herring heavy noirish detective story. So I just need the pages to fully flesh out the story.

Aiming to hit the halfway mark within the next two weeks.

Quoted from Reef Dreamer One of the upsides of being temporally disabled - on crutches etc, not to be confused with those with more serious issues - is that I have had some free time. Now up to p64 Had a good afternoon plotting which is helping the second half, but inevitably I wonder off which causes a few spin off issues. Going to need some checking for plot holes, but moving forward.

I'm rewriting my first draft right now, but you're not too far behind me. Mine's going to actually take a fairly large rewrite as there is lots more I want to incorporate, so you may well be ahead of me, depends how you work.

Nice going though. See you at the finish line.

Almost finished - p90

Got a lot of work to be done and it is the usual vomit draft, but there is a foundation.

I'm away for ten days so can use that time to think about the fine tuning, pacing, plot holes etc in that time.

Just seemed to come together.