Quoted from Mr. Blonde It wouldn't be an interesting story if you wrote one with only one person and everything (mostly) coming out through dialogue. So, you have to have multiple people with a supernatural backstory for each one. Just seems kind of challenging.

If done right, one character in a room can be interesting.  

I think the supernatural requirement, and someone please correct me if I'm wrong, would be for the main characters.  The ones with a good/evil arc.  I would be surprised if secondary characters needed that history.  Though kudos to you if you can pull it off where the secondary characters also meet that requirement.

If I can't come up with a good script using horror as the genre, then I will seriously do it as a comedy.

That may well be a tougher challenge!

I'm thinking even a Western or sci-fi just to do something outside the box

Damn Stevie...

You sure are slowing the website down with all the streaming video on you page...

Seseame street, MTV & ESPN

all rolling at once.

Someone hand me the remote.

Shawn.....><

Cornie, thank you, but I was obviously kidding.

And just to help some of you strugglers, Don did not mention anything about a motel room, or motel rooms.  It's a beat up motel.  Sure, motels have motel rooms, but there's always more to a motel than just the rooms.

Get creative and write an excellent script.  We can all do it!!!

Quoted from Ledbetter Damn Stevie... You sure are slowing the website down with all the streaming video on you page... Seseame street, MTV & ESPN all rolling at once. Someone hand me the remote. Shawn.....><

They are just gifs big fella, not streams. Sorry, I'll get rid of Burt and Ernie. A Niner fan has it on their fan forum and I liked it.

I was just playing wit ya bro-

Shawn.....><

Quoted from mcornetto If done right, one character in a room can be interesting.   I think the supernatural requirement, and someone please correct me if I'm wrong, would be for the main characters.  The ones with a good/evil arc.  I would be surprised if secondary characters needed that history.  Though kudos to you if you can pull it off where the secondary characters also meet that requirement.

That's why I've never been known as a creative person. I tried something exactly like that once. Awful result.

It's one of those things where I think there's too many specific stipulations, the supernatural one chief among them all. Perhaps that's why it's called a challenge, but without that, this would be so much simpler and allow for a lot more variety. Remember the 3-person haunted house wheelchair OWC? They were all different but... not.

Anyway, like I said, people seem to overwhlemingly like the sound of this one but I'm just very worried that we're going to have a lot of very similar stories going on.

Quoted from Mr. Blonde Anyway, like I said, people seem to overwhelmingly like the sound of this one but I'm just very worried that we're going to have a lot of very similar stories going on.

I agree with you, bro.  There will be many, MANY very similar scripts, especially because of the zero budget requirement.  We'll have talking heads spilling exposition for 6-12 pages.

Hey, who knows...we'll see.

Quoted from Mr. Blonde That's why I've never been known as a creative person. I tried something exactly like that once. Awful result.

Sean, this challenge is made for your style of writing.  Don't undersell yourself.

Perhaps there are reasons for the history requirement that we don't see in the brief.  But I don't see why that means the stories have to be similar.  Take advantage of the odd and interesting character part - that should keep them different.
  

Hey, I'm holding out hope. It would've been much simpler if the supernatural or micro budget were dropped, though...

Hell, we can't all be recreating Paranormal Activity, now, can we? =)

Quoted from mcornetto Sean, this challenge is made for your style of writing.  Don't undersell yourself. Perhaps there are reasons for the history requirement that we don't see in the brief.  But I don't see why that means the stories have to be similar.  Take advantage of the odd and interesting character part - that should keep them different.

You're absolutely right. It is. Dialogue only is what I do. It's the supernatural stipulation that I can't wrap my head around.

Well, that I'm really hoping for. Many people at SS are great at creating really fun characters. That's something I'll definitely be looking for in this one when I read through them. =)

And I believe the supernatural in this case means literally "Attributed to some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature." - not necessarily ghosts.

Quoted from Mr. Blonde Hey, I'm holding out hope. It would've been much simpler if the supernatural or micro budget were dropped, though...

Why do you want it simpler? That doesn't sound like a challenge.  

Just pretend some production company gave you this assignment.

Quoted from JC Cleveland We'll have talking heads spilling exposition for 6-12 pages.

Thanks Jeff, you just ruined my script... I had 12 heads in each motel room discussing the exposition.

Ah well back to square 1

and no, I wasn't giving head in 12 rooms that was last nights conversation

Mark

I think it's a great idea.

I don't know how to work in the supernatural occurrence. I have some ideas, though!

I have an idea and I know (roughly) what I'm going to be doing. Like many others, I have no idea how to work my supernatural part in. I know what it is, just not how to write it in.

Oh well... Over six days to go, I guess!