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I think Wes may also have had a series...possibly before any of this...which at least he, and possibly other members, would cameo on.
I actually have done that in everything I've ever written but to qualify as a SS script I think it has to use many SS members and not just one or two as I have done.
Actually, I believe that the first "Simply" script was by Breanne -- I can't for the life of me remember the title but the script starred Breanne, as herself, tied up in the trunk of a car...I think? Tied up somewhere, anyway. Oh, that Breanne...
Inspired by Breanne, the first "Simply" script to utilize Simply members other than the writer themselves was a short entitled "The Last Script Heretic Ever Wrote"...gosh knows what handsome devil wrote that little piece of work. However, it is no longer on the site.
It's called Breanne’s Been Kidnapped! Thank you for remembering.
It was actually an exercise in getting over writers block. It was also very loosely inspired by Charlie Kaufman’s Adaptation. Surprisingly I’ve had little to no trouble with writers block since then. I think every writer should write something with themselves in it and then kick their own ass. It’s cathartic. It gets the narcissism out.
I just had it taken down a little while back. Thanks for remembering. I remember yours as well.
Breanne
[Addendum: Thank you Michael for making this list of SS Scripts. I hadn’t realized there were so many.]
I remember most of those but I almost completely forgot about Simply the Godfather. That one was a monster. Seriously, I know it was a spoof and all but that one was a full blown script. I have to commend George for putting that much effort into something that was basically shits and giggles for a relatively small community. It was also pretty spot on in regards to members' personalities. At least as far as I remember.
Honestly, I'm split between SimplyNoir and SimplyBBQ as my favorite. No, it's not because Bert had a hand in both of them, even though he's one of my favorite writers here (not to mention George is also the cowriter of SimplyNoir). It's because both of those scripts were dead on with timing, especially SimplyBBQ. As I recall, the site was going through a period of being a massive shit show.
So what are you saying? We should do lunch? With all due respect I'm not trying to write autobiographies. I only model my characters loosley based on SS'rs avatars and a few select quotes I read in reviews. Although I may have crossed the line with Phil Clarke's Not Even Death, but he hasn't said anything to me about it, so...c'est lavie. Bottom line it's not meant to be taken serious and I certainly don't want to step on toes. If anything it's a compliment. Somebody once said the greatest compliment in the world is to satirized...or something like that. It might've been George Burns.
My only other line of defense is to blame Baltis. Here's a quote from him in his review of "To Molest a Molestor"... he said, "I think if everyone would take out their tampons when dealing with humor things would be much funnier. Humor and comedy should have no boundaries and we should cross the ones we feel are there". "If more people wrote with balls and did stand up without the gloves on... The world would be much more adept to handle the things that came at them."
So there you go Mr. great and powerful Shelton. I have nothing but glowing praise for each and every one of you...all in good fun of course. But on a serious note if anybody objects to anything I've written please let me know and I'll ask Don remove it. Thanks for the inspiration, screenwriters.
You should avoid getting defensive whenever anyone says you should get to know those characters a little better before writing about them. Because it's true. Anyone that knows those characters would say pretty much the same thing. As a matter of fact you should ALWAYS know your characters before you write about them.
Now I'm not saying that what you are doing is wrong. And hell, if you posted these scripts elsewhere, where people didn't know the characters, then you probably wouldn't hear a complaint. But the fact is that you are showing them somewhere where people do know the characters, even though your characters might only be very loosely based on the people whose names you use.
However, you can't expect your readers to know that they are loosely based - you don't mention it anywhere in the script or in the logline. So for all intensive purposes what is written in your scripts appears wrong to people that know the characters and expect them to behave like the people they know.
This is not something to get defensive about. It's something to learn from and then you can move forward with that valuable additional knowledge.
It's not about being offended. I'm not offended in the slightest, because frankly there's nothing in your scripts that warrants that. I'm just saying that your usage of names is a novelty, but in a sense that it actually detracts from the novelty that an SS script has in the first place.
If you hang around long enough, you'll find little quirks that people consistently have, and can use those to make the characters more realistic even if they are tongue in cheek.
And your reminding me of Balt's quote isn't going to get you very far. I've written comedies that were called borderline, if not full blown, racist.
Mcornetto and Shelton, Message recieved. You're right. I should get to know somebody better before I attempt to spoof them. And actually I shouldn't be spoofing anyody, period. I can see that everybody here works very hard at what they do. So I'd like to take this opportunity to publicly apologize for my irresponsible hijinx and say anything I've written up to this point is not in any way a true account of SS screenwriters, but only a product of my overactive imagination.
screenrider.
P.S. - I wish I wouldn't have written Cornetto: Undercover Vice Cop and a spoof on 180. I've already sent them in. I'm having one of those moments where I wish I could turn back the wheels of time. Oh well, let me know if I need to remove them once they come out. Thanks for putting me in check. Lesson learned.
Hey, unless screenrider totally picked the name Dilworth out of thin air, I finally got put into an SS script. And even though I then got stuck in a TV for all eternity in short order, it was pretty neat!
It's not about being offended. I'm not offended in the slightest, because frankly there's nothing in your scripts that warrants that. I'm just saying that your usage of names is a novelty, but in a sense that it actually detracts from the novelty that an SS script has in the first place.
If you hang around long enough, you'll find little quirks that people consistently have, and can use those to make the characters more realistic even if they are tongue in cheek.
And you're reminding me of Balt's quote isn't going to get you very far. I've written comedies that were called borderline, if not full blown, racist.
I know that I go off the deep end a lot, but the fun part for myself and I think everyone, to some degree, is that (and it's only a perception I know) that we can relate back and forth in a kind of consistency and non-consistency that is an exhibit of our lives, as we are currently are having it revealed.
The most important thing for me personally, is that I have the opportunity to be with you all.
Although we are divided by a "seeming screen", we have the advantage of having a bit of "the barrier" down. This, I believe, is a helpful thing.
Yeah, it was no accident. But you shouldn't encourage me. I've gotten in enough hot water. With a name like Dilworth I could write a whole series. And thank you Sandra for your deeply heartfelt, spriritually enlightened, beautiful thoughts. I feel at one with the universe now. By the way, your pic reminds me of a 28 year old happy Anne Frank.
Yeah, it was no accident. But you shouldn't encourage me. I've gotten in enough hot water. With a name like Dilworth I could write a whole series. And thank you Sandra for your deeply heartfelt, spriritually enlightened, beautiful thoughts. I feel at one with the universe now. By the way, your pic reminds me of a 28 year old happy Anne Frank.
Well now, that is rather strange,
This was written by Anne Frank:
I finally realized that I must do my schoolwork to keep from being ignorant, to get on in life, to become a journalist, because that’s what I want! I know I can write ..., but it remains to be seen whether I really have talent ...
And if I don’t have the talent to write books or newspaper articles, I can always write for myself. But I want to achieve more than that. I can’t imagine living like Mother, Mrs. van Daan and all the women who go about their work and are then forgotten. I need to have something besides a husband and children to devote myself to! ... I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I’ve never met. I want to go on living even after my death! And that’s why I’m so grateful to God for having given me this gift, which I can use to develop myself and to express all that’s inside me! When I write I can shake off all my cares. My sorrow disappears, my spirits are revived! But, and that’s a big question, will I ever be able to write something great, will I ever become a journalist or a writer?
Anne Frank
It seems as though we feel exactly the same way in this.