Theme: A really good villain is one you'd never suspect.

Write a really good, very evil villain, but they must be someone no one would suspect (until the end).

Genre: Halloween (drama, war, sci fi, comedy, horror, romance, etc)

Rating: Adult, YA, or Family

Scripts due to simplyScripts.com/owc on Friday October 15th at midnight edt

Write a properly formatted 12 page or less script on the theme provide.

It's an anonymous challenge. Do not put your name on the script. Provide a pseudonym on the title page as well as "copyright (c) 2021".

Each writer will be assigned between 5 to 10 scripts they must read (at a minimum) and vote on for "Writers' Choice". Writers are encouraged to read more and vote on more. Giving feedback to other writers on the discussion board is highly encouraged!

Schedule:
10/15/21 - midnight edt - scripts due
10/16/21 - midnight scripts posted for reading and reviewing
10/22/21 - Writers' Choices ballots due.
10/23/21 - guess who wrote what.
10/30/21 - midnight Who Wrote What and Writers' Choice announced

Any questions can be directed to the Discussion Board

Gotta love villains! Excellent challenge, Don!

Alright alright all right!

Ought to be a really good one, Don. One thing has me curious and just hoping for clarification, though I think I know the answer.

Quoted from Don Write a really good, very evil villain, but they must be someone no one would suspect (until the end).

"Someone no one would suspect". That's referring to characters in the script, not the readers, is that right? Like, you're not expecting a group of Keyser Sozes, right?

Quoted from Mr. Blonde Ought to be a really good one, Don. One thing has me curious and just hoping for clarification, though I think I know the answer. "Someone no one would suspect". That's referring to characters in the script, not the readers, is that right? Like, you're not expecting a group of Keyser Sozes, right?

I was thinking the same thing.

Because if it is the reader, then after reading the requirements they will suspect the most unsuspecting of characters, which means I would then have to make the most suspectful character the bad guy... no one would suspect that, right?

Great challenge. Will try to give it a shot. No surety.

Quoted from Matthew Taylor I was thinking the same thing. Because if it is the reader, then after reading the requirements they will suspect the most unsuspecting of characters, which means I would then have to make the most suspectful character the bad guy... no one would suspect that, right?

I literally just had this conversation with my wife. There goes my big reveal: The bad guy IS the bad guy!

But, now that they know that I know that they know... I have to go back to making the good guy the bad guy.

Of course, now that I've said that I know that they know that I know... maybe the good guy is the bad guy, but he's really a good guy just looking like a bad guy because he's catering to his bad side which makes him a bad guy despite being a good guy but his good side overcomes his bad side which makes him a good guy, but he's done bad things which make him a bad guy.

Nobody will suspect that.

Except that I just wrote it all out... which means....

Very interesting.  I will give it a think.

Quoted from PKCardinal I literally just had this conversation with my wife. There goes my big reveal: The bad guy IS the bad guy! But, now that they know that I know that they know... I have to go back to making the good guy the bad guy. Of course, now that I've said that I know that they know that I know... maybe the good guy is the bad guy, but he's really a good guy just looking like a bad guy because he's catering to his bad side which makes him a bad guy despite being a good guy but his good side overcomes his bad side which makes him a good guy, but he's done bad things which make him a bad guy. Nobody will suspect that. Except that I just wrote it all out... which means....

Yeah, that.

P.S. Fuck your three mugs. You're the real villain... Lol.

Love, love the lil' pumpkin... Ooh, and I just noticed on my PC the lil bat.

Nice one, Don!

Quoted from Mr. Blonde Yeah, that. P.S. Fuck your three mugs. You're the real villain... Lol.

I wanted press on "quote" for this message but instead clicked on "report". but it didn't get reported I think, I didn't go all the way reporting you, Sean. Although it's hard to be sure what I'm doing at teh end of the day.

Funny, I agree with you on Paul being a villain. Look at him showcasing his three mugs! That's the villain we didn't think of as a villain

Nice one, Don. this one might get more response from writers, too!

Quoted from khamanna I wanted press on "quote" for this message but instead clicked on "report". but it didn't get reported I think, I didn't go all the way reporting you, Sean. Although it's hard to be sure what I'm doing at teh end of the day. Funny, I agree with you on Paul being a villain. Look at him showcasing his three mugs! That's the villain we didn't think of as a villain

Mwaaahaaahaaa. I'm soooo thirsty!!!! Need more mugs!!!!!!

Quoted from Mr. Blonde "Someone no one would suspect". That's referring to characters in the script, not the readers, is that right? Like, you're not expecting a group of Keyser Sozes, right?

Yes, the characters in the script don’t suspect, but if you can make it so the reader doesn’t know until the end, then good in you.

Don

Quoted from PKCardinal Mwaaahaaahaaa. I'm soooo thirsty!!!! Need more mugs!!!!!!

You lived long enough to see yourself become the villain, Paul... Lol.