Virtual Series board?

What help would it really be? Use the normal boards, Don can't make a board for virtual series than the horror fans want a horror board and than so on and so forth till we end up with a Banana Chan board or Star Trek trekkies board

It's a good idea to a point but than you run into those problems I mentioned above

Unless you meant where you put those types of screenplays than you'd just have to use the anime section or whatever you wanted too do

I don't agree with you Wesley because virtual series are genre free screenplay type. I think we could use a board where people could promote their series or look for staff.

But having a unproduced VS board like we have for every genre would be excellent as well.

I didn't say I was right, I just said that's what probably will happen

I have a virtual series or at least that's what I like to call it that isn't very well promoted, I am all for your idea it's just I have to look at everything objectively or i'd get my hopes up to be let down a lot

I'd love to promote and get more people interested in mine, maybe even get a new writer on board who has the same directional vision as me with the series or even start a series of our own.

Than read some other series and get a feel for why they are so good and rewarding to the writer/writers

I just have to be realistic more than not, like if someone offered me a job (Any job factory, movie, food) people around me would be excited and stuff but me I'd be like yeah but they could find someone better by the time they hire me

Very astutely said Alan.

But I still don't know how realistic a goal to give it it's own board when everyone else has to use the I Wrote a Script/ Writer's news board

Virtual serials -- when done right -- take a lot more time and effort than one movie script, especially because the best serials are a long, continuous movie -- much longer than even the LOTR trilogy -- that's chopped into a bizillion nice pieces. They require constant attention -- and if your ultimate aim is perfection, they also require constant revisal. Dispite the revisals, whenever the story continues with a totally new episode -- or new scenes thrown into an old episode -- it's time for a party. Time for a board to talk about it.

But I doubt if anyone really cares that much on here anyways to even know that happened (You added a new scene) This is a message board for writers and most of the people on here want to talk about there own work i'd think unless they have the mind set that there perfect

They do take more time and I agree whole heartedly that is the case but movies can constantly change as well and nobody is asked to care about that the same way as you want them to with this

I see the constant revisions that have to be done to make it right but you do get your own thread when you post the series, I read most of everything you post on the banana chan board even if it's just new updated version are up

I have more questions now about doing this type of thing than I did when it was just an idea and I don't know if people who write normal full length screenplays could help with the answers I seek

Virtual Series' need there own message boards and even there own section under the "unproduced" section of simply scripts. If they have there own section more people will read them instead of them being buried under a bunch of crappy comedies AND wil intrigue others to write virtual series if they know that there gonna get attention. So the genre will basically build itself if given the right start

I sure know that Banana Chan hasn't got buried, mine hasn't either but I think I see your point

But if we have that section and if people would rather read screenplays instead of a series than they can just skip by and move on

A lot of screenplays don't get the attention they deserve because of the same point, it's hard to know for sure if that would be better or worse

I'm guessing Don would need an overall opinion from other writers and not just people who are pro virtual series having it's own section like the majority of the ones posting in this topic are

Maybe someone should get one of those free proboards and kinda make a virtual series board and than ask Don to link it on here so everyone can be happy

I don't think it has. But I take your comments on board.

Season One is nearly done. When it is, we're going to make some changes. Sunday's will become Twist, the Buffy references are gone, and the show from Season II will be known as Somewhere Inbetween.

So are we now talking about series in general and not just virtual? I haven't lost site of Chris and Sunday but is it written by the same people that did Buffy Season 8? From what i've read it sounds like it

I haven't been motivated to read chris and sunday and it wouldn't be different if there was a specialty board, nobody really mentioned it anywhere else but in the thread for the screenplay. it might be more work but mentioning it on the I wrote a script board everytime before you release a new episode may attract more people to read

Alan and Baltis do the greatest jobs of making people read there work by mentioning it every chance they get, it may be annoying sometimes but it makes people want to read there stuff

Me and Lee did work on Buffy Season Eight, and are working on Buffy Season Nine... but Chris & Sunday is a completely different show. For one thing, it's much more personable. With Buffy we have certain restrictions. Chris & Sunday is more open to our personal angles in relation to the characters.

Quoted from Alan_Holman, posted August 10th, 2004, 2:17pm at here

CHRIS AND SUNDAY has gotten buried. I know about it, but I've never been motivated to find out what it's about. Unless someone posts a "sales pitch" for it, no one's gonna read it. Sad but true. It could be the best series in the world, but who knows?

Buried!?! I'll have you know we just finished episode 15 the other day, and with a 4-strong writer's team gearing up for season two, we are very much still going strong!

And as Chilli said, the show is no longer a Buffy spin-off, it's becoming a standalone show and will be relaunched accordinlg.y

and then, by golly then, you'll never hear th ebloody end of it from me..

He meant buried within the horror section I believe, not that it's crap or anything along those lines

It's not easy to stand out in that section unless you try really hard

Well that hasn't gotten lost either, it's at the forefront

I personally haven't read it but it's one of the ones you notice right away all the time in that section

I try to keep the Chris & Sunday thread near the top of the page by updating it myself when new episodes are finished.. kinda sneaky, but there you go! plus, we've almost had 600 views now so that ain't bad going ^_^

I like 'The Lunchroom' too tho - that's why I think a Virtual Series dedicated site or forum would be a cool idea, as long as we can make sur eit doesn't get too cluttered with sub-genres as Wesley pointed out..

What do you consider a sub-genre?

Virtual Series is the main genre, then from there we divvy it up into Sci-Fi, Horror, Comedy etc.

Hello everyone!

I'm a newbie to the forum, so please be nice to me.

I have a website (http://www.an-alternative-angel.com) where all the episodes I've written are in a shooting script format...well, as close to a shooting script format as I can determine. I'd be really interested to know what people's thoughts and opinions are about it.

Thanks!
angelparis

Ah, someone else who had the same kind of idea as me!

I'll check that site out, AP, and can I just give you a big Hell Yeah for your icon - i've been trying to find a 'Dancing Angel' for years and now I've got one thanks to you ^_^

You could do worse than going to http://soulslaying.scriptmania.com/Buffy.html too, we're running a Virtual Continuation of Buffy and Angel over there - we've done an Eighth Season of Buffy already and have Season Six of ANgel ready to kick off in September, alongside Buffy Season Nine and an all-new Faith series!

Okay, people - An Alternative Angel ROCKS like a great big rocking thing.

The site itself is professionally designed, accessible and full of added extras, while the scripts themselves are of a high standard and follow the style and humour of the show perfectly.

Heartily recommended ^_^

Quoted from angelparis, posted August 16th, 2004, 6:11pm at here

Your site rocks AngelParis.

Quoted from MZPtv, posted August 17th, 2004, 4:54am at here

I'll check that site out, AP, and can I just give you a big Hell Yeah for your icon - i've been trying to find a 'Dancing Angel' for years and now I've got one thanks to you ^_^

It took me ages to find one as well. I can't help but laugh every time I look at my avatar. :D

angelparis

Quoted from MZPtv, posted August 17th, 2004, 6:04am at here

Thanks for the big compliments. I'm really happy you like the site. I designed the site myself (using all html code because I don't have MS frontpage) but there are still several things that need fixing up.

angelparis

Quoted from Chilli, posted August 17th, 2004, 8:27am at here

Your site rocks AngelParis.

Thanks Chilli!!! :)

angelparis

Um don't you think you could have just put all of that into 1 post instead of making it 3? I'm only asking because I am the sub administrator and it's my job to uphold the law as it has been set forth by the one we call Don

That almost sounded half sincere anyways please watch that in the future and ms frontpage isn't all that great but does help with making things straight haha

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