Quoted from DarrenJamesSeeley Something....cheerful and uplifting.

I usually avoid that type of material... however when I do get around to watching/reading it, I'm usually impressed when it's done well. It would be a challenge, just like comedy would be. I'm up for it though. I'm up for anything, aside from porn or OTT torture.

Quoted from DarrenJamesSeeley Y'know what? I would actually love a OWC in Dec or early Feb. Something different from the blood n guts - proving to the masses that we are not all demented and a few doors down from the psych ward. Something....cheerful and uplifting. Christmas or Valentine themes/ Yknow. Something we all suck at :p Or Christmas/Valentine fantasy-drama (It's A Wonderful Life type themes)

I mentioned recently that a Christmas OWC would be pretty awesome. Not that I don't love the Halloween one, it's just that a lot of the challenges leave most of us with pieces that were fun to write but too expensive to shoot. For example...shark week. This one too. Lots of special effects in most of them.

Christmas films are a HUGE seller. And now with the highly successful STS, maybe we could get a few shot if it were a theme directors look for. IMO the fantasy element is what makes these shorts hard to shoot. What if it were an open genre, theme would be Christmas with other parameters thrown in there. A 6 to 10 pager... "Twas the Fight Before Christmas" -- There has to be a fight. LOL. That's a start...

It's late. I may be talking gibberish.  

Long as it's not Comedy. I think Comedy is one of the hardest genres to write.

I wouldn't mind a Christmas OWC as long as it was pretty broad in theme. Don't know about the 'fight' thing Marnie - mind you people get very heated around the festive season - Christmas Fight Club , there's an idea.

Suppose it depends on if Don has the energy after this lot, but I'm hoping at least for JAN/FEB.

I would want Christmas OWC very much.  Christmas features sell, shorts sprout features = writing Christmas shorts is goot. I like, I like.

Darren's idea - Christmas or Valentine is very good as well. Maybe we could have a choice between the two...

Just write a Christmas script if you want to. There isn't anything stopping you. Just avoid writing about a man and his sack.

Quoted from DustinBowcot Just write a Christmas script if you want to. There isn't anything stopping you. Just avoid writing about a man and his sack.

Some people work better with a deadline and parameters. I know I do. A lot of my features originated with shorts I wrote for time sensitive challenges. I totally doesn't work when I give myself a deadline. I wish it did.

Quoted from mmmarnie I mentioned recently that a Christmas OWC would be pretty awesome. Not that I don't love the Halloween one, it's just that a lot of the challenges leave most of us with pieces that were fun to write but too expensive to shoot. For example...shark week. This one too. Lots of special effects in most of them. Christmas films are a HUGE seller. And now with the highly successful STS, maybe we could get a few shot if it were a theme directors look for. IMO the fantasy element is what makes these shorts hard to shoot. What if it were an open genre, theme would be Christmas with other parameters thrown in there. A 6 to 10 pager... "Twas the Fight Before Christmas" -- There has to be a fight. LOL. That's a start... It's late. I may be talking gibberish.

Great idea. I love Christmas films.

My first OWC was a Valentines Day themed one. Mine turned into a serial killer script...

We also did a Christmas 7WC ones. Mine turned into a demented story at a hospital full of killers....


There's just no help for some of us.  

Quoted from Grandma Bear My first OWC was a Valentines Day themed one. Mine turned into a serial killer script... We also did a Christmas 7WC ones. Mine turned into a demented story at a hospital full of killers.... There's just no help for some of us.

I got a chuckle out of that.  Well done.

Quoted from Grandma Bear My first OWC was a Valentines Day themed one. Mine turned into a serial killer script... We also did a Christmas 7WC ones. Mine turned into a demented story at a hospital full of killers.... There's just no help for some of us.

I was concerned about my "dark side" until I met some of you sicko's.    

I love the idea of another OWC for Christmas. I'll take any excuse.

If anyone wants to cleanse their pallette of horror, I have a goofy and kinda emotional holiday short. Cough, shameless plug. You can click for it in my signature thingy down there. It's called HOLY 3D CHRISTMAS!

I think you'll like it, especially if you're a fan of 80s / 90s flavour.

Quoted from PrussianMosby ...they've even thrown it into this Guess Who thread to make jokes about it...

Which post was that, mate?

Yeah I think I know which one it is now. I've already voted anyway so it doesn't matter if I know who wrote what.

If it is the one I'm thinking about... well done, your English has improved a lot. Sorry I didn't like your story this time around. I'm also extremely juvenile, I can accept that.

... I wasn't here...



... or here.

Quoted from Grandma Bear My first OWC was a Valentines Day themed one. Mine turned into a serial killer script... We also did a Christmas 7WC ones. Mine turned into a demented story at a hospital full of killers.... There's just no help for some of us.

That 6 week challenge was cool. It resulted in what I consider my best comedy feature 'Headlong'.  It was ironic though - I was 'allowed' to not set it at Christmas as the weather would've made the story pretty well logistically impossible lol. Something like that.

Yeah that was a neat horror by you, Pia.  I think about 6 of us wrote for the challenge from memory? And they were all good work