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Posted by: Don, March 27th, 2010, 10:28pm
Squad by Troy Oates - Action, Adventure - A small team of police officers fight to eliminate the trafficking of illegal arms in their city.  133 pages - pdf, format 8)
Posted by: jackx, March 29th, 2010, 1:26am; Reply: 1
Alright if only small fragments are shown, thats generally called a montage, and should be formatted and such.  Also you say for all that's shown the person could be jogging, except they're open carrying a sidearm in a holster...
Having both the characters have R names makes it a little hard to read.  Also, small note, but about five paragraphs in a row start with one of their names.  I do the same thing, but itll read a little better if you vary it.
You use level three times in one sentence.
Not sure what QTH is supposed to stand for, but the code for location is 10-20 for all leos
Need commas before all your pet names, chief, cowboy, et cetera.
You make a point to mention everyones clothes, when all the clothes are is shirt and jeans.  You could just say plainclothes.
Why are lizzy and ryan talking on the phone?  I thought they were at the same place?
Why is the park swarming with guys when all there was was a foot chase?  What are they all supposed to be doing?
IA wouldnt have an exposed badge.
For that matter, pretty much everyone else should at this point.
You go into a lot of unnecessary detail.  Has the keys in hand, slides them into the lock, turns the keys, opens the door, removes the keys, enters the building.  All of this is just taking up space, and with the length you currently have you can definately afford to lose some.
Gotta get rid of the mores and continues in your formatting, it looks like celtx or whatever you use jacked them up.
You gotta change Begans name to something that isnt also a word, its confusing to read.
Seems cheap that you use the two plates of food on the table twice.
The hiring of the new guy is way to fast, plus we never see any of the other options.  i would rethink this.
Then ryan has a two page long uninterupted monologue that needs to be addressed.
Also lots of passive verbage, is walking is standing, etc
why are they already asking will what he thinks, hasnt he only been with them 20 minutes?
and why are they already showing him their ci?  they would take some time for trust to build up.
That's it up to p25, not sure i've seen you on the boards, if youre around ill keep reading.

Overall, way too much detail, lot of dialogue without much action.  Lot of expository dialogue too.  
Posted by: thechillman, March 29th, 2010, 6:47am; Reply: 2
Hey,

Thanks for the feedback, really appreciate it. It definitely needs work, it's only a first draft after all. And I did write it a while ago, but it's no excuse.

I'll get to work on refining the script. Cheers again.
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