Quoted from stevie A query Don? Is telepathic communication classed as dialogue?

Depends on how you write it.

Quoted from stevie I guess it would be written in italics maybe( in novels they do that) and would still be in be in the dialogue space of a formatted script?

Written that way, that would be dialogue.

Quoted from stevie And hand signals are a form of communication too. Or morse code.  Or hand written signs. Hmmm Jeff, every time you drink a bottle of Jagie you invent a new language. Mostly Swahili

Depends on how you write it.

- Don

Quoted from Dreamscale If only 1 character can speak, other than grunts, groans, or sign languiage of some kind, there's no real "dialogue", other than the 1 character.

Consider something like this:

Code Censored until after the challenge       - Don

See?!
They're communicating!


++++ Don's edit  ++++


Ray has a great interpretation of the limitations, however, I want to censor this as I want everyone to come up with his/her own interpretation.   Once the challenge is over, I would very much like Ray to share his take.  Very clever.

Quoted from Don Ray has a great interpretation of the limitations, however, I want to censor this as I want everyone to come up with his/her own interpretation.

Hear, hear.

If your ideas are that good, then write them.

I've asked you not to do this in the past, Ray, but that goes for anyone.

Throwing out random ideas kind of "spoils" that idea for anyone else.  

Apologies, Don.

Bert, don't recall being asked to not do this in the past, but my memory's pretty shoddy.
Apologies to you, as well.

Quoted from RayW Apologies, Don. Bert, don't recall being asked to not do this in the past, but my memory's pretty shoddy. Apologies to you, as well.

Ray,

It's all good.  I hope you can wrap another 5 or so pages around your idea.

Don

I like the challenge - the idea came to me almost immediately. I wonder if it's a good thing though.

I'm not bothered about the no-dialogue thing... it's the portal to the underworld that bugs me. It's very specific. I'm going to have to think on this a while.

Ok, only one person can talk. Bit limiting but let's see. Reminds me of the gecko out of Tangled.

Otherworld.  Hummm. I assume the other world can be anything you like, just not as before. So if the lingerie department at Walmart Mart was your idea of another world, you could end up there...possibly.

Horror fantasy. Not comedy. Don't go there.

Oh and 10 pages.....not 12. Made that mistake before.

I have an early idea, but it's a bit dull. Time to think.

Quoted from Reef Dreamer Horror fantasy. Not comedy. Don't go there.

Wait, did it specifically state "can't be a comedy"? I think horror fantasy can be a comedy, it can be anything you want. Unless there's a rule written out for this OWC here.

Is there?

Quoted from khamanna Wait, did it specifically state "can't be a comedy"? I think horror fantasy can be a comedy, it can be anything you want. Unless there's a rule written out for this OWC here. Is there?

Horror Fantasy is the genre.

Not Horror Comedy Fantasy.


So..Horror with Fantastical elements.


Hellraiser, Mama, Evil Dead.

Quoted Text Horror is a genre which is intended to, or has the capacity to frighten, scare, or startle its readers by inducing feelings of horror and terror. Literary historian J. A. Cuddon has defined the horror story as "a piece of fiction in prose of variable length... which shocks or even frightens the reader, or perhaps induces a feeling of repulsion or loathing."[1] It creates an eerie and frightening atmosphere

Quoted Text Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary plot element, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic and magical creatures are common.

So...a story intended to scare, with a creepy, eerie and frightening atmosphere that probably takes place in a magical/supernatural setting with magical characters.


Apologies...I tend to be pedantic when it comes to genre in the OWCs. Phil always used to say you were to imagine a production company was asking you for something specific...genre for me is absolutely critical. If a Producer asks for a horror, and you send a comedy...it totally fails the challenge for me.

Rick

So.... Don't know if this is a silly question, but what exactly is the "otherworld"? Is it anything specific? Or can we give our own interpretation of what it is?

What about The Witches of Eastwick? It's a horror fantasy. And a comedy.

I'd prefer to hear from Don if comedies are out of the question

Witches of Eastwick would be primarily a comedy with fantasy elements and horror elements (though any horror elements are extremely thin on the ground, it's not scary in any way, nor designed to be).

A Comedy Fantasy Horror....if you will.


I'm happy for people to write what they want, but if that's the case, we should stop putting a genre up.

Hmm yep, I'm with Rick on this one and all due respect K, but I think comedy would likely result in too many pisstakes and the horror element being greatly diminished. It's too much of a mix imh.

Quoted from IamGlenn So.... Don't know if this is a silly question, but what exactly is the "otherworld"? Is it anything specific? Or can we give our own interpretation of what it is?

Glenn, I would think that's entirely up to your own interpretation. 'Otherworld' to me means the supernatural/fantasy element within the horror.

And, of course the Halloween element of this i.e., those dates, are supposedly when the dead come back from whatever realm they now inhabit.  Do a search on Halloween/Day of the Dead etc. and it'll be pretty clear what folklore says.

Have a look at this for starters:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead