Scripts of the September 2020 OWC

Spiro by Buster Scruggs - Two loudmouth gangsters die slowly in a room.
Prompt: Blood everywhere - Short, Crime

…For Dummies by Dr. Steven Brule - A couple planning a special evening for their anniversary have exactly one hour until their guest of honor arrives.
Prompt: You have exactly one hour. - Short, Rom Com

Clean Slate by Also Blank - Two brothers catch-up after one of them goes to rehab.
Prompt: It's a dead end. What now? - Short, Drama

First Call by Harry Boesch - A rookie police detective experiences his first crime scene investigation with a seasoned partner.
Prompt: Dead person in a room. - Short, Crime

You Can't Force Love by Omg Stfu - In search of love, a determined man receives help from a female friend.
Prompt: You're not the one for me. - Short, Rom Com

Temptation by Max Pipsy - A man and woman debate the fate of the world in a locked room.
Prompt: Things are not what they seem. - Short, Sci Fi

Unlawful Duties by Bette Davis - Two dirty cops investigate a Hobo in an alley at what cost?
Prompt: It's a dead end. What now? - Short, Thriller

Howard's Jewelry and Loan by Blank - A boxer pays a visit to his loan shark after being told he has exactly one hour to settle his outstanding debt.
Prompt: You have exactly one hour - Short, Crime

A Very Bad Date by Rocky Custer - A guy's plan to philanderize with his secretary goes awry when his wife shows up -- and then things get much worse.
Prompt: Dead person in a room. - Short, Crime

Caller Unknown by Anonymous - An emergency call center attendant attempts to talk a young woman off the ledge as she asks him increasingly personal questions.
Prompt: Woman on a ledge. - Short, Drama

Connected by Isaac Asimov - What if the point of singularity has already happened and we just don't know about it.
Prompt: You have exactly one hour. - Short, Sci Fi

Safety by Mr. Bond - When a strange package appears at the door, a couple are at odds about what to do with it.
Prompt: A mysterious parcel is delivered to your house. - Short, Sci Fi

The Night Siren by A True Man's Capote - A man comes to the aid of a desperate woman in need.
Prompt: A woman on a ledge. - Short, Crime

Unsaid by Anonymous - Are things truly better left unsaid?
Prompt: You're not the one for me. - Short, Drama

Huberis by Mean Muddy Funster - A notorious gang leader's self-important is taken down a peg or two when circumstances force him to take a trip in an Uber and he encounters a quirky driver who meticulously obeys the sat nav instructions.
Prompt: I just make up these rules, I have no control over them. - Short, Drama

Ooh, wow! I went out and they're up already.

Don's the man.
Thanks in advance to all who entered. Hope you had fun concocting.
Fifteen. Not bad at all. :)

Some of the links here don't match, guys. Have notified Don.

Opening from below separately is fine until fixed.
https://www.simplyscripts.net/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?b-0920/

Hey, they went up middle of the night.  :D

Hi Folks,

I've fixed the page and the scripts now open in the correct locations.

- Don

Amazing turnaround getting those up, Don. Thank you!

Good turnout too. Looking forward to reading.

Thanks for getting these up so quickly and thanks to Libby for the challenge.

The reads have been enjoyable.  The parameters resulted in a bunch of varied stories and as a reader, I highly appreciate that.

Running into some parameter issues - but that is par for the course for OWCs. Enjoyed them nonetheless.

FYI, one of the prompts is courtesy of Don.
And it was used too.  :D

Quoted from LC FYI, one of the prompts is courtesy of Don. And it was used too.  :D

Nice!

Quoted from LC FYI, one of the prompts is courtesy of Don. And it was used too.  :D

My guess is...
I just make up these rules, I have no control over them.

Quoted from mmmarnie My guess is... I just make up these rules, I have no control over them.

Touché.

Okay - done and done.

Nice job group.

As a reader, I REALLY liked the framework for this one - multiple prompts and genres. There really were no two scripts alike and the pages flew by.  

Thanks to Libby and Don - great challenge.

Thanks, Dave.

I'm pretty chuffed too.
Some really great production-worthy scripts in this challenge, and very entertaining to boot.
Thanks up front to all who partook. Is that a word? Yep, I think so.  :D

Agree with Dave, the criteria allowed for some very different scripts to emerge which was great from the read perspective.

