Someone had to ask. I know Don is busy, but there usually is one this month...

James

Actually there's usually one in Jan, Apr, Jul and Oct.  We're off schedule....I hope we're not pregnant or something.  ;D

Quoted from Grandma Bear I hope we're not pregnant or something.  ;D

So, sounds like you're saying I'm fat.  

Pia, you do know who sensitive I am about my weight.  

I was about to post about the "Awesomely Awesome First Quarter 2012 One Week Challange^TM", but now that you've brought up my weight problem, I'll just hole up in my "Man corner of the back room" and eat this pound of chocolate chip cookie dough and wallow in self pity.

Don

Quoted from Don So, sounds like you're saying I'm fat.   Pia, you do know who sensitive I am about my weight.   I was about to post about the "Awesomely Awesome First Quarter 2012 One Week ChallangeTM", but now that you've brought up my weight problem, I'll just hole up in my "Man corner of the back room" and eat this pound of chocolate chip cookie dough and wallow in self pity. Don

Lucky you trademarked that word 'challange', Don.

You never know who might misspell it... :o

Don

Quoted from Don I was about to post about the "Awesomely Awesome First Quarter 2012 One Week

If this is the case you eat what you like... not saying you couldn't already... well what i meant was...please let me in the competition...err ...challenge


...oh bum.

PS looking forward to whatever it is

This truly sounds awesomly awesome, if you ask me.

Details...we need details!!!!

You guys just want another coffee cup.   :)

Not only do I not have an SS coffee mug, but I don't even drink coffee.  I want a pair of white SS Speedo-style swim trunks.

Quoted from Dreamscale Not only do I not have an SS coffee mug, but I don't even drink coffee.  I want a pair of white SS Speedo-style swim trunks.

You know, you have to post a pic if you win... Not one I'd prefer to see.

James

Quoted from Dreamscale Not only do I not have an SS coffee mug, but I don't even drink coffee.  I want a pair of white SS Speedo-style swim trunks.

I don't drink coffee either. Ummmm but just so you know, those speedo-style swim trunks are NOT cool. LOL

Quoted from Pale Yellow I don't drink coffee either. Ummmm but just so you know, those speedo-style swim trunks are NOT cool. LOL

;D ;D ;D ;D

They're not?  Stevie says he wears them all the time down under.  He has a pair of white ones and a pair of royal blue ones.  Oh yeah, he also has a red, white, and blue, stars and stripes pair, he picked up when he visited the states a few years back, wearing his short cutoff jean shorts.

Stevie, we need a few pictures!!!!!

Quoted from Dreamscale ;D ;D ;D ;D They're not?  Stevie says he wears them all the time down under.  He has a pair of white ones and a pair of royal blue ones.  Oh yeah, he also has a red, white, and blue, stars and stripes pair, he picked up when he visited the states a few years back, wearing his short cutoff jean shorts. Stevie, we need a few pictures!!!!!

The old Speedoes, hey? Down here, they're called 'budgie smugglers' or 'dick togs'.

Quoted from Dreamscale ;D ;D ;D ;D They're not?  Stevie says he wears them all the time down under.  He has a pair of white ones and a pair of royal blue ones.  Oh yeah, he also has a red, white, and blue, stars and stripes pair, he picked up when he visited the states a few years back, wearing his short cutoff jean shorts. Stevie, we need a few pictures!!!!!

Hmmm...figured Stevie would at least have some YELLOW SUBMARINE speedos, if any at all!
GO BEATLES

Quoted from stevie The old Speedoes, hey? Down here, they're called 'budgie smugglers' or 'dick togs'.

Okay, I know for a fact that budgie smugglers are just as uncool and painful to see as the speedo!! No way to change that by giving the thing a new name and bringing a cute little bird into it - metaphorically speaking, of course;)

Btw, I'm hangin out for the next OWC too... :)

I suggested a different way of doing the OWC to Don.  Hopefully, he'll like it.

Janet hated it.  So it must be good.


Phil

I was sucked into a heavy vortex of work during December and January. Is it even possible that I write again in the new old fashioned way? We will see...

Happy trails,

Sandra

In between projects...sure would be a perfect time for a short owc.

*hint hint*

Western. Western. ;D

E.D.

Western Horror

Found Footage Horror

RomCom Horror

Down Under Horror

Anything involving a Sasquatch - horror or RomCom

Anything involving alcohol

Anything involving a corncob pipe

I sure hope I don't miss is when it happens!

I was hoping we'd get an announcement today on the OWC.  Any definitive word yet on if it's happening or not?

Quoted from Ryan1 I was hoping we'd get an announcement today on the OWC.  Any definitive word yet on if it's happening or not?

It's definitely happening, just no word on when.

It seems to me that Don has been very busy lately. Too bad we can't do one on our own without having to give him a lot of extra work.

