The April 2023 OWC

“What if..?

It’s an ordinary day, you’re minding your own business when, without even thinking, you do a good deed for someone. Something selfless. Simple. Maybe you paid it forward. Maybe you helped an old lady across the street. Whatever it is, you left someone better than when you found them. Now—

“What if..?

The powers that be of the universe take notice of your good deed and decide, somehow, some way, to return the favor by offering you a gift. A gift of extraordinary proportions. A superpower. Any superpower you so desire. Lasers from your eyes or sparks from from your lips. Anything. No questions asked. With a gift this enticing, naturally, you accept, but—

“What if?”

After you’ve done your good deed and received your chosen superpower, this day, of all days, just happens to be the day the world is going to end. A disaster of cataclysmic magnitude is hours, maybe minutes, away, and you’re literally the only one who can stop it, and you must stop it with your newfound power. So…

What are you going to do?

• Genre is open.
• 10 page maximum
• Do not put your name on title page. Anonymous challenge.
• Scripts are due Friday, April 7 at midnight to SimplyScripts.com/OWC
• Please put (c) 2023 on title page.
• This is a challenge, not a contest.

Good Luck!

Hmm. Doesn't seem like much wiggle room here. Guess that's what makes it a challenge. Time to think.

Quoted from Zack Hmm. Doesn't seem like much wiggle room here. Guess that's what makes it a challenge. Time to think.

I dunno. I think there’s a lot of room and opportunity for creativity. Just think, if you were Kham you’d have to think of a way to save the world with clean hair.

Could our hero receive a superpower on the same day the world ends, but ultimately decides to become a villain instead? Or does the hero *have* to be good?

Stay spooked!

Sean

Quoted from Zombie Sean Could our hero receive a superpower on the same day the world ends, but ultimately decides to become a villain instead? Or does the hero *have* to be good? Stay spooked! Sean

I’m cool with that.

I assume we just need to pick one of the what if's... or combine all 3?

Quoted from ghost and_ghostie gal I assume we just need to pick one of the what if's... or combine all 3?

Sorry if I wasn’t clear. It’s a combo. All three what ifs = your script
Do a good deed, get recognized and choose a superpower and save the world!

Quoted from SAC Sorry if I wasn’t clear. It’s a combo. All three what ifs = your script Do a good deed, get recognized and choose a superpower and save the world!

Okay, so now I'm super curious which parameter you eliminated.

Hmm, I'm not a big fan of characters with superpowers/saving the world etc., but I'm going to ponder this and see if I can tweak it somehow in my head. We'll see...

Nice, love this... currently I have nothing but I do love the idea!

Quoted from LC Okay, so now I'm super curious which parameter you eliminated. Hmm, I'm not a big fan of characters with superpowers/saving the world etc., but I'm going to ponder this and see if I can tweak it somehow in my head. We'll see...

Cool. I’d like to think there’s a lot of places you can go with this.

The parameter I deleted was you can only use this superpower once. Use it twice and you die. I figured it’d be too limited that way.

Quoted from AnthonyCawood Nice, love this... currently I have nothing but I do love the idea!

Thanks, Ant! I finally came up with a decent one for y’all.

I see you went with "...sparks from your lips.", rather than "Water from your _______."  Wise move.  I'm afraid I'm out of this one.  Still recovering from cataract surgery and can't focus enough to do anything remotely creative.  Which, of course, describes the body of my work...

Quoted from steven8 I see you went with "...sparks from your lips.", rather than "Water from your _______."  Wise move.  I'm afraid I'm out of this one.  Still recovering from cataract surgery and can't focus enough to do anything remotely creative.  Which, of course, describes the body of my work...

I was thinking of a song with the sparks from the lips and I couldn’t think of it before. Now I got it. The Eagles’ Witchy Woman. Sparks fly from her fingertips. Dammit.

Sorry to hear your out of this one. Here’s to a speedy recovery.

Great idea! I can’t take part because I have people staying here for a week. The downside of living in Florida is that people like to take vacations to your house. I don’t mind them coming here, but it’s a lot of work to run a resort lol. Good luck to everyone who enters.  

ONLY 10 pages. I feel like writing 200 but I'll abode by the rules.