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Niles_Crane
Posted: October 4th, 2009, 2:02am Report to Moderator
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Quoted from dogglebe
If a director/producer/filmmaker came up to you and asked you to write a comedy that takes place in a yo-yo factory, would you turn him down and wait for the next filmmaker to ask you to write something?


Yes. As Dirty Harry so rightly said, a man's gotta know his limitations and I know mine - I can't write comedies.

A producer/director is much more likely to approach someone to write a project which they know you can write than just anyone in the hope that they'll be able to turn out something along the lines that they want. They may as well stop people in the street and ask them if they can write a screenplay as do that!

In other words, our yo-yo factory comedy producer might look at SS and see two scripts - one a bleak drama of loss and lonliness set in Siberia 1910, the other a comedy set in a pie factory. Which writer do you think he'd want to talk to?
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JonnyBoy
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Quoted from dogglebe


It's not as much a challenge if you have a choice.

Phil


Just want to nip in and make the point that these challenges don't really overlap that much. It's not like there are a number of different 'short' challenges competing with the OWC. The challenges aren't trying to steal each other's entries, they're asking the entrants to do completely different things. I'd be surprised if people thought, "Gosh, that OWC theme is hard. I'll go off and try the feature one instead, that'll be easier."

And since the number of entrants in the last two OWCs has been 30+ (including some complete newcomers who'd never posted a script before), I don't think there's much risk of it fading out of existence anytime soon.


Guess who's back? Back again?
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Grandma Bear
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The OWC has grown a lot. I remember when there used to be around 12 entries.


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dogglebe
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Quoted from JonnyBoy
I'd be surprised if people thought, "Gosh, that OWC theme is hard. I'll go off and try the feature one instead, that'll be easier."



I wouldn't be.  Depending on the genre and theme, writing the feature could easily be the less chsllenging of the two.


Phil
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Look at this way...This OWC will be a good warm up to work out the kinks and implement the lessons learned from the Music OWC; then take all that combined wisdom and insight to apply to any feature project, which will almost certainly be better than if the previous exercises had not been undertaken...


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Sandra Elstree.
Posted: October 5th, 2009, 4:56pm Report to Moderator
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Quoted from Blakkwolfe
Look at this way...This OWC will be a good warm up to work out the kinks and implement the lessons learned from the Music OWC; then take all that combined wisdom and insight to apply to any feature project, which will almost certainly be better than if the previous exercises had not been undertaken...


Yeah! And not only that, but have a talk with all of the Clowns in Clownland and ask them what it's like to enter into ergodic marriage with Twila at an Elvis Chapel in Las Vegas.  

Sandra



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Don
Posted: October 8th, 2009, 10:31pm Report to Moderator
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Just a heads up.  In less than 24 hours, the October One Week Challenge (OWC) genre and theme will be released.  

The October OWC is a bacchanalian (just google it) writing fest.  Past years the themes have included "Milk", "Carving Pumpkins" and "Community Invasion".  Get your pencils sharpened and get ready to think outside the box.  This year's theme and genre is guaranteed to vex (again, google is your friend, here) and annoy.  

Don


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Sandra Elstree.
Posted: October 8th, 2009, 10:35pm Report to Moderator
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Quoted from Don
Just a heads up.  In less than 24 hours, the October One Week Challenge (OWC) genre and theme will be released.  

The October OWC is a bacchanalian (just google it) writing fest.  Past years the themes have included "Milk", "Carving Pumpkins" and "Community Invasion".  Get your pencils sharpened and get ready to think outside the box.  This year's theme and genre is guaranteed to vex (again, google is your friend, here) and annoy.  

Don


Vex I know for certain inside and out. Bacchanalian I'm going to have fun first and guess that it has something to do with Bach compositions. OK, let me go visit Mr. Google!  

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Sandra Elstree.
Posted: October 8th, 2009, 10:38pm Report to Moderator
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Bacchanalian! Ach! How could I not have known!  

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mcornetto
Posted: October 8th, 2009, 10:50pm Report to Moderator
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The information disseminated in Don's missive intrigued me. I am positive the October OWC will pique us all, hopefully not in a sanguinary manner.
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Don
Posted: October 8th, 2009, 11:05pm Report to Moderator
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The information disseminated in Don's missive intrigued me. I am positive the October OWC will pique us all, hopefully not in a sanguinary manner.


Mr. Cornetto,

Please try to limit your responses to the English language. Scandalous usages of language such as "pique" and "sanguinary" will not be tolerated. This is a 'family friendly' site.  In the future, please use more acceptable words such as arterial blood spurting.

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Don
Posted: October 8th, 2009, 11:06pm Report to Moderator
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Quoted from Sandra Elstree.

Bacchanalian! Ach! How could I not have known!  

Sandra


It's fall.  The grape leaves are wilting.  Easy miss.

Don


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mcornetto
Posted: October 9th, 2009, 1:06am Report to Moderator
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Quoted from Don


Mr. Cornetto,

Please try to limit your responses to the English language. Scandalous usages of language such as "pique" and "sanguinary" will not be tolerated. This is a 'family friendly' site.  In the future, please use more acceptable words such as arterial blood spurting.

Thank You,

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Samahani, bwana. Nilitaka kuzungumza Kiingereza lakini Kiingereza akatoka vibaya. Ni nzuri hii Kiingereza, Don?
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Murphy
Posted: October 9th, 2009, 3:32am Report to Moderator
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Quoted from Grandma Bear
The OWC has grown a lot. I remember when there used to be around 12 entries.


It seems to have grown at the same pace as my stomach, I remember when I used to be able to see my....toes.

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Mr. Blonde
Posted: October 9th, 2009, 10:33am Report to Moderator
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Quoted from Don
Just a heads up.  In less than 24 hours, the October One Week Challenge (OWC) genre and theme will be released.  

The October OWC is a bacchanalian (just google it) writing fest.  Past years the themes have included "Milk", "Carving Pumpkins" and "Community Invasion".  Get your pencils sharpened and get ready to think outside the box.  This year's theme and genre is guaranteed to vex (again, google is your friend, here) and annoy.  

Don


Don, this is definitely a very curious idea... =)

I could this could be pretty interesting and I'm excited. Time to do what I do best. Write a opening scene and never get back to that story again. Lol.

EDIT: I hate this. There's two ways I want to take the story, but I can't. Damn you! Lol.



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