Maybe Phil and I can put something together by working together really closely?

Two weeks ago I asked him if he wants me to schedule a 7WC while we wait and he said no, he was just planning an OWC.  

Perhaps he might chime in and let us know what's up.

Can't wait for a 7WC. I need to crank one out. Feel upset in not participating in the previous one. Hopefully, I can submit my script and it gets posted up before the owc happens.

If there's not going to be a  February OWC, I  could do with a 7WC. ,  my current vampire script is going slow. I'm only on page 25. I should have had this finished this week. In other words, I need a kick in the butt to finish.

a soft kick in the butt. Does that help? :)

Quoted from Grandma Bear If there's not going to be a  February OWC, I  could do with a 7WC. ,  my current vampire script is going slow. I'm only on page 25. I should have had this finished this week. In other words, I need a kick in the butt to finish.

Is that the full length version of your moviepoet script?

I don't need another 7WC yet! I'm still working on the Christmas one from 2009! Lol.

A 7wc would be nice. I get a feeling that a lot of  people will enter ;D

Quoted from Ryan1 Is that the full length version of your moviepoet script?

No, this is sort of an assignment job. They probably cannot wait 7 weeks  though.

If I remember correctly, we usually get 8 or 12 people participating. Since my blackout script was picked up, I have a new fondness of the 7WC. I thought everyone did a good job on the last one.

I would probably do a 7wc if one started soon. I happen to be trying to figure out what I want do next anyway. With 7wc's, is there a topic? Or we just do what we want?

Yep, I vote for a 7WC if the OWC isn't on its way:)

In the past, we went with a specific theme and genre. Actually the 1st one we did was open as far as  genre  went. The theme was Christmas however. The 2nd one we did we chose a theme and genre  that to different production companies had been asking for  on  InkTip   thriller/amnesia.

I'm game to do another one, however, I may not be able to follow your chosen theme and genre.  what I like about these challenges is that we sort of try to help each other out and when we get stuck there other people that are willing to help you move forward again. As far as I know no one has been unable to finish a feature in the assigned time so far.

I don't believe there is any possibility of me completing a script in 7 weeks, but I'm game to try.

I'm probably game for almost any genre, as long as it's not too weird. Two pages a day Rick, no prob for you. You probably have ideas swirling already.

Pale Yellow will probably write 3 or 4 entries!

I can come up with ideas at will.

Actually getting anything on the page is an absolute battle.

I'm in. I have to redeem myself. lol.

There will still be a 7wc after the OWC and for the 7wc we will pick one of the Ink Tip requests as our genre/topic.  Just so you know.

I did the 7WC that Pia referenced before, in November 2009.

I actually finished the script in 6 weeks! It was great having the pressure of the deadline, and made me get my finger out of my arse. The script I wrote, 'Headlong' came out pretty good, and is my strongest piece of work so far.

The good thing about the challenge is the help we can give each other, which someone mentioned above.

So if the genre and theme suit you - give it a go!!

I'm up for a 7 week challenge.

Now if I actually can meet that challange is a whole other thing.

I've got some great idea floating around upstairs. The question is can I translate them down on paper without the final product look as if it was written by someone with an IQ of 65.

How does the 7wc work? Do we just get a genre and theme and have to finish it in 7 weeks or are there steps? Like 15 pages at the end of the first week, etc...

Quoted from Felipe How does the 7wc work? Do we just get a genre and theme and have to finish it in 7 weeks or are there steps? Like 15 pages at the end of the first week, etc...

It's a big complex procedure with 27 different steps and the instructions are inscrutable.  Kind of like Ikea.

Hopefully you know I'm kidding.  We get the genre/theme/topic and then write a feature in 7 weeks.   Then we read them (that's usually the hardest part :-) )

But enough about the 7wc - I just wanted to make sure you knew it was planned.   Let's concentrate on getting this OWC happening.

Haha

The only reason I ask is because my biggest problem is that without steps like that, I will surely leave 120 pages for the last day.

Quoted from Felipe Haha The only reason I ask is because my biggest problem is that without steps like that, I will surely leave 120 pages for the last day.

Ah!  You have to commit or not when we open the 7wc.  If you don't commit you can still write the screenplay but if you do commit then everyone else participating will make sure you live up to your obligation (or else).  

Well, as long as there are people threatening me...

Well, let's not go into what happened to JonnyBoy on the last couple days of the '09 7WC... That was just good times right there. =)

Hmmm 7wc...what exactly is that? A feature, I assume? If so, this interests me much more than a short right now.

As I'm trying to learn :) sorry to the people that have to read my work during the learning phase *S*

Seven is a very magical number...sounds just right to me.

I'm in.

Quoted from leitskev Pale Yellow will probably write 3 or 4 entries!