And may be just my opinion but is the quality of the scripts in challenges getting better?

Thanks for organising Libby, and I promise to read the instruction next time and not leave myself two hours to write a script ;-)

Quoted from AnthonyCawood And may be just my opinion but is the quality of the scripts in challenges getting better?

Totally agree. The caliber of entry lately (Writers Tourney and last couple OWCs) has really gone up in all aspects. A lot of the usual suspects but some newer entrants too. I'm only halfway through this lot but am truly impressed with what I've read. Kudos to everyone that has entered.

Quoted from AnthonyCawood ...I promise to read the instruction next time and not leave myself two hours to write a script ;-)

;D I have a feeling the bonus for you Ant is that now you have another script pretty much done and ready to post after the OWC. Not a bad two in one.

P.S. Did you see on the other thread I posted Don's link to SS pandemic masks.

Yep, Libby, the other script was 8 pages in when I realised my schoolboy error... will finish up and post shortly.

And yep, seen the link I will be checking out! many thanks

I finished these up yesterday and was very entertained. Great job to all who entered!

I have one gripe with this challenge but even though I'm going to harp on about it, it's just a minor disappointment.

When the challenge was announced I hoped we'd get a load of scripts with some truly creative dialogue. The type of stuff that when you normally pop it into a script, the first response is, "People don't talk like that!" but then when the right actor says the lines, they become the most quoted dialogue ever! Things like,

"Bunch of slack-jawed faggots around here. This stuff will make you a god damned sexual Tyrannosaurus, just like me."


"You hear me talkin', hillbilly boy? I ain't through with you by a damn sight. I'ma get medieval on your ass."

"I am Godzilla! You are Japan!"

I didn't see much in the way of this, which is a shame. However, that niggle aside these scripts were excellent and most can be cheaply filmed. I expect more options from this OWC than any previous as these are hugely entertaining and CHEAP to produce.

Well done all who took part.

-Mark

Quoted from MarkRenshaw I have one gripe with this challenge but even though I'm going to harp on about it, it's just a minor disappointment. When the challenge was announced I hoped we'd get a load of scripts with some truly creative dialogue. The type of stuff that when you normally pop it into a script, the first response is, "People don't talk like that!" but then when the right actor says the lines, they become the most quoted dialogue ever! Things like, "Bunch of slack-jawed faggots around here. This stuff will make you a god damned sexual Tyrannosaurus, just like me." "You hear me talkin', hillbilly boy? I ain't through with you by a damn sight. I'ma get medieval on your ass." "I am Godzilla! You are Japan!" I didn't see much in the way of this, which is a shame. However, that niggle aside these scripts were excellent and most can be cheaply filmed. I expect more options from this OWC than any previous as these are hugely entertaining and CHEAP to produce. Well done all who took part. -Mark

What the hell are you watching???

I'm glad I came outta my hobbit hole to enter this OWC.

I read them all and I must say very talented, unique scripts.

Thanks Libby and Don for a great challenge and thanks Steve Clark for staying away and stop texting me every night ;D

Rene

First line is Predator I think (Shane Black)

2nd line Pulp Fiction (Tarrantino)

3rd line not sure on that one...

Anthony is correct. Third one is Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead.

Voted yesterday. I've my favorite, of course, but this is one of the tightest OWCs I can remember. Pretty sure there won't be a runaway winner.

Fantastic work all around - Congrats to all that entered!

Quoted from JEStaats Voted yesterday. I've my favorite, of course, but this is one of the tightest OWCs I can remember. Pretty sure there won't be a runaway winner. Fantastic work all around - Congrats to all that entered!

Ditto

I read around 5 and pretty sure I've seen the winner.

But all of them were good ones.

Very well done to everyone who entered. Lots of really good stories and some great lines.

Vote in, really enjoyed these.

Voted.

Great challenge

Just a lil' reminder:

Friday 9/25 Writer's Choice votes due.

I will put up a Guess Who Wrote What when Don let's me know all votes are in.
Should be interesting...

No guesses yet. No reveals yet.

It's been a thoroughly enjoyable challenge to read.

Quoted from LC Just a lil' reminder: Friday 9/25 Writer's Choice votes due. I will put up a Guess Who Wrote What when Don let's me know all votes are in. Should be interesting... No guesses yet. No reveals yet. It's been a thoroughly enjoyable challenge to read.

