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SimplyScripts Screenwriting Discussion Board  /  December 2020 One Week Challenge  /  Who Wrote What and Writers' Choice
Posted by: Don, December 29th, 2020, 10:15am
Writers' Choice
3.63636363636364 A Pixie Little Christmas by Matthew Taylor (Matt) writing as Sinterklaas - When a Pixie's home is stolen, his anger endangers a little girl's Christmas. - Short, Animation, Christmas


Writers also liked - Tie
3.41666666666667 To The Moon and Back by L Chambers (LC) writing as Whoohoo... - A widowed mother and her young daughter receive an unexpected but potentially deadly gift on Christmas Eve. - Short, Drama, Romance

3.41666666666667 Glitter and Glow by David Clarke Lambertson (eldave1) writing as Theodore - A magical ornament serves as a reminder of loved ones. - Short, Drama

Third
3.07692307692308 The Gift of Giving by John E Staats (JEStaats) writing as Chuck Dickens - An elderly man and his dog enjoy another memorable Christmas Eve. - Short, Drama


The rest random-ishly

Where the Heart is by Anthony Cawood (AnthonyCawood) writing as Name of A Good Author Here - The spirit of Christmas must overcome those with hatred in their hearts. - Short, Drama

Silent Nights by Steve McDonell (stevie) writing as Bill Krampus - A family buys special ornaments at Christmas time; but at what cost? - Short, Horror

Remember, Remember the 5th of December by Anthony Cawood (AnthonyCawood) writing as Someone Else - In medieval Norway, a young boy just has to be good for one more day. - Short, Horror

Antiqued by Andrew Lightfoot (LIGHTFOOT) writing as Buttercup - A young woman seeks out a gift for her grandmother in an antique store. - Short, Horror

Cat Butt Christmas by Rob Herzog (Rob) writing as Baba O'Riley - Newlyweds merge their bizarre Christmas ornament collections--and the results are magical. - Short, Comedy

All I Want for Christmas is My... by Claudio Saez (Claudio) writing as Sister Susie sitting on a thistle - A  pretty standard Christmas, Mom and Dad fight while Grandma cusses like a sailor. - Short, Dark Comedy

Grandma's Nutcracker by Steven Clark (StevenClark) writing as Clara - Some family keepsake's are better left in storage. - Short, Comedy

All I Want For Christmas by Sam Lees (Sam) writing as Blinky - Five year old Izzy has to be good for just one day to get all she wants for Christmas. - Short, Horror

Bad Elf by Mark Renshaw (markrenshaw) writing as Santa's Little Killer - A family preparing to celebrate Christmas are tested by a scout elf to see who goes on the naughty list. - Short, Horror

Christmas Crystal Ball by Michael Yu (MichaelYu) writing as Window pane - A man saves three persons in a snowy forest at Christmas after they find a crystal ball. - Short, Family

A Simply Scripts Christmas by David Clarke Lambertson (eldave1) writing as Anonymous - For entertainment value only - - no voting required - Short, Horror (I think)
Posted by: khamanna, December 29th, 2020, 10:26am; Reply: 1
Congrats Libby!

And Dave and John!
I read Glitter and Glow. Now I have to read Libby’s and Johns and maybe find myself something edgy out of the rest.
Posted by: AnthonyCawood, December 29th, 2020, 10:38am; Reply: 2
Congrats Matthew - well done!

And to Libby, Dave and John...

And of course, everyone who entered!

Happy New Year in advance too ;-)
Posted by: JEStaats, December 29th, 2020, 10:44am; Reply: 3
Congrats Matt! I knew your pixie story would take the prize. You really should consider writing it as a children's picture book. It could go places....

Nicely done Libby and Dave. Great work. Me? Always a bridesmaid.

Good job everyone - Happy New Years!
Posted by: Matthew Taylor, December 29th, 2020, 11:16am; Reply: 4
Ooooo my first writer's choice  ;D Thanks, guys.