Laughin...There's no doubt I can finish one in 7 weeks....not sure about 3 or 4. You're too funny Kevin!

Quoted from Pale Yellow There's no doubt I can finish one in 7 weeks....

I hate you... Lol.

Seriously, though, I think the closest I've ever gotten to finishing a script in 7 weeks was when I had 42 pages done then the file got corrupted and deleted.

Somebody out there is conspiring against me! =)

Mr Blonde...

This time, you'll make it...we'll bribe you with the infamous coffee cup!

:)

I'm not going to enter this time. See, I entered last time, too. That file, about 26 pages, got erased when I was forced to reformat my computer. I don't even want to know what'll happen if I press my luck a third time.

I'll just stick to my '09 7WC. =)

I'll have give the 7WC a go, sounds difficult though, well for me it will be but hopefully writing a feature under a deadline will push me to get one done...I hope.

How is the theme/genre picked? Is it a vote or something?

Usually whomever's running it picks the topic or genre.

Quoted from mcornetto There will still be a 7wc after the OWC and for the 7wc we will pick one of the Ink Tip requests as our genre/topic.  Just so you know.

^^ =D ^^

Hopefully Don just drops this on us tomorrow night without the week of build up. Would net a smaller crowd. I hate trying to read 38 scripts based on the same theme. Think I only got through twenty in the last one...

James

How about 38 pissers? Or 38 piss poor scripts?   ;D ;D ;D

My feedback will be that I love each and every entry and will consist of such lines as, "Good job.  Good read.  Good effort."

Yes, I can do that and yes, I will.

I like the sound of that, Jeff. Just for those comments, I think it'll worth entering. =)

Quoted from mcornetto There will still be a 7wc after the OWC and for the 7wc we will pick one of the Ink Tip requests as our genre/topic.  Just so you know.

I wonder if it will be something like this:

Company B
**

We are looking for completed feature-length erotic thriller scripts. We are not looking for late night Cinemax or softcore scripts but rather more sexy thrillers such as “Femme Fatale,” “Basic Instinct,” “Chloe,” “The Housemaid” and “Body Heat,” where the sexuality can be displayed but sex scenes are not the focus of the script.

Budget will not exceed $2 million. Both WGA and Non-WGA writers may submit.

Imagine THAT for a 7wk challenge. Hey, after all that sex and murder on the train game awhile back, folks can do this blindfolded...

hahah yeah! how awesome would that be?

a 7WC and we're all reviewing 25 feature length softcore erotic smut thrillers!!!!

I'm going to put them in a hat to pick the topic.   So it could be any one of them from recent months.

But keep this on topic, please.  

OWC!!!

Can I throw in an idea I've had for a couple of years?

I'd like to see a challenge where we have ONE theme, then the genres are randomly selected and distributed to say, 8-10 of us.

The different takes on it would be very interesting to read, and a very good challenge. Especially if you drew a genre you had never done before!

Anyway, back to you, MC...

Quoted from stevie Can I throw in an idea I've had for a couple of years? I'd like to see a challenge where we have ONE theme, then the genres are randomly selected and distributed to say, 8-10 of us. The different takes on it would be very interesting to read, and a very good challenge. Especially if you drew a genre you had never done before! Anyway, back to you, MC...

thats a good idea... you can assign genres based on your post count at the time... for example: if your post count ends in 1 or 2 you get Horror. 3 or 4 you get comedy... 5 or 6 sci fi.. etc etc and change it every time.

it challenges the writer... and it breaks up the monotony for the readers who are going through 10-20 scripts of the same thing

Oh, that would be a good challenge! I just wrote a few pages of horror (totally out of my depths), so I can't imagine 7 weeks of that!!

RomCom!!!!!!

Stevie and a down under RomCom...make it happen!

Quoted from Dreamscale RomCom!!!!!! Stevie and a down under RomCom...make it happen!

See above post re erotic thriller wanted. There'll be heaps of things going down and under... :o :X

In college I ran a series of competitions where the group would decide on a certain number of genres, characters, and lines of dialogue. At the beginning of the competition, each team would draw a genre, a character, and two lines out of a hat and have to make a film based on those guidelines. It was a lot of fun and forced people to think outside the box. Something like that would be interesting in a script challenge.

Quoted from Felipe In college I ran a series of competitions where the group would decide on a certain number of genres, characters, and lines of dialogue. At the beginning of the competition, each team would draw a genre, a character, and two lines out of a hat and have to make a film based on those guidelines. It was a lot of fun and forced people to think outside the box. Something like that would be interesting in a script challenge.

I had something similar in film school. I had to pull out a plot, characters and location and pitch it within 5 minutes. I think I pulled out nuns, a brothel in trouble (or something), Vietnam POW camp.

