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SimplyScripts Screenwriting Discussion Board  /  April '23 OWC  /  Guess Who Wrote What/Writers
Posted by: SAC, April 14th, 2023, 10:11am
So, here ya go. Have at it. 13 writers, no collaborations. Some new, some old, all winners.

Dawn Pisturino
Matthew Taylor
Mark Moore
Kathy Cranford
Darren Williams
Michael Yu
John E. Staats
Khamanna Iskandarova
Anthony Cawood
Kenneth Byrd
Rob Herzog
Guy Castonguay
Roland S. Jefferson
Posted by: Matthew Taylor, April 14th, 2023, 10:46am; Reply: 1
I used to be good at this but it's been too long and I haven't much of a clue.

I'll pluck some from the air...

Still Life - John Staats
#Charity - Anthony Cawood
Somebody help Philip! - Kathy Cranford
Advance Man - Khamanna Iskandarova
Posted by: kcranford, April 14th, 2023, 11:19am; Reply: 2
Ok, I’ll go next. I’m really clueless about most of these, but my (hopefully) slam-dunk guess goes to Khamanna for “Average Joe”. Maybe Anthony for “ F—- Off, Aliens”?  Michael Yu for “Bow and Arrow” and possibly John Statts for “Somebody Help Philip”. Those are mostly wild guesses but eagerly anticipating the “reveals”!
Posted by: irish eyes, April 14th, 2023, 5:20pm; Reply: 3
I have no idea anymore. I don't even know mine ;D

I know one and not because of his writing style but more of his review :D

I'm gonna play Sherlock Holmes on Fuck off Aliens.

I was wondering why it had 23 reviews and the next had 15 ;D  

PK had made a surprise appearance 3 times on this script... Defending the parameters that many writers including myself missed.. so obviously he wrote it :D
BUT WAIT! he never entered, he might have reviewed  one more I'm not sure.  

Just maybe he was asked to explain the parameters by another writer... I'm just kidding with you. Don't take it serious :D

Libby was also an advocate for this script, I'm guessing one of her favs... so she must have wrote it... But she didn't' enter either

So who wrote it??????
Well after probably being annoyed that fellow writers couldn't figure out the parameters.

His review contained this :

I have just finished reading "Still Life" and the superpower fails to save the world in that one too, but I didn't see anyone complain about it in that thread.

Sorry Matthew :(

If it isn't you I would be surprised !!!

I've been doing these things for 10 years, trust me I've had my ass handed to me plenty of times. and made the odd comment in my own reviews :)

Posted by: khamanna, April 14th, 2023, 7:39pm; Reply: 4
From writing styles I infer that:
The #Charity - Kathy
Average Joe - John
F Aliens - Rob Herzog
Somebody Help Philip - Anthony
Still Life - Mathew

From comments:
Michael Yu - Advance Man
Coastal Mainer - Psyche Ward

Thank you, Kathy, for attributing Average Joe to me. I wish!
Posted by: LC, April 14th, 2023, 7:46pm; Reply: 5
Mark, I think you might be onto something there with all that Sherlock deduction.
Definitely a Brit wrote Aliens, I'd stake something big on that.
I did at first think Ant, but now I'm swayed otherwise.

Lots of new writers which is great to see and most got involved in the reading and reviewing. I hope they stick around.
I'm going to investigate further before making anymore guesses...
Posted by: khamanna, April 14th, 2023, 8:19pm; Reply: 6

Quoted from LC

I'm going to investigate further before making anymore guesses...


Oh yeah. How do you investigate?
Posted by: kcranford, April 14th, 2023, 8:23pm; Reply: 7

Quoted from khamanna


Oh yeah. How do you investigate?


Yes, I want to know also!  My guesses were obviously just stabs in the dark.
Posted by: LC, April 14th, 2023, 8:53pm; Reply: 8

Quoted from kcranford
Yes, I want to know also!  My guesses were obviously just stabs in the dark.

;D
Tell-tale signs, UK v US spellings, ways in which some writers intro characters, add commas, use bold headings, fancy title pages. Some writers we know lean towards certain genres. Kathy, we know the genre you love.  ;) And Kham will more often than not feature children as characters. Rob writes quirky characters, John and Mark veer towards noir or SciFi... Hmm, but comedy too.

So, see? It's easy.
Actually it's not.
Added point of difficulty is all the Newbs in the mix.  ::)



Posted by: ghost and_ghostie gal, April 14th, 2023, 10:37pm; Reply: 9
Um, just went Eeny, meeny, miny, moe —

#Charity - Ant
Still Life - JEStaats
Fuck off, Aliens -Matthew or Kham?
The Greatest Superhero Power - Darren W.
Psych Ward -  RonaldJ or Michael?
Average Joe - Mark?
Savior -Kathy
Blow - Kham
Drink Canady Dry -  Kenneth?
Somebody Help Phillip! - Rob
Advance man - Guy?
The Bow and Arrow - Dawn?
Touched - Michael or Ronaldj

Mostly hits. A few misses... :)
Posted by: AnthonyCawood, April 15th, 2023, 4:23am; Reply: 10
I'm totally rubbish at this game and am constantly surprised at how good some other people are!
Posted by: Matthew Taylor, April 15th, 2023, 9:02am; Reply: 11

Quoted from Matthew Taylor
I used to be good at this but it's been too long and I haven't much of a clue.

I'll pluck some from the air...

Still Life - John Staats
#Charity - Anthony Cawood
Somebody help Philip! - Kathy Cranford
Advance Man - Khamanna Iskandarova


2 out of 4 ain’t bad. I don’t think I’ve ever not guessed Anthony’s correctly  ;D
Posted by: AnthonyCawood, April 15th, 2023, 10:14am; Reply: 12
I'm never playing you at Poker Matthew!
Posted by: khamanna, April 15th, 2023, 3:59pm; Reply: 13
I’m taking Average Joe from John and giving it to Mark.
That’s for sure!

Average Joe - Mark
Somebody help Philip - John
Still Life - Rob
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