Quoted from Scar Tissue Films . Is Horror Comedy allowed?

Not sure why horror comedy wouldn't be allowed. The requirements were horror, plane, hand sanitizer... horror comedy has horror. It's simply the addition of another genre.

Not to belabor the point... but, if someone writes a horror with a bit too much action... would it then be a horror action, and therefore unqualified?

Just my two cents.

Quoted from PKCardinal Not sure why horror comedy wouldn't be allowed. The requirements were horror, plane, hand sanitizer... horror comedy has horror. It's simply the addition of another genre. Not to belabor the point... but, if someone writes a horror with a bit too much action... would it then be a horror action, and therefore unqualified? Just my two cents.

Good points. As long as the horror aspects are taken seriously and not treated as a joke, it should be okay. Just my opinion.

Hehe, Fair enough.

Whenever I see the term "horror" on its own, it always puts me in the frame that it's a serious story with a dark tone. Horror comedy seems more at home with comedy, to me. But I accept you're right. I think after having a whole round of horror comedies in round one, I'm biased towards wanting more serious stories.

Quoted from Scar Tissue Films Hehe, Fair enough. Whenever I see the term "horror" on its own, it always puts me in the frame that it's a serious story with a dark tone. Horror comedy seems more at home with comedy, to me. But I accept you're right. I think after having a whole round of horror comedies in round one, I'm biased towards wanting more serious stories.

I agree on all accounts. I like horror comedy, but got my fill for now in round 1.

Just didn't want some poor writer to get banged on points just for adding something extra.

For all the naysayers about the flammability of hand sanitizer, just check YouTube. There are tons of videos of people lighting the stuff quite easily, and even using it as a fuse.

Quoted from ReneC For all the naysayers about the flammability of hand sanitizer, just check YouTube. There are tons of videos of people lighting the stuff quite easily, and even using it as a fuse.

There are naysayers? Hmmm. I never doubted it.

Even if I had... it's horror. And, a challenge... I'd just accept it as fact and enjoy the ride.

Quoted from Zack Good points. As long as the horror aspects are taken seriously and not treated as a joke, it should be okay. Just my opinion.

yup

Quoted from ReneC For all the naysayers about the flammability of hand sanitizer, just check YouTube. There are tons of videos of people lighting the stuff quite easily, and even using it as a fuse.

I just looked. Tbh it only convinced me how unlikely it would be to be able to use it as anything like a weapon.  

https://youtu.be/A7k7LeWQ_nI

But we're done with this.. It's taking the fun out of it. My fault. I apologise.

Because I was active here for years, then inactive for a few, I am in a position to make this observation: the writing and story-making is much, much better now than when I joined in 2011. Go back and read OWC's from that time. There were some good ones, but now there are really no awful ones. Even the stories where the concept didn't quite work, the writing is much better than it was. I know Pia has mentioned the same thing to me in the past.

I agree, Kev. You used to get scripts that were indecipherable, whereas now all the stories are clear and typos and such are massively reduced.

So, you guys are saying that all this writing/reviewing/talking back and forth is making a difference? Cool.

Quoted from Scar Tissue Films I agree, Kev. You used to get scripts that were indecipherable, whereas now all the stories are clear and typos and such are massively reduced.

I remember when I joined back and 2006, there was some really rough stuff on these boards. Some great stuff back then, too, but the quality has definitely gone up a ton in recent years.

Quoted from PKCardinal So, you guys are saying that all this writing/reviewing/talking back and forth is making a difference? Cool.

Everything I know about screenwriting and storytelling, I learned here on these boards. Probably never would be a writer if I hadn't stumbled across Simplyscripts when I was in detention my junior year.

I joined in late 2008 I think   The pinnacle for the Owc, IMO, was the October 2010 one. There was also a great one in Feb 2011.

A lot of the vets from when I joined aren’t around now and they were awesome writers

Quoted from stevie I joined in late 2008 I think   The pinnacle for the Owc, IMO, was the October 2010 one. There was also a great one in Feb 2011. A lot of the vets from when I joined aren’t around now and they were awesome writers

Those were the days.

Good times.

Quoted from PKCardinal So, you guys are saying that all this writing/reviewing/talking back and forth is making a difference? Cool.

Maybe. The thing that really helped me, and I am just a C+ student in this talented SS class, was access to pro scripts. I don't read them any more, haven't for years...I focus on prose.

When I first started, as I was absorbing these rules, I knew it didn't make sense to turn general rules into strict ones. Like with 'ing' verbs. I don't just accept instructions without thinking about what makes sense.

Then I started reading pro scripts, good pro scripts, and I learned that literally no pro writes in accordance with some strict version of these rules. I think 20 years ago very few people could get their hands on a good pro-level spec script. Now you can. And as a result the writing is improving, even though people still end up with too-rigid understanding of "rules".

But also for whatever reason some really talented people have showed up in recent years here!