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Posted by: Don, December 11th, 2015, 5:20pm
Sick Training by George ve Gänæaard - Short, Drama - When the company's sole accountant announces he will commit suicide at the end of the day, the VP does everything he can to stop him. 15 pages - pdf, format 8)
Posted by: cloroxmartini, December 11th, 2015, 5:43pm; Reply: 1
Like an episode of office.
The logline is spot on.
There was some good humor in this, I laughed a few times. Your writing needs technical work (like the ending, which was pointless in a way) but you told the story well.
Posted by: Logan McDonald, December 12th, 2015, 12:15pm; Reply: 2
Hey George,
This was written very well. I liked the set up and the characters motivations are simple and understandable. The only issue I have with this had been echoed before with the abrupt ending. It seemed out of place for a dark comedy and felt like slapstick. There were a couple typos but these can be cleaned up with a quick sweep.
Good Job!
Logan
Posted by: RichardR, December 17th, 2015, 11:10am; Reply: 3
George,
Congrats on a solid job. It's a good idea, and the characters just zany enough. The problems I find come at the ending, which is abrupt and predicted. I don't mean the jump but the jump in front of a truck. I would rather have a slightly twisted ending. He changes his mind, he takes the promotion, something other than suicide. That's a personal preference. Otherwise, this works pretty well.
Best
Richard
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