Well done to Dave and Libby, those were my two favourite scripts. And to all for completing the challenge



Quoted from JEStaats
You really should consider writing it as a children's picture book. It could go places....


I have been reading a lot of picture books to my kids lately and have been thinking about trying to write some, I might do it, see what happens - Need to find a good illustrator though.
Posted by: SAC, December 29th, 2020, 11:31am; Reply: 5
Well done Matt, Libby, Dave and John!!
Posted by: khamanna, December 29th, 2020, 11:43am; Reply: 6
Oh wait. Matt is on top. I’m just seeing that. Congrats Matt! Wow high rating. I wonder what you wrote in there
Posted by: MarkRenshaw, December 29th, 2020, 12:22pm; Reply: 7
Well done Matt! I said in my review I would be very surprised if this didn't win. Man, I'm good!
Posted by: eldave1, December 29th, 2020, 12:32pm; Reply: 8
Atta go Matthew! Congrats!

Very nice job - Libby - kudos to you!

Posted by: PKCardinal, December 29th, 2020, 1:47pm; Reply: 9
Mathew for the top spot! Congratulations.

Can't wait to read it, along with others.
Posted by: LC, December 29th, 2020, 5:03pm; Reply: 10
Aww, well done, Matthew! It really is a beauty of a script.

No surprise with Dave, on ya, mate. Up there as usual.
Mr Bridesmaid, a lovely kinda sad tale.

I picked Rob's and Ant's too! Great job both of you.

I'm pretty chuffed mine placed where it did considering some were iffy on the ending. No matching mug but stoked regardless.

Gotta check out the rest...
Posted by: eldave1, December 29th, 2020, 5:11pm; Reply: 11

Quoted from LC
Aww, well done, Matthew! It really is a beauty of a script.

No surprise with Dave, on ya, mate. Up there as usual.
Mr Bridesmaid, a lovely kinda sad tale.

I picked Rob's and Ant's too! Great job both of you.

I'm pretty chuffed mine placed where it did considering some were iffy on the ending. No matching mug but stoked regardless.

Gotta check out the rest...


Enjoyed yours very much, Libby - great job
Posted by: LC, December 29th, 2020, 5:57pm; Reply: 12
Thanks, Dave!   Means a lot. :D

I see Steven Clark did go the Tuna Casserole route with Grandma's Nutcracker...  ;D

Just want to add I thought my three accurate guesses was good, but...

How's Claudio's form? A couple wrong, but wow!


Quoted from Claudio
...
My guesses:

All I Want For Christmas - MarkRenshaw
To The Moon and Back - LC
Grandma’s Nutcracker - StevenClark
Cat Butt Christmas - Rob
Glitter and Glow - eldave
Remember, Remember the 5th of December - AntCawood
Christmas Crystal Ball - Miranda
Where the Heart is - Dreamscale or AntCawood doin some Xmas ninja shit




Posted by: ghost and_ghostie gal, December 29th, 2020, 6:22pm; Reply: 13
Great Job Matthew...

Congrats to everyone else as well -- good job!

Votes do matter. Woohoo!!! :)  Celebrating with a bowl of chocolate ice cream. :P
Posted by: stevie, December 29th, 2020, 9:35pm; Reply: 14
Well done Matty, Lib, Dave and John.  Great efforts!!
Posted by: eldave1, December 29th, 2020, 9:52pm; Reply: 15

Quoted from stevie
Well done Matty, Lib, Dave and John.  Great efforts!!


Gracias
Posted by: Pleb, December 30th, 2020, 4:58am; Reply: 16
Well done Matthew!

I'll be honest, I didn't read any of them as Christmassy stuff is about as appealing to me as reading Fifty Shades of Grey, but I'm sure it was a well deserved win!

Also well done to the runners up, because in a way you're all winners. But in a much more specific way you're not the winners but you did take part. Which is great.
Posted by: AnthonyCawood, December 30th, 2020, 8:50am; Reply: 17
Max, you missed out, there are some very dark Christmas tales in this bunch!
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