I'll do one if I'm around and the criteria makes sense.

Do one Balt. Rick does real quality work.  

I can vouch for Rick's work.


Phil

I'll try to participate. Just don't want to sound too sure)) - whenever I'm sure something comes up. But right now I want to very much!

A couple of people have said they fancy a 2 week challenge to allow for a better quality of script....what are people's thoughts on that?

I'm comfortable either way and am happy to go with majority opinion.

Rick.

There's only a couple of more weeks left to Feb.  So whatever you guys do, you should get on it.

Quoted from mcornetto There's only a couple of more weeks left to Feb.  So whatever you guys do, you should get on it.

It's all under control...it's not going to be till the 18th anyway.

I prefer one week.  It keeps you motivated and focused more.  Add to this it will be much easier for the quality writers to shine over the not so quality writers... Face it, being able to write a script in a week is a mark of merit.  A good script that is.  Anyone can write a shitball script in a week... A good one, that's another story.

VOTE: One week

Not saying I'm entering just yet, we'll see the criteria and see how busy I get doing other things from now to then.

I personally would love to see a One WC.

I thinks Rick's ideas for writing something for big time festivals is more of a serious longer term collaborative effort. It's a great idea and I would like to be part of that. Did I misunderstand?

IMHO, the OWC should be just that...a One WC. And I agree with Balt that there may be a lot of entries, but the time constraint will separate the weak scripts from the strong scripts.

If Rick finds one that he would like to produce, I imagine there will be lots of rewrites anyway so I don't see the need for a 2 WC. Just my opinion though...

Agree with Balt and Pia.  A traditional OWC.  The one week time constraint adds to the challenge and spirit of the event..

Quoted from Grandma Bear I personally would love to see a One WC. I thinks Rick's ideas for writing something for big time festivals is more of a serious longer term collaborative effort. It's a great idea and I would like to be part of that. Did I misunderstand? IMHO, the OWC should be just that...a One WC. And I agree with Balt that there may be a lot of entries, but the time constraint will separate the weak scripts from the strong scripts. If Rick finds one that he would like to produce, I imagine there will be lots of rewrites anyway so I don't see the need for a 2 WC. Just my opinion though...

That was my feeling as well. I like the OWC's...and this situation arose because we wanted one.

So that's settled then.

One week.

Everyone thinks for two days, farts around the third and fourth, begins pecking the fifth, or sixth, then pounds it out the last few hours of the seventh day in about four hours.

One week.

If this is going to be a semi-collaborative effort - rough enough is good enough.
Maybe consider two possibilities as many of these festivals have multiple contests to enter.

Re-write aggressively.
Rick and crew will end up making up a lot of it on the set at the last second, anyway.
I'm 100% A-Okay with that reality.

And we better get our understanding together pronto about shared credit - if any.

My problem with a OWC is that, should Rick try to choose a winner to produce, he would rather have scripts that have been polished up a little bit.  What are the odds that a script is good enough to be produced after only one week?  


Phil

Cornetto found 6 or 7 for the Dark series. I believe we all did rewrites after our scripts were chosen...

I was a little tongue and cheek in what I last wrote... for somewhat obvious reasons.


Phil