What did I miss from Herman with the "DELETE" post and the subsequent one about that sounded mean?  What's up, Herman?

Ray, I E-Mailed you at least 2 scripts awhile back but never heard anything from you, so I don't know if you've read anything from me.  And to be completely honest, I've read FAR WORSE than Men to Rise, believe it or not...but then again, I didn't get past page 1 on that script, so maybe it is one of the all time worst.  Hard to say.

Stevie, you're right on, brother!  With you all the way with what you said here.  If someone can't even respond with a simple "Thank You", fuck 'em.

Quoted from RayW Dreamscale, come to think of it, have I read any of your prior work here?

Fade to White is by Jeff. It's in the Horror section, still on the first page.

Quoted from Dreamscale What did I miss from Herman with the "DELETE" post and the subsequent one about that sounded mean?  What's up, Herman?

I was just saying that none of our script should be messier than Men to Rise. And it seems like I was attacking LucasB.

Indeed, it is.  Thanks for the plug, Herman!  That's an old draft, though.

It looks like old LucasB pulled all his posts out and disappeared.  I think his biggest problem was that his script was too short at only 234 pages.  You know, you've got to jump over that 300 page mark to really make it shine!

We've all seen that shit time and time again.

>> Ray, I E-Mailed you at least 2 scripts awhile back but never heard anything from you, so I don't know if you've read anything from me. <<

I see that you did.
I apologize for my disorderliness.
Consider them each second on my next-to-do list after the 7WC.

Quoted from Grandma Bear Submit by midnight est on Saturday September 4th. Title and then add 7WC. This is great! Would be nice to run these things about twice a year. Help people see through a feature. Feels great, doesn't it?

If you guys have a seven year challenge, I'm in.  I could just about get a draft done.

seamus,

If you have the time and the story and you're in the right groove, it shouldn't take you longer than a week to knock out a rough draft.  

Everyone else,

Looks like it's time for a thread cleaning, but what I think I'll do is wait until the scripts are in, then either lop off this thread to the first post or we can lock this thread and start a new one.  Up to you?

Lock + 2.0

A week to knock off a rough draft?  WOW, that would be quite impressive...and most likely a very ROUGH draft.

I usually take 2 weeks for a first draft...and yes, they are usually VERY rough.

I guess we all write very differently.

I've now proven to myself that I can conceive and write what I call a finished first draft in 5 weeks.  I don't see it as being "rough", though.  I guess we'll soon see.  

I edit as I write. Obviously, some things slip by, if I'm writing faster...or more, but I'd say my biggest # of pages in a single day would be about 15, and that was the end, here, which I knew what was going to happen for at least 3 weeks.

Otherwise, I write 5-8 pages per day, for 3 or 4 days straight, then I'll spend a day (or the weekend) rereading what I wrote and making changes/edits/corrections/deletions/etc.

I prefer to have more time up front, conceiving the story and all its intricacies.  I also like spending a week (or actually much more) doing research on the subject and locales.

That's my formula.

Question:

I got two guys doing a phone conversation and I wanna show both sides, so it's a no brainer to use INTERCUT.

But both characters are doing different "exciting" things. One's searching for stuff, one's running away from someone. So will it seem confusing if there's so much action between them without proper sluglines?

The action lines aren't long though, like two lines after each corresponding character speaks.

Quoted from Coding Herman Question: I got two guys doing a phone conversation and I wanna show both sides, so it's a no brainer to use INTERCUT. But both characters are doing different "exciting" things. One's searching for stuff, one's running away from someone. So will it seem confusing if there's so much action between them without proper sluglines? The action lines aren't long though, like two lines after each corresponding character speaks.

That shouldn't matter if you say intercut.  It just leaves it up to the reader to decide when the cut happens.   You can still include actions.  

Herman, you've got a guy running away from someone while he's talking on the phone?

As long as your scenes don't change, you don't need to worry about new SLUGS...but if they do...well, then you have an issue.

Personally, I don't think I've ever used an INTERCUT, but there's absolutely nothing wrong with using them.  I prefer to show either one side of the call, or go back and forth, using full SLUGS, showing exactly what I want from either caller, and having the one not onscreen in V.O.  Just a personal choice, I guess.

What page are you on now?  Keep it rocking, bud!  You're almost there.

Where's George?  We need an update!  And, what happened to Greg?  He popped in with some horror sounding script early on, and we haven't heard from him since.