Quoted from dogglebe What happened to "Where Boats Go To Die"?  I was going to review it when the thread disappeared.Phil

http://www.simplyscripts.net/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?b-OWC0807/m-1186352878/

[insert apology]

LOL, i'm MAN enough to admit it.. i had my cuosin create a name just to bump me up. She liked it, but she agreed with everyone, it just didn't make sense lol.

Can i be forgiven. I had a low point in judgment...and i'm bad. Like cookie monster stealing the cookies bad. I've learned my lesson.

<3.

[end apology]

Quoted from Don Sorry, Austin.  I'm not sure I get the joke, unless you mean to lay a 'Lincoln' across my palm.   Don

You'd be correct! Or, I'd at least put $5 in your paypal account.

I think my sister bumped the rating of mine. It suddenly jumped up but I saw no new reviews. But I did not ask her to do it. In fact, I don't even know yet if it was her. I'm about to ask her now. She created an account by accident when she thought you needed to be logged in to read scripts. (She wanted to read my work).lol.

My boyfriend wanted to rate mine, but I wouldn't let him.

Quoted from ABennettWriter You'd be correct! Or, I'd at least put $5 in your paypal account.

You could, but it wouldn't help.  I have no idea who wrote what.  My son processed the scripts and he isn't telling until this selection thing is over.

Don

wait wait wait let me tell you a funny(yet sad story) story.

So i tell my friend i might've entered in the challenge... and she goes onto this page looking for scripts, taking guesses as to which is mine.

The first one she finds JUST HAPPENS to be mine.. and as she reads it, she I.M.'s me saying it was so horrible it couldn't be mine. She says she was only a few sentences in, and ready to EX out the page.

Imagine my face as she read each page of my own script, finding a new problem with each line lol. AND I SAT THERE AND TOOK IT.

Broke my heart.

But, in my defense...I gave her the script of 'The Prestige' and 'Brokeback Mountain' to read.. She said those sucked horribly too. So i'm not feeling as bad. Mostly just confused.

Quoted from Don You could, but it wouldn't help.  I have no idea who wrote what.  My son processed the scripts and he isn't telling until this selection thing is over. Don

Oh, well, never mind then.

Don,
Since this rating is causing such a controversy, why not remove them.
As mentioned, the ratings do not count.
This may stop some of the bitching and the fake rating.

Elis

Quoted from elis Don, Since this rating is causing such a controversy, why not remove them. As mentioned, the ratings do not count. This may stop some of the bitching and the fake rating. Elis

Elis,

Good idea, however, I'd like to leave it stand through the end.  I'm curious to see how the thread ratings playout against what I've read.  I will not be instituting the ratings on any other threads other than for this OWC, tho.

Don

I'm going to try to read 4-5 of these scripts a day so I can make it through all 40 of them in a week or so.  It's becoming addictive, seeing what people have come up with!

Anyway, whoever mentioned it before, I think it's a great idea to read some of the scripts that have only gotten a few reviews to try to even it out.  It's what I'm doing.  And as far as the thread ratings, I don't think people should get too wound up about them.  There's plenty of scripts that I've read who's ratings I disagree with.  As Don said, the ratings are only one small criteria.  

I'm really enjoying reading these scripts!    

Being new, i have greatly enjoyed this experience thus far. I have already learned a great deal from what folks have said about my story and from the feedback that has been given to others. My question is this; after the whole "contest" is over, will you offer an opportunity to revise and re-critique? I'd like to see how the writers address thier concerns and see the polished finished products. I don't care any thing about ratings or braggin rights, but I do care about learning to do this right. Glad I stumbled on this site. Thank you all very much.

I do think people should star-rate if they read then.  If a thread has 4 written reviews, it should have 4 thread votes, not 2.  That I don't get.

(although the written reviews on mine arent so great, so nevermind! lol)

Quoted from Blakkwolfe Being new, i have greatly enjoyed this experience thus far. I have already learned a great deal from what folks have said about my story and from the feedback that has been given to others. My question is this; after the whole "contest" is over, will you offer an opportunity to revise and re-critique? I'd like to see how the writers address thier concerns and see the polished finished products. I don't care any thing about ratings or braggin rights, but I do care about learning to do this right. Glad I stumbled on this site. Thank you all very much.

Everyone is more than welcome to revise their script and resubmit it.  Not just with the OWE stuff, but with anything else you may write down the line.  

One piece of advice I can offer though, is to not revise and submit every other week.  

Let things sit for a bit since scripts have a habit of being read and bumped at any time and can offer a new and different perspective.

I would like to say that I’m very impressed with the entries this go around. Not just the quantity but the creativity and the imagination. I think there have been some very good takes on the theme. Yes, there are a few that need work technically but quite honestly I thought there would be a lot more of those than I’ve read so far.

Of course I’ve only been able to read 12 scripts so far. That’s less than half. But from what I’ve read thus far, I’ve seen a lot of good takes on the theme, a lot of potential, and some really good writing too.


Breanne