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DustinBowcot
Posted: June 24th, 2019, 4:43pm Quote Report to Moderator
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Given that the challenge has been broadened to 'place of worship' this could be quite literally anywhere. Even Stonehenge. I'll put in extra effort to read the scripts this round... I might learn something.
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Quoted from DustinBowcot
Given that the challenge has been broadened to 'place of worship' this could be quite literally anywhere. Even Stonehenge. I'll put in extra effort to read the scripts this round... I might learn something.


You can skip mine, no one is gonna learn anything from this thing


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I've just submitted.  Probably a load of shite.


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DustinBowcot
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Quoted from jayrex
I've just submitted.  Probably a load of shite.


And you were so confident before you wrote it.
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Quoted from DustinBowcot
Given that the challenge has been broadened to 'place of worship' this could be quite literally anywhere. Even Stonehenge. I'll put in extra effort to read the scripts this round... I might learn something.


You can skip mine.. it'll surely be DQ'd .. hard to write Action without some other genre sneaking in!
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And you were so confident before you wrote it.


I'm always confident.  It's the reviews that bring me back down to earth.


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Quoted from Pale Yellow


You can skip mine.. it'll surely be DQ'd .. hard to write Action without some other genre sneaking in!


You can have other genres, it must have action though.


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Quoted from Pale Yellow


You can skip mine.. it'll surely be DQ'd .. hard to write Action without some other genre sneaking in!


Completely agree!


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Quoted from Pale Yellow


You can skip mine.. it'll surely be DQ'd .. hard to write Action without some other genre sneaking in!


You gotta have other genres in there - pure action would be awful.

Chuck in some drama, comedy, sci-fi - whatever - as long as the action is clear it should be all good.


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Quoted from Matthew Taylor


You gotta have other genres in there - pure action would be awful.

Chuck in some drama, comedy, sci-fi - whatever - as long as the action is clear it should be all good.


Agreed, no good action film is pure action. There is usually something at stake that creates drama.


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Alright, almost midnight here and I'm done.

I have tried something different stylistically and I've looked up various formatting techniques to best tell the story - I'm mostly expecting a lot of "I'm confused" and "I don't like that". But, you gotta try new things, right?

I've written a story that will not appeal to the masses, but the type of story I love telling - so I have had a blast. I've also looked up action writing techniques and examples (not that I have adopted them all, I'm too tired to write properly now), so I guess I have already achieved what the point of this tournament is, writing.

I am genuinely intrigued about how the rest of you have gone about the trading card stipulation, should be interesting.

I really hope at least 1 person enjoys my script lol

Good night - I look forward to seeing you tear my script apart  


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It's gonna be another round that comes down to the wire for me. Been fighting a stupid migraine all day. Just woke up after a long nap and finally feel decent enough to write. Let's see if I can't work my magic.


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Quoted from Matthew Taylor


Good night - I look forward to seeing you tear my script apart  


Likewise


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Quoted from Matthew Taylor
Alright, almost midnight here and I'm done.

I have tried something different stylistically and I've looked up various formatting techniques to best tell the story - I'm mostly expecting a lot of "I'm confused" and "I don't like that". But, you gotta try new things, right?

I've written a story that will not appeal to the masses, but the type of story I love telling - so I have had a blast. I've also looked up action writing techniques and examples (not that I have adopted them all, I'm too tired to write properly now), so I guess I have already achieved what the point of this tournament is, writing.

I am genuinely intrigued about how the rest of you have gone about the trading card stipulation, should be interesting.

I really hope at least 1 person enjoys my script lol

Good night - I look forward to seeing you tear my script apart  


Oooh. I'm intrigued. Love to see people taking chances.


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Oooh. I'm intrigued. Love to see people taking chances.


Well then you might love mine. I took a chance that I could actually write action.


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