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Posted by: Don, December 28th, 2016, 10:27pm
5iver by KL Martin JR  - Dramedy, Dark - Three seemingly random strangers, connect by a 5 dollar bill, traverse their way through the city to a party will change all their lives. 89 pages - pdf, format
Posted by: eldave1, December 29th, 2016, 11:08am; Reply: 1
The first page shows that a lot of work is needed:

- No need to number scenes.


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INT. MILES'BEDROOM- MORNING

We open in a small bedroom covered in various clothes, fast food wrappers and used dishes.


Delete the "we open". Of course we are opening - it is the first scene. Just start with - A small bedroom...

the 2nd action block should not be indented



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Miles hops out of bed quickly,perhaps too quickly, as he almost immediately feels the pain and wooziness of his hangover come over him.


How do we know it's a hangover - We don't here. We will in a line or two (empty booze bottle)  - that's good enough. i.e., Show don't tell.


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his first step and almost immediately kicks over an array of half empty alcohol bottles while


Two almost immmediately's in two blocks. You don't need them.


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...Miles opens his laptop, sees a picture of himself with his ex girlfriend,winces and immediately  


Ex Girlfriend - how would we know? Again - another immediately. Get rid of those.

This might be a good story - but just from page 1 - there is a lot of clean up needed.
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