Yeah. Tricky.

yikes! it takes me 5 minutes just to decide on a name for my main character!

We had 5 days to make the actual movie.

Quoted from Penoyer79 yikes! it takes me 5 minutes just to decide on a name for my main character!

Only 5 minutes?  You're way ahead of the curve, IMO...at least way ahead of me.  I spend days, if not longer on character names...when I can, that is.

Quoted from Dreamscale Only 5 minutes?  You're way ahead of the curve, IMO...at least way ahead of me.  I spend days, if not longer on character names...when I can, that is.

Days? Really? Why do you take so long? I'm genuinely curious because even though I only take a few minutes, the names usually have some meaning or connection to the story/theme/moral. For example, there's a cat in my vampire script, his name is Ozzy. I'm sure you can figure out the connection there.  :)

Quoted from Dreamscale Only 5 minutes?  You're way ahead of the curve, IMO...at least way ahead of me.  I spend days, if not longer on character names...when I can, that is.

heh not exactly the point i was making, but i hear you - it takes me forever for character names as well...especially when doing features or series.

shorts on the other hands.. i just pull names out of a hat.

I don't know why I take so long, but I'm a very detail oriented person in literally everything I do.  Again, if I have the time.  Names help me with characteristics and visualizing who the characters are.

Hey, I'm weird, as you all know, but for me, it's always been important to have characters who have names that reflect who they are, to me at least.

Most of you don't think my characters even have character, so maybe I'm doing something wrong right from the get-go.  Who knows...

I think the name has to fit your character...so you might not be 'just' thinking about a name, but more a name that fits that unique character that you're already carrying in your mind.

Me, I don't spend enough time doing anything but I'm really trying to slow down :)

I have, for shorts, pulled names out of the hat or even played with the random name generators online. But for features, I've spent more time thinking out names. Sometimes after writing a story, I feel a name doesn't fit though and that's really a pain to try to go thru and change them all!

Guess that's where planning ahead of sitting down to write comes in handy :)

Dena, you can always just do a find and replace if you want to change a character's name.

And, yeah, I personally like having the vast majority of everything done in my head before I start the writing process.

Names only mean what you or others project upon them. I enjoyed the last game Michael created where we used letters.

Recently, tutoring ESL, I shared how "Fuck you!" can just as easily be a welcoming greeting. Words mean fuck all. It's the intention behind the words that matter.

Sandra

It has to be close to OWC time. Sandra is here! She is drawn to OWC's like Leprechauns to rainbows, like tornadoes to trailer parks, like Jeffs to Jaeger. When you see Sandra, you know it's close!!

And I'm very close to my Jagie right now also...it must be about time...isn't it?

I could use a Jagie but gonna have to wait til I get a lifey.

It's the only life I've got right now.   ;D ;D ;D ;D

Sad but true...

Are you guys kidding me?

1563 views and 83 post about an OWC that hasent even begun yet?

WTF?

Read some scripts people...

LOL

Shawn.....><

Ledbetter... dont worry... i'm on it.

that being said...if anyone has shorts they want read.... i'm game.... i doubt im half the writer most of you are - but i will certainly do my best to give my 2 cents.. for whatever its worth... which is about 2 cents.

Quoted from Pale Yellow I think the name has to fit your character...so you might not be 'just' thinking about a name, but more a name that fits that unique character that you're already carrying in your mind.

it's quite ridiculous if you think about it...because its completely subjective....

the name "Heather" for me may relate in my mind to a "dirty, low life prostitute" while to you, that may be the name of your best friend on the planet.

so those of us spending hours stressing and searching for the PERFECT name (like me) are actually just totally wasting time

Quoted from Penoyer79 the name "Heather" for me may relate in my mind to a "dirty, low life prostitute" while to you, that may be the name of your best friend on the planet.

Heather was my first 3 wives name...and also the hooker I shacked up with in Cambodia for 11 days before I found Jesus, who happened to be the cop who busted me...and Heather.  But what comes around, goes around, and Jesus knew Heather from a prior life.

Then I woke up and realized I was still living in my parent's basement in Fish Creek, WI, hoping an OWC involving the name "Heather" would materialize before I go crazy.

Quoted from DarrenJamesSeeley Imagine THAT for a 7wk challenge. Hey, after all that sex and murder on the train game awhile back, folks can do this blindfolded...

Oooh! Does that mean I get to set the dead fornicators on fire with a flare gun again?? ;D

Regards,
M.K.

I need a OWC so I can focus better. Right now I'm a little lost on my projects.   :-/

Quoted from Grandma Bear I need a OWC so I can focus better. Right now I'm a little lost on my projects.   :-/

I'm a little lost, period.

OK, That's BS - I'm completely lost.

Quoted from stevie I want to be in an erotic thriller, going down and under... :o :X