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October '13 One Week Challenge - What's to Come (currently 3107 views) |
Don |
Posted: October 8th, 2013, 5:32pm |
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As RayW correctly surmised, this October '13 One Week Challenge topic and genre will be announced on October 11th at 10:00 pm eastern daylight time. Each person who takes the challenge will have one week, one hour and 59 minutes to write a screenplay between 6 to 10 pages. The screenplay must be properly formatted and in PDF format. Regrettably, iScript.com is going out of business, so there will probably not be an audio performed version of a selected screenplay. If anyone knows anyone who is willing to do an audio-script in exchange for free advertising, please let me know. This challenge is completely open to the public, so there will be non-discussion board members participating. I know everyone hates that, but it is only once a year. There will be a Writer's Choice wherein the participants (and only the participants) will be asked to select one script he or she likes the best. The Schedule: October 11th at 10:00 pm edt - Theme and Genre announced October 18th at 11:59 pm edt - Scripts are due October 31st at: 5:00 pm edt - Names Revealed and Writer's Choice revealed. The Gist:
- 6 - 10 pages
- PDF format
- Properly formatted
- This isn't a contest
- Free to submit
- One entry per person (you can try to slip one by me. If I catch you, the second or third script will be posted after the challenge).
- You can revise your script as many times as you wish up until 11:59 pm on 10/18.
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Posted: October 8th, 2013, 5:37pm |
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Old Timer Let The Sky Fall
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... it's just the next best thing ... |
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ReneC |
Posted: October 8th, 2013, 5:40pm |
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Yeah, baby! I'm in. I'm always in. |
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Pale Yellow |
Posted: October 8th, 2013, 5:45pm |
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RayW |
Posted: October 8th, 2013, 5:55pm |
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Old Timer Freedom
LocationAbout a thousand years from now. Posts1821 Posts Per Day 0.36 |
I try to pay attention. Looks all good, even the heinous "open to the degenerate, filthy, disgusting, rabble" part. |
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Neighbour |
Posted: October 8th, 2013, 6:52pm |
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LocationThe Wasteland Posts109 Posts Per Day 0.03 |
Excited to read everyone's scripts. It will be interesting seeing everyone's different take on the genre or topic. It almost reminds me of anthology movies like V/H/S.
Excited to contribute as well of course. |
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Thank you for all who put up with my work and try and help me improve.
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Grandma Bear |
Posted: October 8th, 2013, 7:03pm |
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I'm hoping this OWC will spark something in me. I've been like a deflated balloon for too long. |
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wonkavite |
Posted: October 8th, 2013, 7:08pm |
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YAY! An OWC! And the timing's ideal! (At least for me.) Please let it be a topic that gets me inspired! Oh please, oh please, oh please... |
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KevinLenihan |
Posted: October 8th, 2013, 7:23pm |
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We do have an alternative to Iscript, if anyone is interested. Last year I set up a facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/408704702532488/The idea was to use skype to do table reads. This was intended just as a tool to help the writer. We would record the read, and it would remain with the writer to do what he wanted with it. We could either do something similar, having just simplyscript members read, or I could message the members of that facebook group. Even though I haven't done anything with it, I still get several requests a week to join, so there is interest out there. We could probably do the top 5 scripts. Just throwing it out there as an option. |
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RayW |
Posted: October 8th, 2013, 7:25pm |
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Old Timer Freedom
LocationAbout a thousand years from now. Posts1821 Posts Per Day 0.36 |
Quoted from wonkavite Please let it be a topic that gets me inspired! Oh please, oh please, oh please... |
BLOOD SUCKING, SOCIALIST DEMOCRATIC VAMPIRES vs. BRAIN DEAD, PURITANICAL REPUBLICAN ZOMBIES!
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stevie |
Posted: October 8th, 2013, 7:34pm |
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LocationDown Under Posts3441 Posts Per Day 0.61 |
Woohoo! The only sad thing is I will stop working on my new feature for that week though will try and get some done.
And just we don't forget - 10 page max means 10! Not 11 or 12.....TEN!!!
Jeff will have the down marker chains ready to keep that under control! Lol |
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Grandma Bear |
Posted: October 8th, 2013, 8:10pm |
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Kind of sad hearing iScript going out of business. I had maybe 10 or so scripts made by them. I thought they did a good job. |
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Gary in Houston |
Posted: October 8th, 2013, 8:47pm |
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Pia, I just watched that Pumpkin Nightmare video! What a great job you did on that! Really fun stuff there!
