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Posted by: Don, December 21st, 2011, 8:04pm
The Bones Cry Out by Gaile - Sci Fi, Fantasy - An anthropologist finds truth, love, and faith when he learns about the unexpected, secret result of a genetic experiment, a child whose existence threatens the scientific status quo of Darwinian theory. - pdf, format 8)
Posted by: justwrite, December 22nd, 2011, 10:38am; Reply: 1
Hi Gaile, interesting logline.

First 2-3 pages.  
You have an awful lot of CAPS going on in this story.  Is this two different characters or one: YOUNG TEENAGER JONATHAN OZBOURNE.  If one person, then you should probably write it as follows  JONATHAN OZBOURNE (16).  As far as Character names go... my understanding is that they should only be all CAP's  once introduced with dialogue.  Not through out the whole story.

Your Sluglines... the season (summer day) is not a location.   I would remove summer from the slugline.


EXT. - FRENCH COUNTRYSIDE - SUMMER DAY - 1979
EXT.  FRENCH COUNTRYSIDE -  DAY (1979)

You can add summer as part of the description.  Also you don't have to mention 1979 in every slug-line as well.  Now I'm no expert, I've only been into screenwriting since about March of this year... but this is what I've read and have been told thus far...  
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