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Posted by: Don, August 3rd, 2012, 9:15pm
Sin Once, Sin Twice by Darryl Wilkerson Jr. - Horror - The year is "1862",The Cussmount Plantation,in South Carolina,where a beautiful young woman and her newborn daughter,were killed by her brutal,jealous husband. Now one hundred and thirty seven years later,the undead young women,seeks revenge against the present day "Cussmount "family members,that destroy her life. 109 pages - pdf, format 8)
Posted by: M.Alexander, August 3rd, 2012, 10:10pm; Reply: 1
Darryl, you seem to be confused on usage of the comma.  Hope this helps.

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/commas.htm

http://www.scripttoolbox.com/
Posted by: thenextscott, August 5th, 2012, 10:15pm; Reply: 2
Using specific scenes in a flashback is fine, but when doing so, use EXT. INT. to separate characters. When I was reading the script, I noticed how the view magically went back to wife and husband. If that was the intention you could have used a small heading such as...

INT. FLASHBACK - CUSSMONT PLANTATION - SUMMER 1862 - DAY

Never use slashes between words, use hyphens, it is more neat and tidy that way.

Now for the magical way the scene moves from husband to wife, use something like this....

The view flips from husband to wife with each push she makes.

This way, the reader knows that the scene is moving from husband to wife in the buildup of her delivery. Using words such as sitting in a scene like in the burial of the great great grandfather could be changed to... The weldon family sit in the front row as the priest gives his sermon in a placcid and calm manner.
I was always told present tense in any scene is important. Yet using some aspects of past tense can be used for some ingredients. I did like this story though, very thought out, well adapted for the history aspect which invades the present. Not a lot of movies like that except from candyman. A prime example of old world style plantation stories with skeletons in the closets. Right now I also submitted my script which is called Necromancer. Look for it. But a warning though, it is an epic, which means it is over three hours long, (192) pages. So if you like to read, then please I would like your input to see how you enjoyed it.
Posted by: Dreamscale (Guest), August 6th, 2012, 10:00am; Reply: 3
Howdy, Darryl...is it Jr or Sr.?  Your log says Jr. but your title page shows Sr.  Interesting...maybe a collab between father and son?

Hey, listen, man...sorry, but lots and lots of big problems going on everywhere.  Your logline is a real mess and as another poster mentioned, you don't seem to know how to use a comma or quotation marks, which is a major problem.

Getting to the actual script, we're immediately assaulted by a completely incorrect Slug, a 5 line passage, an orphan, passive writing, terrible grammar and punctuation, unfilmable asides, and incorrect technical screenwriting writing.

This is all in your opening passage and Slug.

You need to understand that you can't technically start with a Flashback, because you have to understand...what are you flashing back from if you haven't started the script yet?  Also, using a date in a Slug does nothing, because it does not transfer to film.  You'd need a SUPER to show the date.

Then we have dialogue from a character we haven't seen yet and the dialogue exchange is painfully on the nose.

Much of the scene takes place outside of the Slug heading.  It's really just a mess, I'm sorry to say.

You need to read and comment on scripts in here and get to know some peeps.  It's a great place to learn, but you do need to do your share in this Quid Pro Quo world.

Never say die, though.  You'll understand your mistakes in no time and you just need to keep pushing forward.
Posted by: write_stuff (Guest), August 19th, 2012, 8:13pm; Reply: 4
hi there, i just tried to read your script but the very first line of description is sort of non-standard. the rest is likely far better, but i can't get past that very early misstep. i'll give you more after your rewrite.
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