The Twilight Zone Challenge

Take an idea from any Twilight Zone (or new Twilight Zone) episode and write your own story. Take the idea only. DO NOT rewriting the episode, but turn it into a new story.

This was inspired by Matias Caruso's reworking of a TZ episode The Purple Testament which evolved into the script Numbers.

List of twilight Zone episodes and Twilight Zone (2019)
Script Length: Write a 6 page or less properly formatted script.
Genre: Horror, Thriller, Drama, Dramedy, Dark Comedy, Sci-Fi, Crime (basically any genre found in any episode of "The Twilight Zone".

Participants must read and comment/review in the discussion board at least five other scripts submitted.

Timeline:
Scripts Due to SimplyScripts.com/OWC: Friday, October 23rd at midnight edt (11:59:59+1 second on 10/23)
Scripts Posted: Saturday, October 24th at (or before) midnight edt.
Writers' Choice Due: October 30 at midnight edt.

Budget: Low

Nitty Gritty:

This isn't a contest - it's a challenge. There are no official prizes.

You may submit more than one script but it's better to write one GREAT script than two or three mediocre ones. You may also have a writing partner.

You can revise your script as many times as you wish up until the deadline.

Do not put your real name on your script; this is an anonymous challenge. However, please use your real name when submitting your script.

After the challenge closes you can either have your script removed or resubmit your script with your name on it.

Participants must read and comment/review in the discussion board at least five other scripts submitted.

Please put ©2020 on your title page.

Submit your script, anonymously to simplyscripts.com/owc.

Any questions about the challenge, post them below.

There will be a review page emailed to you for you to score the scripts you read. Please only give scores to scripts that you have read. Please do not rate scripts in your review.

https://youtu.be/ycVcurvRYqY

The best way to Stay Tuned. =)

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Don's edit:

Wow! Where'd you find that one, Sean?  

Sorbet. Okay!

Every time I hear the word "sorbet", I think of this...

https://youtu.be/o8nGp1-GhFA

Quoted Text https://youtu.be/ycVcurvRYqY The best way to Stay Tuned. =)

One of my favorite movies when I was a kid! My grandparents took me to see this in theaters!

Ooh, just under one hour until the announcement!

Wonder if it's write about your favourite Halloween dessert.

My life is literally the twilight zone right now, and not just because of COVID...which my daughter has right now. Looking forward to this distraction!

How's your daughter doing, Marnie?
I hope she sails through it like a certain other person did...

Ooooh, very interesting. Don't know how well I'll do with this, but I'll give it a go.

Typical. No RomCom genre.

I'm kidding btw.

Excellent challenge.

Quoted from LC How's your daughter doing, Marnie? I hope she sails through it like a certain other person did...

Thanks for asking, Libby. She's been up and down. Looks like she's on the upswing now. 5 days of high fever and just very sick. Poor kid. 6 people at her work got it and it had to shut down. Shes a bartender and for the last 4 weeks since they reopened it's been very busy. Lots of tourists. The downtown has been packed and now locals are getting sick.

Anyway...great challenge! Thanks Don!!

Wow, scary, Marnie... I hope she recovers fully soon.

OK, Don, we all know I always jest about the idiotic questions that follow an OWC, but hopefully this isn't idiotic.

This is the annual Halloween OWC, right?  How can we have an annual Halloween OWC, with out there being some horror...even horror-lite?

Just saying, my Brother...

Quoted from Dreamscale OK, Don, we all know I always jest about the idiotic questions that follow an OWC, but hopefully this isn't idiotic. This is the annual Halloween OWC, right?  How can we have an annual Halloween OWC, with out there being some horror...even horror-lite? Just saying, my Brother...

Inadvertent omission on my part. Thanks for the catch. The horror has been restored.^tm

-Don

Depends on how I feel. I might step out.

Oddly enough, one of my feature scripts two main inspirations were from a Hammer horror film and my favorite Twilight Zone episode.  if I do this OWC, as I most likely will revisit that Twilight Zone episode.