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Posted by: Don, April 26th, 2015, 8:35am
The Power by Kevin Doy Burton - Sci Fi - A man is host to an entity not of this world that feeds off of negative emotions. 95 pages - pdf, format 8)
Posted by: AdamV, April 28th, 2015, 5:46pm; Reply: 1
just started reading..i notice you're writing in past tense like..."barry was staring out into space..."
screenplays are written in the present tense, for the purpose of making the reader feel like hes right there watching the movie. You should say "barry is staring out into space.." or "barry stares out into space.." you started off writing in present tense and then you switchover to past tense when you start talking about what barry is doing. Just a small note. I'm going to keep reading now...
Posted by: KevinS, May 1st, 2015, 8:39am; Reply: 2
I got about 4 pages in and had to stop only because the formatting was hard to follow.  The internet is a wonderful tool to learn how to format certain types of scripts, so take advantage of it.  There are also tons of books on formatting.  Story wise, from what I could understand, it did capture my attention.  I'm sure you have a good story here, but you need to fix the formatting.  
Posted by: TonyDionisio, May 1st, 2015, 11:16am; Reply: 3
"Jet ran towards Brady and Tom." - This made me think of Gisele Bundchen for some reason. I dunno why :)
Posted by: HenryTj, June 15th, 2015, 2:50am; Reply: 4
"Barry stares..." is better than "Barry is staring..." The auxilary verb "is" weakens the verb "stare."
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