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FrankM
Posted: January 31st, 2019, 4:50pm Report to Moderator
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Quoted from James McClung
I may or may not be out. I have a concept that meets all criteria for the challenge and a pile of notes. It's still got issues, and I expect the lack of time remaining may hurt the execution. The script will be written regardless, and I plan on posting a polished version at a later date if I miss the deadline. I also plan on reviewing entries whether or not I enter myself.


I am in a similar boat.

Except my boat is red and full of roses and chocolates.


Feature-length scripts:
Who Wants to Be a Princess? (Family)
Glass House (Horror anthology)

TV pilots:
"Kord" (Fantasy)
"Mal Suerte" (Superhero)

Additional scripts are listed here.
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Dreamscale
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Update...

I have "FADE IN:" on the page now.

It's too early to start drinking, but maybe I need to.  I've got to get this thing going!!!
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I went back and reread mine and it’s god awful. Doesn’t make any sense. I may be too embarrassed to enter it, even though one of 2019 goals was to enter at least two challenges. Damn goal setting!



Quoted from Khamanna
Don' t worry. My entry will totally have your back. I started reading it and wondered what I was trying to say there.



I like it guys a little bit of reverse Psychology.
That way if it does get slammed you're already covered with "i told you so"

Don't worry my entry is really shit too
i mean you'll be able to smell the stench coming through your laptop when you read it   


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Matthew Taylor
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we are writing Rom-Coms, they are going to suck regardless.

Think I'm done with mine. I keep rewriting it, but at this point all i'm doing is sprinkling glitter on shit.

I'm actually not feeling to bad about it, but I know that as soon as I start reading other entries I'm gonna have an "uh oh..." moment


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Two steps to writing a good screenplay:
1) Write a bad one
2) Fix it
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Quoted from Matthew Taylor
we are writing Rom-Coms, they are going to suck regardless.

Think I'm done with mine. I keep rewriting it, but at this point all i'm doing is sprinkling glitter on shit.

I'm actually not feeling to bad about it, but I know that as soon as I start reading other entries I'm gonna have an "uh oh..." moment


They are going to be tough. The Rom part is easy. The Com part is tough!!!. Especially in a short. In a feature you have more time to establish your characters and situations and get a chance to get some laughs out of the situations you put them in. That's a high bar in a five to ten pager.

Like I said before, I am expecting to smile more than to laugh with these and hope peeps are not too tough on the comedic element because humor is so subjective in the first place.


My Scripts can all be seen here:

https://dlambertson.wixsite.com/scripts
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FrankM
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Quoted from eldave1
They are going to be tough. The Rom part is easy. The Com part is tough!!!. Especially in a short. In a feature you have more time to establish your characters and situations and get a chance to get some laughs out of the situations you put them in. That's a high bar in a five to ten pager.

Like I said before, I am expecting to smile more than to laugh with these and hope peeps are not too tough on the comedic element because humor is so subjective in the first place.


I didn’t find this post funny at all, but the two paragraphs did have good chemistry with each other. That’s quite impressive for such a short piece.


Feature-length scripts:
Who Wants to Be a Princess? (Family)
Glass House (Horror anthology)

TV pilots:
"Kord" (Fantasy)
"Mal Suerte" (Superhero)

Additional scripts are listed here.
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eldave1
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Quoted from FrankM


I didn’t find this post funny at all, but the two paragraphs did have good chemistry with each other. That’s quite impressive for such a short piece.


Well done!


My Scripts can all be seen here:

https://dlambertson.wixsite.com/scripts
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Honestly, you Dave, and you, Frank ,should team up together...

Apart from my hubby you two crack me up on a regular basis.  

P.S. Romantic comedy (also known as the portmanteaus romedy or romcom) is a genre with light-hearted, humorous plotlines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles.[1] One dictionary definition is "a funny movie, play, or television program about a love story that ends happily".[2] Another definition suggests that its "primary distinguishing feature is a love plot in which two sympathetic and well-matched lovers are united or reconciled" wiki btw.

We're not writing screwball here.
Of course I'm only posting that cause if I'm lucky enough to even get something up I don't want to ready: Nope, not funny, not funny enough! Pre-emptive strike.


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I cannot decide which of the two I make red - roses or chocolates. I feel like it's important and may decide against submitting for that very reason.
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Rom coms aren't comedies. The comedy is the light tone, the chuckles, the anticipation without a ton of tension. Romantic movies are pure emotion and heart, rom coms lighten things up a bit.

At least, that's how I approached mine and how I'm going to be reading them.

And, for the record, this is my very first attempt at anything in this genre. I'm honestly happy I even came up with something that seems to fit, and I look forward to getting thoroughly flogged in the reviews.  


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Kham, how about cherry flavoured chocolate roses?


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Quoted from LC
Honestly, you Dave, and you, Frank ,should team up together...

Apart from my hubby you two crack me up on a regular basis.  

P.S. Romantic comedy (also known as the portmanteaus romedy or romcom) is a genre with light-hearted, humorous plotlines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles.[1] One dictionary definition is "a funny movie, play, or television program about a love story that ends happily".[2] Another definition suggests that its "primary distinguishing feature is a love plot in which two sympathetic and well-matched lovers are united or reconciled" wiki btw.

We're not writing screwball here.
Of course I'm only posting that cause if I'm lucky enough to even get something up I don't want to ready: Nope, not funny, not funny enough! Pre-emptive strike.


What she said.  


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Rom coms aren't comedies. The comedy is the light tone, the chuckles, the anticipation without a ton of tension. Romantic movies are pure emotion and heart, rom coms lighten things up a bit.

At least, that's how I approached mine and how I'm going to be reading them.

And, for the record, this is my very first attempt at anything in this genre. I'm honestly happy I even came up with something that seems to fit, and I look forward to getting thoroughly flogged in the reviews.  

Ouch, I hit the wrong button.

Anyway, what Rene said!
'Cept I got nothing yet.




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Dreamscale
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Time to drink here!

I have a couple pages and I know where I'm going.  I've been laughing my arse off every time I reread what I have, but then again, my kind of humor isn't for everyone.

I'll get mine done, but I doubt it goes over as well as I had planned.

Time for a shot of Jagie!!!
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Zack
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Quoted from Dreamscale
Time to drink here!

I have a couple pages and I know where I'm going.  I've been laughing my arse off every time I reread what I have, but then again, my kind of humor isn't for everyone.

I'll get mine done, but I doubt it goes over as well as I had planned.

Time for a shot of Jagie!!!


Now I'm starting to get excited.  

Zack


I like my stories Simple. Straightforward. A to B. No C.

Check out my features!

PUMPKIN GUTS

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JEEPERS CREEPERS III
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