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ReneC
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3 and a half days remaining...there's still time for inspiration to strike or a flurry of fast-paced writing to bang out an entry. You can squeeze 5 pages into a busy schedule. 5 little pages. Just 5. I dare ya.


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Quoted from Matthew Taylor


Step 1 - Write a script that you believe to be super badass that everyone will love (pay attention to the criteria)

Step 2 - Submit said script, sit back with a glass of wine and bask in that awesome proud feeling you get when finishing a masterpiece (TIP: Enjoy that feeling of optimism while it lasts)

Step 3 - Check the site and see your entry has a couple of comments. With heart in mouth (and clinging on to that optimism from step 2), read the comments.

Step 4 - Cry in a dark room and try to stitch back together the pieces of your script that have been brutally dissected.

Step 5 - Read and comment on as many scripts as you can

Step 6 - check the latest comments on your entry, scream to yourself "YES I KNOW THAT BIT SUCKS! 6 PEOPLE HAVE POINTED IT OUT ALREADY!"

Step 7 - The dust begins to settle. You come to terms with the negative comments and your mind will go 1 of 2 ways (Pick the appropriate one below)
              (A) You take on board the comments, see others point of view, maybe even patterns
                     emerge in the array of advice, and you use them to advance your writing
              (B) You think "Fuck them! what do they know? they can't see that this is a
                    masterpiece!" and vow never to grow or adapt as a writer

Step 8 - (If you picked 7A) - Wait for the next OWC and vow to do better
             (If you picked 7B) - Flee SS with your tail between your legs


Seriously though, have fun  

I only have two bits of advice:-

1) Read and comment on as many entries as you can
2) Being anonymous, everyone is judged by the same standard (Whether seasoned or novice) so some of the comments can seem brutal at first (More so than comments on the general submission). But most people here genuinely want to help - nothing is personal.



Sounds like the definitive writing experience... Checks all the emotional boxes

Thanks for the advice. Looking forward to the other scripts
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Quoted from ReneC
3 and a half days remaining...there's still time for inspiration to strike or a flurry of fast-paced writing to bang out an entry. You can squeeze 5 pages into a busy schedule. 5 little pages. Just 5. I dare ya.


You think 5, then start writing. It goes over 5. It nears 10. Then 12. Now how to submit twelve? You think I should have started. You close it to never come back to it. But you can't leave it alone. You open it and cut. And cut. And add, cos after the cuts it doesn't make sense. And now you're back at 12. With an hour until the deadline. And you don't submit.

I'll be smarter this time. I can avoid all of this.
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On a scale of 1-10  (1 being like Ice, 10 being the raging fires of hell)
How pissed will people be if I submit something but don't get to read/comment on many entries?

I don't know how many entries there will be but the multiple submissions thing has me worried there will be more than I can handle (Got an exam coming up I should really revise for)

Or I could submit it but DQ myself, then you guys have the choice of whether to read it or not


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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
On a scale of 1-10  (1 being like Ice, 10 being the raging fires of hell)
How pissed will people be if I submit something but don't get to read/comment on many entries?

I don't know how many entries there will be but the multiple submissions thing has me worried there will be more than I can handle (Got an exam coming up I should really revise for)

Or I could submit it but DQ myself, then you guys have the choice of whether to read it or not


I don't expect there to be many, but really it's anybody's guess. Submit, and if the read is overwhelming you can decide to DQ yourself or accept the tongue lashings for not reading. You've been a very active reader in the past so maybe some people will give you a pass for an outstanding track record.


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So I have two assignments I'm working on so I was definitely going to skip this one...

Then I had an idea last night

Sleep - fuck it!


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No attempts at even starting over here yet, and tomorrow is a busy day.

ARGH!!!!  Seems so simple, but my idea may not go over well, the more I think about it.

We'll see...
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You all are going to get my one and only draft. Finished it just now.

So, if you were curious what my work looks like with no editing and without a second read... this is your chance. (I know, no one cares. But, humor me.)

Like always, I'll wait to submit until Friday... just in case... but, I see NO window for a rewrite. Ugh.

Get your red pen ready, Jeff.


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Can't take part this time, but if anyone wants/need someone 100% honest to read your script either before you submit or after, I'm here.

Good luck everyone.  


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Quoted from Matthew Taylor
On a scale of 1-10  (1 being like Ice, 10 being the raging fires of hell)
How pissed will people be if I submit something but don't get to read/comment on many entries?

I don't know how many entries there will be but the multiple submissions thing has me worried there will be more than I can handle (Got an exam coming up I should really revise for)

Or I could submit it but DQ myself, then you guys have the choice of whether to read it or not


Matthew - I can only speak for me of course. I would be bothered zero by it because you have been a consistent reviewer on every other OWC challenge.  So, IMO submit and DO NOT DQ yourself.  


My Scripts can all be seen here:

http://dlambertson.wix.com/scripts
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Quoted from eldave1


Matthew - I can only speak for me of course. I would be bothered zero by it because you have been a consistent reviewer on every other OWC challenge.  So, IMO submit and DO NOT DQ yourself.  


Oh yes. Ditto on everything said.
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Well just submitted. The rest of the week is jammed so just got it over with.

Think this is my first OWC in a year.



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Quoted from eldave1

Think this is my first OWC in a year.


Mine too, I think. I know I was in last January because I was in Florida for training on a new job. And, much like that job, my OWC entry went down in flames. Oh well.

Look forward to your entry!


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Tick tick tick tick tick...

3 days remaining. That's plenty of time, or very little, depending on your point of view.

Tick tick tick...


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Quoted from SAC


Mine too, I think. I know I was in last January because I was in Florida for training on a new job. And, much like that job, my OWC entry went down in flames. Oh well.

Look forward to your entry!


Thanks.  Right back  at  ya


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