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Congrats to everyone for sticking with this tournament to the end and an extra cheer for those who made the top!
I only read a few, I've been busy, but those I read were very good. I think the overall quality of scripts here at SS has improved A LOT over the years. A million miles ahead of where the average scripts were ten years ago. I think everyone having better access to scripts and learning material is a big factor.
Sorry to hear about your mother, Libby. Gary's wife too. Hope things will brighten for everyone soon.
Hank. Your read participation level was woefully lacking. It is a real screw you to everyone who put in the effort to read all of your scripts. Not reading others is really outside the spirit of the OWC.
While I appreciate those of you thanking me for this, this wasn't me in charge and I can't pretend to take credit for it. I tried to keep up with it, but things worked out in a really bad way with bad timing. This was 100% Don and he is owed a huge thank from me for everything, for keeping things in line and staying up to date on this.
I would also like to say both a thank you and a congratulations to everyone for participating and sticking with it. I know first-hand what a Goddamn pain in the ass this is and, to stick with it, with all the constraints put on you, you all deserve it.
Some other news: this will be my last year running this. I love running it and giving everyone these topics to write and inspire creativity, but each of the last two years, something major has come up with has taken my attention away from it, when my attention should be squarely on this and I have no reason to believe something like that wouldn't happen again in the future. It was wonderful and I really enjoyed it, but the risk of something going wrong at a critical juncture is too high.
Thank you and I hope you all had fun and got something out of this.
Thanks for this one and all of your past efforts - greatly appreciated
Thanks Dave, and John, for your well wishes. And, I'm very happy your Mom is on the up and up too. Dave.
John, OffGrid is in my top 3 overall scripts for the Tournament. Loved it! As I said in my review...
Dave ( I think your auto-correct doesn't recognise the word either) chuffed yes, means pretty pleased, proud - of Brit origin and by extension adopted by Aussies.
Dave, re Hank, I think he might have been penalised in some way actually. It says he had five entries but I don't see them all in the standings. It's a shame really. Hank, I wish you'd get involved more... We really can be nice and very helpful. We just appreciate a bit of quid pro quo.
Yes - it a auto corrected to chubb (note - turns out to be an American colloquialism for an erection - egads)
Hank may have been penalized, but he still received a ton of reads for which he failed to reciprocate for the third time now. The same has been true in all of the OWCs he has entered. It just grinds at me I guess.
Well done to all the writers that took part and especially those who feel they achieved. Some pleasant surprises for me was Alex who has made some huge leaps with his English, so much so that I never guessed which script was his and even really enjoyed his Liver story. Zack with a top three finish against some of the best writers on the site - he can now count himself amongst them. It was also great to see Frank make it up where he belongs in the final round. This was a real test and it looks like the next few OWCs are going to be very competitive.
Thanks to Sean for organising this and to Don for humbly doing all the hard work.
Congrats to the winners and all who took part. Impressive how many stuck through to the end. So many good scripts and stories with great potential. That was the ultimate test of willpower.
You fought like warrior poets. You fought like Scotsman. And you won your freedom.
I would absolutely love to see how some of the competitors voted on the other scripts. Would be very eye opening, to say the least, but I guess only The Don and The Sean will be privy.
Congrats to both the winners and all who took part.
Thanks Pia, re Mum. She's stable now and hopefully will continue to improve.
I don't know if Gary's given us a recent update on his wife. I hope she's doing well. Fingers crossed.
... On another note:
A shout out to Javier aka jayrex for SimplyScript Fest. screenplay. Thank you. You gave me some much needed laughs when I needed them.
Thanks Libby, glad your mum is stable and I hope she fully recovers. And I hope Gary’s wife is well too.
RE SS Fest, I wanted to included everyone, including some consistent readers. I could have easily made this script 10 pages. I tried to include every requirement Sean gave us. Used a toilet fancy dress for the sewer as I ran out of space. One of many corners cut.
Libby, glad to hear your mom is on the road to recovery. That can wear on you, for sure, but it sounds like she has turned the corner.
As to my wife, she is in the status quo at the moment. She just had her eighth round of chemo and then has a CT scan at the end of this month to see how she is progressing. Fingers crossed that she continues to improve. She feel good at the moment and is upbeat, and that is really all I can ask for now. Cheers to everyone for your thoughts for her.
And congrats to Warren, Paul and Rene for knocking it out of the park (again)! Maybe you can all sit out the next challenge so the others have a chance!
Gary
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
I would absolutely love to see how some of the competitors voted on the other scripts. Would be very eye opening, to say the least, but I guess only The Don and The Sean will be privy.
Congrats to both the winners and all who took part.
I thought the end results of how the script finish we're pretty reflective of the comments so I don't think looking at who scored what would make a difference
I thought the end results of how the script finish we're pretty reflective of the comments so I don't think looking at who scored what would make a difference
Of course you don't, Dave.
Pretty much every comment I post, you respond negatively to.
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