Well, to guarantee you've read from contributing members, you've have to wait until after the voting is over, wouldn't you?

Quoted from Mr. Blonde Well, to guarantee you've read from contributing members, you've have to wait until after the voting is over, wouldn't you?

I sniff them out, my friend. Like a bloodhound.

James

Can't quite find the right ending.  Don't know if it's gonna happen.  Promise to read most of the entries though.

Quoted from jwent6688 I sniff them out, my friend. Like a bloodhound. James

Bet you can't tell which one is mine!  

I'll tell you flatout which one is mine. Mine's the one with the incredibly boring prose and two people talking back and forth with each other... just like every other story I've ever done. =)

Quoted from Ryan1 Can't quite find the right ending.  Don't know if it's gonna happen.  Promise to read most of the entries though.

Meh, you jest! You probably started yours last Friday.

Quoted from Big Bad Angry Bear Bet you can't tell which one is mine!

I will find it! But, if you did not enter and send me on a wild goose chase, I shall have my neighbor, who's part gypsie, put a curse on you!

James

Just about to submit! Normally would have it in earlier in the week but have been busy and too tired!

Very nearly panicked this morn and was gonna forget it but luckily worked out how it should go and smashed it out.

I will read EVERY single one regardless of how bad they might be!!!!!

NINERS RULE!

Everyone will, of course, know which one is mine.   However, we must try to keep the anonymity.   Don't say too much about your script.  

Quoted from jwent6688 I will find it! But, if you did not enter and send me on a wild goose chase, I shall have my neighbor, who's part gypsie, put a curse on you!

I hate gypsies. Remind me of Drag Me To Hell

Quoted from mcornetto Everyone will, of course, know which one is mine.

That's so true. It's a good thing that you have your own voice, but it sucks for anonimity reasons. For some reason, I always know yours. Mine are usually easy enough to spot as well, although this contest doesn't allow me to have my characters in a diner, restaurant, bistro, etc, so it may be a bit tougher. Hooray for OWCs. =)

I'll pour over each and every entry leveling an production estimation and criteria adherence as if I had a stack of these screenplays in my inbox to pick and choose from for development.

LOCATION
ACTORS
COSTUMES
PROPS
PRACTICAL EFFECTS
CGI SFX
OTHER

MARKETABILITY ASSESSMENT
GENRE
(MPAA-like) RATING
DID I LIKE IT
FORMAT

These things get parsed out into an evaluation matrix where some aspects get a heavier weighting (Marketability Assessment, since this is an open genre) while others get a lighter weighting (Format, because the audience doesn't give a sh!t about your perfect sluglines and absence of -ly adverbs).

The more actors your story has the more people I gotta audition, organize, rehearse with, and pay. More characters count against the appraisal.
Same for period or special costumes and props.

A high Marketability Assessment can be negated by an equally high Cost To Produce Assessment.
An optimal screenplay has a high Marketability Assessment paired with a low Cost To Produce Assessment.

FWIW, I really don't give a sh!t how pretty your screenplay format is.
That's the last thing I care about when I gotta go find financing for this, consider where the venues will be to show it, and organizing an ad hoc cast and crew to produce it.
Who the f#ck cares about your precious FADE IN/OUT placement or whether you used minislugs according to Hoyle's?!
Efffffff meeeeeee!!!!!!
Grow up. Get a life.

LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!


It'll look something like this:

>> SPREADSHEET <<        and       >> BREAKDOWNS & COMMENTS <<

Quoted from RayW I'll pour over each and every entry leveling an production estimation and criteria adherence as if I had a stack of these screenplays in my inbox to pick and choose from for development. LOCATION ACTORS COSTUMES PROPS PRACTICAL EFFECTS CGI SFX OTHER MARKETABILITY ASSESSMENT GENRE (MPAA-like) RATING DID I LIKE IT FORMAT These things get parsed out into an evaluation matrix where some aspects get a heavier weighting (Marketability Assessment, since this is an open genre) while others get a lighter weighting (Format, because the audience doesn't give a sh!t about your perfect sluglines and absence of -ly adverbs). The more actors your story has the more people I gotta audition, organize, rehearse with, and pay. More characters count against the appraisal. Same for period or special costumes and props. A high Marketability Assessment can be negated by an equally high Cost To Produce Assessment. An optimal screenplay has a high Marketability Assessment paired with a low Cost To Produce Assessment. FWIW, I really don't give a sh!t how pretty your screenplay format is. That's the last thing I care about when I gotta go find financing for this, consider where the venues will be to show it, and organizing an ad hoc cast and crew to produce it. Who the f#ck cares about your precious FADE IN/OUT placement or whether you used minislugs according to Hoyle's. Efffffff meeeeeee!!!!!! Grow up. Get a life. LOLOLOLOLOL!!!!

Remember Ray, since it is a single, general location "an abandoned motel" would be on the cheap and if someone wrote in that there was graffitti or mildew on a wall, you can't count it against the budget - because if they actually film on location...they get that production value for nothing. (So long as they get permission to film and don't cause additional damage or take stuff). Keep that in mind.

I will read them as a producer. I will not do a great big breakdown of each script...Ray will do that.  

Finished. Disappointed, but finished. I had a stretch where I was liking it, then it all kind of fell apart.

Quoted from Mr. Blonde It's a good thing that you have your own voice, but it sucks for anonimity reasons. For some reason, I always know yours. Mine are usually easy enough to spot as well, although this contest doesn't allow me to have my characters in a diner, restaurant, bistro, etc, so it may be a bit tougher. Hooray for OWCs. =)

Who says? Maybe the abandoned motel might have had a small snack bar or picnic table out in the back :p True, the food at the snack bar might be sparse and the coffee machine is busted, but it's the thought that counts.

As for my own writing voice, it's tough to disguise. Sometimes I do try different writing styles simply for the challenge of doing so. Sometimes I pay the price for doing it. Sometimes not.

I will say this. What I wrote I'm not really crazy about. But when I looked at it again earlier today, I thought in visual terms, and that what I had should have been filmed yesterday. The more I think about it, the more I know it works. It can work.

And if it can work...then so could everyone else's entries.
Looking forward to reading them!

And JEFF I hope by sheer fate I read yours first! Of course knowing fate, it'll be dead last