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Posted: November 20th, 2013, 8:17pm Report to Moderator
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Snapped by Adam Blockton - Comedy, Black Comedy, Crime - Cal, a wholesome but lonely, southern girl, commits a murder when pushed to the brink of her sanity landing her at the forefront of every news outlet in the Country and to her surprise, at the top of the new Hollywood ladder. Is murder the new sex tape? Once acquitted, can Cal manage to keep her spot as the latest reigning reality queen while also keeping retired but still suspicious Florida police chief, Buster Bell off her tail? 112 pages - pdf, format


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I went ahead and read your script (pg. 1-17 and a few at the end).
Jotted down some things:

1. Your logline is too long. I think you're giving away too much.  

2. Action blocks should be at most 3 sentences (I try to keep it no more than two, because it's said that the readers like white space.)
   In the first action block it reads, "you know the place." I would stop there and put "A
   beefy..." on a line by itself.

3. I had to go back and reread what "...and into the phone..." was talking about. It would work if you just make it a new sentence.

4. Scene Headings tell where the scene is taking place (EXT. or INT. PLACE - DAY or NIGHT), so it's no need to put it in the action block. Page 4 (you do those throughout the script): "We move over to that one CHURCH..." Either add a scene heading or take it out if the story works without it. Also at the end you add the type of car in the scene heading. If the type is important, then put it in the action block.

5. Trust the reader to remember your characters. Throughout the script you comment  on what scene the character was introduced. No need.

Like I stated before I skipped to the end...the story started off slow. The end makes me want to see what happened. It seems like the action block at the end should be a montage.  Think the story is more of a drama, but maybe I didn't read far enough.
Make sure every scene is moving the story along. If the story works without it take it out. If a sentence visually works without certain words, take them out; it'll help the flow of your story. Good Luck!
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Quoted from LaChandaStrait
5. Trust the reader to remember your characters. Throughout the script you comment  on what scene the character was introduced. No need.


I don't wholly agree. Most readers need the odd reminder if a previously character doesn't appear for quite a few pages.

I agree with some of the other comments. I see INT/EXT a lot these days and there's really no need.

I thought some of the writing was good. But it's way overwritten for a spec script.

I read the first ten. I'll leave it there.

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