Quoted from A Pint of Stout So, I'm in. I think Dena is. Dustin. Rendevous. Libby?

Just noticed this AB, I see I spelt your name rather badly up there. Sorry about that. Don't know what I was thinking. But I'm sure it's good for you.

I'm writing a script. But whether it goes in or not I can't say for sure. We'll have to see. I'll only put it up if I get it good enough in time.

I think the other OWC writers are beavering away in silence, probably because of the anonymity thing. Which is a good thing for now. I prefer reading the OWCs when I've no idea who wrote them. Stops you bringing unwanted prejudices into the reviews.

Just a note here about when I'm going back looking for scripts.

When I click this http://www.simplyscripts.net/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?n-1/b-OWC0714/

to see the scripts posted at the start of the challenge it sometimes only brings up four or five of them.

I can get round it and see all of them by clicking a thread then selecting "2014 One + 6  Week Challenge"

Strangely enough it seems to be exactly the same link, but then it works fine. I'm not complaining. Just bringing it to the attention of the mods and da boss.

It's a weird quirk. All the rest of the site works fine.

Anyways, I see fifteen script threads in there. I know a few have dropped out, which was always gonna happen. But you yourself are having a go as are a few others who didn't post the first ten.

I'd be betting on at least a dozen or so getting posted before the deadline.

I'm posting The Sandwich again soon with some little changes.



It's in the queue with the big fella. I do recall you saying you liked it way back when. Tis one of my better efforts, methinks.

R

Quoted from Heretic especially the kind with tough fifty-year-old men in the lead

Wait, I got confused with the age of the male lead here - shouldn't he be around 50? Becausse lots of reviewers say in his 50s, but I thought it's pretty flexible since it's "around 50" - 40s should be good as well, no?

I decided to continue with mine and see how much of it I can accomplish.

The nice thing that came out of the challenge - I did rewrite my first ten thanks to the helpful feedback. And I may reach page 70 or something till August 15 - who knows...

Quoted Text shouldn't he be around 50? Becausse lots of reviewers say in his 50s, but I thought it's pretty flexible since it's "around 50" - 40s should be good as well, no?

No. Around fifty isn't forties. Not unless it's forty nine and a half. Just make him around fifty. Not doing so gains you very little, if anything.

I suppose you could really stretch it by making him a transexual woman post op. Or maybe a eunuch. But I'd question how this would help contribute to the thriller element of this script.

R

Quoted from rendevous you could really stretch it by making him a transexual woman post op. Or maybe a eunuch. R

Seriously it's like you read my script. Weird!

Toying with the idea of entering last minute...

I'm stuck in in the mid-80's (pages, not decade) Still trying to get the ending right. It's still a first draft. So I'm sure I'll get ripped a new one.

Sorry I haven't been more active on this thread or even the boards in general. Writing the feature, work and everything else have pretty much swallowed up my time. I'm hoping to write Fade out by this weekend. That should give me five days or so to try and comb through the script for misspellings, plot holes, and whatever other garbage I find along the way. I just hope it's at least entertaining.

Somehow it turned in to an action flick. I read medium to high budget, I said OK. ..Let's have a little fun. Packed it in with all sorts of car chases, combat, bullets and explosions. This could be OK or the worst pile of shit I have ever wrote. Only time and a harsh review will tell.

So you can count me in. I'm almost at the finish line.

Ok, I must be honest. Mine is not a thriller, it's in the vein of Knight and Day. And while Knight and Day is pretty much action - mine is not. Although the middle of it is some action but nerds running around doesn't equal Tom Cruise on the killing spree.

So, it's romance plus comedy. Some of it is thrilling... to me. It's somewhat of a thriller as my guys are hiding and running and discovering stuff but the tone is farcical - and I'm shooting for farcical.
So, I won't submit it into the OWC but hopefully will finish it and submit separately to SS asking for review exchanges. If I ever finish it - but I decided to go for it. I hope I don't jinx my decision by saying it outloud.

Yeah, I'm in. Just got back from a brief break to recharge the cockles.

I think there's something like 5 days left, and I have almost an entire rewrite to do, but I'm not worried. The story is set, all there is to do is the writing... and that's when it's fun.

Good luck to everyone else that's in and be damned the rest of 'em.

Welcome back.

All there is to do is the writing? Isn't that when it gets difficult? Well, it does in my house. It's amazing how much procrastinating you can do. I watched a full episode of Dr. Phil the other day. Then a complete episode of Judge Judy. I felt dirty afterwards, obviously. I would even go as far to say I enjoyed them. but that would be obsene. Dirty..

Good luck to all. Heads down. See you at the end.

Now, back to my cheese sandwich.

R

Don't get me started on procrastinating, especially as my PS4 arrived yesterday. Sure I put in a quick ten hours of gaming on it, but today I'm mainly trying to focus on writing. It's hard though cos I can see the PS4 across the room just looking all slick and fancy. I know it wants me to play it, it's like a mermaid trying to draw in a ship full of sailors. And now I'm thinking about the controller, it's a thing of beauty. It's like I get to hold something straight out of the future.

Anyway, I've hit page 70. Got around 20 to go which I'll be trying to get done today and tomorrow. That'll give me a bit of time to go over it and fix any problems I can find.

FADE OUT is still in my sights, but so is my PS4.

Good luck and a positive mental attitude to all.

Oh dear. You have PS4 disease. Highly contagious. I recommend Tomb Raider. Fucking brilliant game that leads you by the hand then just lets go. It won't cure you. But at least you'll have a great time.

Now then. Lara's in a tricky spot. But feck her, I've a goat and a piglet to feed. Not to mention the sheep. Oops. I think I just did.

Now then. Again. Sounds like you're nearly there. Back to script, methinks.

R

My partner opted out of the co-write so I'm stuck with my first draft...which sucks donkey balls. I'm not sure how much I can fix it up this last week either, because I have company here the next 9 days and then the wedding next Friday.  

^ Give your partner the ol' Kathy Bates! You'll have that draft in your hands in no time. Just don't believe 'em when they say they need a second glass of champagne for you.

You've all done better than me. I'm still rewriting my first 30. lol.

Gabe