Oh, and yay for OWC and stuff. |
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Bounty (TV Pilot) -- Top 1% of discoverable screenplays on Coverfly I'll Be Seeing You (short) - OWC winner The Gambler (short) - OWC winner Skip (short) - filmed Country Road 12 (short) - filmed The Family Man (short) - filmed The Journeyers (feature) - optioned
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Grandma Bear |
Posted: October 8th, 2013, 9:00pm |
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Thanks! I did that one 2 years ago with my daughter. I was hoping to have Them That's Dead done by this Halloween, but... |
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Hugh Hoyland |
Posted: October 8th, 2013, 10:23pm |
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Okay I'm in. Its been a while but life sometimes interrupts writing! :]
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Toby_E |
Posted: October 9th, 2013, 3:27am |
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Been Around
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I'm away from the 12-14th, but when has something like that ever stopped me? |
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ReneC |
Posted: October 9th, 2013, 10:17am |
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LocationVancouver, BC Posts1435 Posts Per Day 0.31 |
I'm hoping this OWC will spark something in me. I've been like a deflated balloon for too long. |
That's inspiring. A sentient red balloon with a slow leak, sneaking into bedrooms like a vampire to steal breath instead of blood. The analogy extends to the stake too, a pin that could destroy the balloon in an instant. |
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Dreamscale |
Posted: October 9th, 2013, 10:29am |
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Grandma Bear |
Posted: October 9th, 2013, 3:00pm |
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I'm hoping it'll be something dark at least. Something suitable for Halloween. Not a comedy. |
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Dreamscale |
Posted: October 9th, 2013, 3:03pm |
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I'm hoping it'll be something dark at least. Something suitable for Halloween. Not a comedy. |
It better be dark and horror themed!!!!! |
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Mr. Blonde |
Posted: October 9th, 2013, 3:51pm |
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AdministratorWhat good are choices if they're all bad?
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I'm hoping for horror-like elements (like suspense and thriller) in addition to just horror. I can't write subjective genres like horror and comedy to save my life. =) |
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RayW |
Posted: October 9th, 2013, 3:52pm |
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Quoted from Dreamscale It better be dark and horror themed!!!!! |
Gah! As if there were ANY OTHER options for the OCTOBER OWC?! Gah! The mind reels at the suggestion of any other. Puh-leeeze! Just give us our candy-crack once a year. Please. Pretty please. With a cherry red bloody eyeball on top. Let it be horror themed. |
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Neighbour |
Posted: October 9th, 2013, 4:41pm |
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LocationThe Wasteland Posts109 Posts Per Day 0.03 |
I know I'm new here, but this isn't really a suggestion or anything...
But it would be cool if it was horror themed and the top five scripts we're presented in an anthology form. Like a Halloween anthology.
I don't really know how these things work though, but I just love anthology style things ahaha. |
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Thank you for all who put up with my work and try and help me improve.
Practice will hopefully pay off for my writing. |
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dogglebe |
Posted: October 9th, 2013, 5:17pm |
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For the most part, the genre has been one sub-genre of horror (gothic horror or adolescent horror). We try to avoid slasher as it's too easy. One time it wasn't horror but, rather, Halloween...
People got real bitchy over this one.
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Posted: October 9th, 2013, 5:47pm |
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I know I'm new here, but this isn't really a suggestion or anything...
But it would be cool if it was horror themed and the top five scripts we're presented in an anthology form. Like a Halloween anthology.
I don't really know how these things work though, but I just love anthology style things ahaha. |
You know, this is a really cool idea. I wonder if there's a way that a future OWC could be designed to support the shorts's incorporation into an anthology after the challenge? Like, after the contest, shorts would be divided into sets of four and then they could be finished off with some in-between segments? I can't quite get my head around how you would design that; maybe four different themes/topics would be decided upon, and contestants could declare their interest and then privately be assigned one of the four themes, and then they could be anthologized after the reveal? Or something? I dunno, but it sounds cool. |
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Dreamscale |
Posted: October 9th, 2013, 5:53pm |
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But what would the reason be for turning entries into anthologies?
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oJOHNNYoNUTSo |
Posted: October 9th, 2013, 5:53pm |
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That sounds pretty challenging to get it all together and execute without the hiccups. How was Soul Shadows put together? That would be pretty cool to organize something like that seperate from the OWC. |
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Grandma Bear |
Posted: October 9th, 2013, 5:59pm |
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Cornetto and I tried to do an anthology with the motel/hurricane OWC, but it turned out to be harder than we thought to put them together into one coherent piece. Also, the motel we were going to use has bee sold to be a transitional home for veterans. The SoulShadows anthology worked well, but it was different. |
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Ryan1 |
Posted: October 9th, 2013, 7:17pm |
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Good God, we have to keep some standards around here. |
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Dreamscale |
Posted: October 9th, 2013, 7:32pm |
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Or, Bloke, I guess, right? |
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jackmid |
Posted: October 10th, 2013, 1:53pm |
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I'm in this time. Can't wait. |
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stevie |
Posted: October 10th, 2013, 2:17pm |
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Good God, we have to keep some standards around here.
