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Don
Posted: August 13th, 2016, 8:34am Report to Moderator
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He Drives Them - Crazy by David Lambertson (eldave1) - Short, Drama - An Uber Driver hearing voices in his head seeks a passenger to end his misery. 10 pages - pdf format

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I like this one. Good interesting story with a satisfying ending. Keep me guessing, so good job.

A lot of telling instead of just showing. The descriptions are bloated because of it.

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SimonM
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SPOILERS AHEAD

Best of the ones I've read today - interesting premise, though flawed, but definitely interesting.

First off - what's with the giant typeface for the title? Minor niggle, I know, and I have seen this on pro scripts, but just didn't think it necessary.

Rather too much description - you don't really need " It’s intermittently lit by the red glow of the neon
sign. It’s there - and then it’s not. And it's there again" for example. Too much.

You also give too much direction to actors - they won't thank you!

At one point it reminded me of the first script I read today - "And the Darkness Fades" but it went off in a different direction. Does suggest there are only so many variations on this theme.

Ending would have been better on the "Fades into a heartbeat - LUB DUB - LUB DUB - LUB DUB...
Then silence" rather than the news reader's voice over. That really wasn't necessary and was too blunt. Again evidence of a bit too much information.

Good though.

4 out of 5
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I didn't get enough of a why he was suicidal and the Demonic VO didn't work for me.

But it's well written and has a decent premise, good effort.


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I liked it.

I felt for the man with the gun, that's a tough one, butthe guy's got problems and someone needs to fix them. That all worked for me. A tiny issue for me would be the fact he's driving an Uber, Christ knows what his rating would look like.

Anyway, well written, no formatting niggles or typos.

Good job

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I liked this one. It had grit. The passage where the hostage points the gun at her temple was a clever moment. Ditch the radio broadcaster voice over - it reads better without it. I was disappointed that the demonic voice didn't jump to the hostage.
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Very nice. I think I know who wrote this one, too.

Congrats on a job well done.

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Quoted from grademan
I was disappointed that the demonic voice didn't jump to the hostage.


Wouldn't that have been a bit "Fallen"?
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I had some problems with this one:

I had a hard time imagining the Demon VO as being anything other than corny on screen.

I also thought that the ending essentially negated the whole of the script...making any lessons learned or any developments moot. The character arcs of both main characters stay the same. Gerald wants to die, and does. The girl doesn't want to kill, and doesn't.

I'd consider making the girl unstable as well. So that they're both undergoing a demonic test...but she manages to save herself, whilst he kills himself and damns himself. That would complete the story.
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I liked most of it, some I didn't.  Usually a lot of description slows it down too much, but somehow it worked here.  Not completely, still overwritten in many areas.  Some missteps, like not having the car come to a stop before she gets out (I know it's assumed but I feel it needs to be put in), but the tension revved up good and I really did feel bad for the driver.  Once I got through page one, it was a breeze to read.  Then, it slowed down a little at the very end.  Still good job and could get filmed.


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Not bad, good premise, not sure it fully paid off for me, but some nice suspense building. Denouement needed more imh, something from left field. Easier said than done, I know. Definitely met the 'trapped' challenge.


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I was enjoying this up until about page 5 I think it was.

I feel there is a bit of a hole in the story. He needs her to kill him because he can't do it, but he can in fact kill them both, essentially killing himself, huh? Am I missing something?

I feel that when Sandra says "my life is in your hands, Gerald" it again makes no sense. Hasn't her life always been in his hands and it was part of the ultimatum that she might die anyway.

Wasn't a fan of the ending either, didn't need the voice over.



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SimonM
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Quoted from Warren

I feel there is a bit of a hole in the story. He needs her to kill him because he can't do it, but he can in fact kill them both, essentially killing himself, huh? Am I missing something?



That's a good point - hadn't struck me when I was reading it but you're right - if he couldn't bring himself to kill himself, then the force of his threat to kill both of them was voided. Which leaves the author with a bit of a problem!
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Easy fix.

1. Have devil as a character in the front seat. That gets rid of corny VO.
2. Have Gerald trying to kill himself but stopped by the Devil...you aren't getting out that easy.
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Quoted from SimonM


Wouldn't that have been a bit "Fallen"?


Good point. I guess my point was to identify who or what was behind the voice. Was it a past trauma? Someone messing with his meds? Was it supernatural as in Fallen?

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