SimplyScripts Screenwriting Discussion Board / Comedy Scripts / 86 the Special
Posted by: Don, January 13th, 2019, 3:55pm
86 the Special by Michael L Kennedy - Comedy, Sci Fi - Customers who come in right before closing are the worst, especially when they cause you to get sucked into an endless void. 100 pages - pdf format
Writer interested in feedback on this work
Posted by: eldave1, January 13th, 2019, 8:01pm; Reply: 1
Michael:
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INT. DINER - NIGHT
The diner is slightly dirty and mostly empty.
You never have to repeat your location in the description if it's in the header. e.g., the above should be:
INT. DINER - NIGHT
Slightly dirty and mostly empty.
Best to write actively. Avoid the "is"and "ings." e.g., this:
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A BUSBOY (19) is wiping down booths with a well-worn towel and a WAITRESS (40) is marrying bottles of ketchup.
Reads better as:
A BUSBOY (19) wipes down booths with a well-worn towel and a WAITRESS (40) marries bottles of ketchup.
This:
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A BEARDED MAN (40) is sitting by himself in a large booth. He is in a back corner of the diner,
Better as:
A BEARDED MAN (40) sits by himself in a large booth in the back corner of the diner.
Posted by: ML, January 24th, 2019, 5:30pm; Reply: 2
Thanks to anybody who reads this thing.
The goal here was really to make things get progressively weirder every ten pages.