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Good luck trying to get to this level dudes! Lol |
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Reef Dreamer |
Posted: October 10th, 2013, 3:06pm |
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Good luck trying to get to this level dudes! Lol |
do you always wear a policeman's outfit? |
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The Elevator Most Belonging To Alice - Semi Final Bluecat, Runner Up Nashville Inner Journey - Page Awards Finalist - Bluecat semi final Grieving Spell - winner - London Film Awards. Third - Honolulu Ultimate Weapon - Fresh Voices - second place IMDb link... http://www.imdb.com/name/nm7062725/?ref_=tt_ov_wr |
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Posted: October 10th, 2013, 3:26pm |
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If I write one it would be my third Halloween entry this time of the year - I don't even know if it's normal for an average person (generally horror averse person). I'm changing. And I'm becoming hairier by the way. These two things (horror shorts writing and hair) must be related in some way. I'm scared. |
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Posted: October 10th, 2013, 4:00pm |
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stevie |
Posted: October 10th, 2013, 9:50pm |
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do you always wear a policeman's outfit?
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No, bro, lol. But I don't wear underpants because none have been made to take the job on! |
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Posted: October 10th, 2013, 10:40pm |
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Stevie bought those shorts at Bon Scott's yard sale. |
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Posted: October 10th, 2013, 10:53pm |
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I'm pretty sure I'm in, just as long as life doesn't get in the way. |
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stevie |
Posted: October 11th, 2013, 1:26am |
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Stevie bought those shorts at Bon Scott's yard sale. |
Wow, awesome pic bro! Look at how young Angus looks! No pun intended. Incidentally, I don't wear the cutoffs anymore but I can still for into a size 32! LOL |
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Posted: October 11th, 2013, 1:26am |
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Wow, awesome pic bro! Look at how young Angus looks! No pun intended.
Incidentally, I don't wear the cutoffs anymore but I can still fit into a size 32! LOL
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Posted: October 11th, 2013, 1:27am |
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I'm pretty sure I'm in, just as long as life doesn't get in the way. |
Just remember JD: life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans |
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Posted: October 11th, 2013, 10:33am |
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I'm changing. And I'm becoming hairier by the way. These two things (horror shorts writing and hair) must be related in some way. I'm scared. |
Look at it this way: If the OWC subject is about Werewolves, you'll have first hand knowledge. Then again, maybe you just spilled some Rogaine on yourself. Jordan |
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I hope to be in for this one, it's been a while. |
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Don |
Posted: October 11th, 2013, 7:12pm |
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AdministratorAdministrator So, what are you writing?
LocationVirginia Posts16449 Posts Per Day 1.93 |
Tick, Tock. Less than two hours until the 10:00 pm edt blastoff. Current EDT Time. |
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Posted: October 11th, 2013, 7:47pm |
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Can't wait! I've been totally consumed by a feature and need a distraction! |
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Posted: October 11th, 2013, 8:37pm |
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Have fired up the computer and am gonna play Lotro. Am close to level 58.
Can my buddies skype me with the genre, etc when its answered? Sorry but I'm keen for gaming!! |
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Posted: October 11th, 2013, 8:42pm |
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Hey it's good to see some new 'female' members and some old 'ones' (and I use that word, loosely) coming back to SS, and hopefully the OWC. Looks like it might be a big roll-call of entries. Hi, and welcome back to Silva and Harriet B. Great to see more 'girl power' on the boards. And, a shout out also to BigLew! P.S. Marnie, when I glance at your avatar too quickly it always looks like a giant turkey. Libby |
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Posted: October 11th, 2013, 8:43pm |
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Have fired up the computer and am gonna play Lotro. Am close to level 58.
Can my buddies skype me with the genre, etc when its answered? Sorry but I'm keen for gaming!! |
You slack tart! P.S. I suppose you noticed Manly went down. |
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Hey it's good to see some new 'female' members and some old 'ones' (and I use that word, loosely)
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Are you saying these are loose women? If so, can you introduce me? |
| Some of my scripts:
Bounty (TV Pilot) -- Top 1% of discoverable screenplays on Coverfly I'll Be Seeing You (short) - OWC winner The Gambler (short) - OWC winner Skip (short) - filmed Country Road 12 (short) - filmed The Family Man (short) - filmed The Journeyers (feature) - optioned
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Have fired up the computer and am gonna play Lotro. Am close to level 58.
Can my buddies skype me with the genre, etc when its answered? Sorry but I'm keen for gaming!! |
Your glasses are falling off of your face right now!!! |
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Posted: October 11th, 2013, 8:57pm |
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Are you saying these are loose women? If so, can you introduce me? |
And here I was trying to not get into trouble with the word 'old'. Very funny, Gary. |
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Momets away...what will we get?
Stevie, you are unbelievable. Get off the games and into this OWC!!!
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Don |
Posted: October 11th, 2013, 9:02pm |
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