Indeed!

Am I correct in thinking that a couple entrants have yet to make reviews? Perhaps a crafty writer or two submitted more than one entry?

Maybe our lovely and talented moderator could light a fire under their butts to participate?:)

I only entered once this time...

Quoted from JEStaats Am I correct in thinking that a couple entrants have yet to make reviews? Perhaps a crafty writer or two submitted more than one entry? Maybe our lovely and talented moderator could light a fire under their butts to participate?:)

Could be more than one for some (not me).

The requirement was to --

Quoted Text Participants must read and comment/review in the discussion board at least five other scripts submitted.

So, we'll see....

I think the community thrives on participation... and whilst I'm not a stickler for rules - usually - maybe we should just DQ those who haven't commented on 5 scripts or more... set a precedent for future OWCs

I’ve read, commented and voted.
So in the wise words of Shaggy......’’Wasn’t me’’

I read them all and voted. I haven’t done one of these in about 6 years or so but we used to get 34-40 scripts and you could expect about 12-15 reads. This has 15 scripts and just looking at the board, has an average of about 15 comments on each. I think the participation on this was very high.

James.

Good point James... I'd not done the math!

Quoted from JEStaats Am I correct in thinking that a couple entrants have yet to make reviews? Perhaps a crafty writer or two submitted more than one entry? Maybe our lovely and talented moderator could light a fire under their butts to participate?

I wrote 15 just to cover my odds ;D

Quoted from irish eyes I wrote 15 just to cover my odds ;D

I tried that once.  Came in 16th

I've just uploaded the script I wrote before I noticed the genre requirement, it's called 'Something for the Weekend' if you fancy reading another talking heads script along these lines... no doubt it will appear in the next few days when don gets to it.

Quoted from JEStaats Am I correct in thinking that a couple entrants have yet to make reviews? Perhaps a crafty writer or two submitted more than one entry? Maybe our lovely and talented moderator could light a fire under their butts to participate?:)

I always respond well to flattery.  :D

Twas actually an excellent read and review balance this time around. Everyone, that I can see, came to the party.
Gotta check with Don if everyone has voted yet.

Looking forward to some guesses.
Stay tuned...

I've had an overwhelming week. Only did two reviews so far. I'm so sorry, I'm trying to do more.

You're alright, Rene. You have a solid reviewing history and you got a last minute entry in.

Hope the move back in is going okay.

It's been a non-stop pain, and work and family have made this week a nightmare of not enough hours and way too little sleep.

Hope it improves Rene, but you certainly don't need to apologise - you always review loads and well

Quoted from ReneC It's been a non-stop pain, and work and family have made this week a nightmare of not enough hours and way too little sleep.

Don't sweat it - just vote for mine - it's ........

I remember about two years ago I entered one and then we had a family illness - I got a pass on the commenting - you've certainly earned one based on your track record.

Ditto to what Dave said. Hope things have calmed down a bit for you, Rene.

Arrgghhh!

I just had to get that outta my system.

lol... you okay John?

Quoted from JEStaats Arrgghhh!I just had to get that outta my system.

;D Yeah, I'll bite. What's up, John?

P.S. Apologies for the delay in tallying.

Quoted from LC ;D Yeah, I'll bite. What's up, John? P.S. Apologies for the delay in tallying.

Nailed it.

Just for you, I'll check where we're at...

It's a bit like when you're a kid in the car: Are we there yet?  :(

So, not quite there yet. Waiting on the Boss for a couple of things.

Well, I have to go to bed. Gotta work in the morning. Just send my mug and thong to the usual address, thanks!

Yeah, but Libby... are we there yet?

;D Play another game of 'I spy' with your sister, Ant!
Your father needs to concentrate on his driving.

We used to play Pub Cricket, which may well only be a Brit thing ;-)

Quoted from MarkRenshaw Well, I have to go to bed. Gotta work in the morning. Just send my mug and thong to the usual address, thanks!

It's a mask now, Mark. It is 2020. Thongs are so like...pre-Covid.  :P

Folks,

Apologies for the delay.  I've sent the final scores to LC and they should be posted shortly.

btw, Clean Slate got a letter of interest.  

- Don

Guess Trump was right about mail in voting.  Oh... never mind. That was regular mail:)