ROUND ONE TITLES AND LOGLINE TEASERS
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Topic: ROUND ONE TITLES AND LOGLINE TEASERS
Posted By: Scarlet Screenwriter
Subject: ROUND ONE TITLES AND LOGLINE TEASERS
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2017 at 11:54pm
OK, you know the routine ... we have 72 hours to wait for confirmation, but there's nothing to stop us sharing our titles and log lines to garner interest ...
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Posted By: Scarlet Screenwriter
Date Posted: 29 Apr 2017 at 11:59pm
R1/G12 - FANTASY/A COUPON/AN EGOMANIAC
LOX HASHSLINGER
"I'm going to build a wall ... a great big wall ... and then I'm going to sit on top of it!"
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Posted By: steph9289
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2017 at 12:06am
Hey heatmate!
Round 1 | Heat 12 - Fantasy/A coupon/An egomaniac
Prints Charming Mandy is sick of being thrown to the curb by men. It's time for her to try a new kind of dating.
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Posted By: GrowlingWhispers
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2017 at 12:10am
R1/Gr27 - Action-Adventure/Animal Poaching/A Hotel Manager
The Sylvan Springs Lodge
Called to a secret wildlife preserve, Agent Moore learns that there is much more to the world than he realizes.
This has got to be the worst log line I have ever written. No excuses, but everything that could have gone wrong with the exception of my computer catching fire or me turning into a koala did. Finished the script with two minutes to go; got it submitted with seconds left.
Now it's time to go have a slice of cake, find the giant spider that crawled over my fingers and disappeared behind the desk earlier, feed the cats, and go to sleep. WHEW!
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Posted By: Scarlet Screenwriter
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2017 at 12:12am
steph9289 wrote:
Hey heatmate!
Round 1 | Heat 12 - Fantasy/A coupon/An egomaniac Prints Charming Mandy is sick of being thrown to the curb my men. It's time for her to try a new kind of dating.
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Go Group 12!
I've decided to revisit my favourite place in the comps ... Fantasyland ... This will be my fourth story/screenplay set in this bent twisted fairy tale fantasy world ... I love it there! I know I'll get a lot of flack ... it also has a very heavy dose of political satire, one of my favourite genres ... along with historical fiction ... but fuq'em, I say ...
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Posted By: ozwaldo1
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2017 at 12:20am
Round 1 | Heat 12 - Fantasy/A coupon/An egomaniac
Just Kill Me
LOGLINE: After their village is destroyed by the ruthless Jindrag, the people of Huronia seek help from a famed warrior with a very unusual battle technique.
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Posted By: aerolissa
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2017 at 12:51am
Round 1 - Heat 12 - Fantasy/Coupon/Egomaniac (Great to see so many heatmates! )
Lonely Magic A lonely orphan must embark on an errand for her wicked guardians with only her curiosity for magic and a strange piece of paper to guide her through the dark forest.
Things got a little dark fantasy/fairy tale-esque, but what can you do?
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Posted By: stephenmatlock
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2017 at 1:27am
R1 H45 | Mystery, Dog Breeder, Private Property
BEST OF BREED Prairie Jones breeds dogs at his private farm on Gomez Island, but a sudden death at a celebration impels him to uncover a decades-long secret. Should he find the murderer, or is it best to let sleeping dogs lie?
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Posted By: Vernacula
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2017 at 1:39am
Heat 38
Fantasy
Living With Parents
Interior Decorator
Objets Magiques
Laramie Aura, owner
of Magical Interiors, has a way with her furnishings. In fact, they tell her
so.
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Posted By: Tom2point0
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2017 at 2:38am
R1/G32 - Mystery, a weight loss program, a Seamstress
THE TAILOR'S DAUGHTERS
A Seamstress and her little sister become junior sleuths when one of their patrons dies after weeks of rapid weight loss and numerous alterations to her thinning wardrobe.
It's been awhile, looking forward to reading some great scripts!
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Posted By: Goonie
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2017 at 3:20am
R1 / Heat 37Ghost Story / Sculptor / Bucket List
RENDERED When a 3D sculptor's work inexplicably changes overnight, he is lured into following a bizarre trail of digital clues.
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Posted By: Tim G
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2017 at 6:39am
Group 25
Thriller / Confidential Information / a Window Washer
THROUGH THE PANE
When a window washer witnesses a professional murder, a battle of wits ensues on both sides of the glass.
(Apologies for sash a bad pun - it ended up a sort of comic thriller in the end)
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Posted By: Tim G
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2017 at 6:42am
Particularly intrigued by the Jindrag one!
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Posted By: Moon Balloon
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2017 at 7:40am
Heat 3 Comedy/A Loan/A Nurse
Connelly
Death won't stop this man from helping the person he loves, no matter how many times he has to die to do it.
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Posted By: Annerocious
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2017 at 8:00am
Heat 21 Historical Fiction/Mourning/TraitorThe Gentle Sex
On a female convict ship bound for Australia, a clever spy abandons her humanity to regain her freedom.
I did learn that when you're in a time crunch, you ought to pick a setting that you know something about!
------------- Round 1 Heat 21 http://bit.ly/2qA7TyP" rel="nofollow - The Gentle Sex
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Posted By: shanan187
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2017 at 9:34am
This was my first attempt at writing a screenplay. I knew the only way I'd actually buckle down and try it was by entering a contest. I'm thankful for my beta readers, and for Scrivener! LOL Mostly for my betas though, because they were awesome helpers.
Anyway... amazingly enough, I got neither Crime Caper nor Horror (which seem to be the only two genres NYCM likes to give me). This time, I was assigned Political Satire. The idea for the story hit me immediately. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to put fingers to keyboard until Thursday night! (It was a week of kid stuff... ice skating competition, band concerts, junior high prom, hockey tournament...) Still got it done in time! Yay me! I'll chalk that up to successful adulting ;) And without further blah blah... here's my title and logline:
10: Political Satire/A fundraising event/A furniture mover
When it comes to charity, the wealthy elite are ready and willing to give. But who is on the receiving end?
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Posted By: shanan187
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2017 at 9:35am
Moon Balloon wrote:
Heat 3 Comedy/A Loan/A Nurse
Connelly
Death won't stop this man from helping the person he loves, no matter how many times he has to die to do it.
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This sounds fun!
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Posted By: shanan187
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2017 at 9:36am
Scarlet Screenwriter wrote:
R1/G12 - FANTASY/A COUPON/AN EGOMANIAC
LOX HASHSLINGER
"I'm going to build a wall ... a great big wall ... and then I'm going to sit on top of it!"
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Posted By: shanan187
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2017 at 9:41am
Scarlet Screenwriter wrote:
steph9289 wrote:
Hey heatmate!
Round 1 | Heat 12 - Fantasy/A coupon/An egomaniac Prints Charming Mandy is sick of being thrown to the curb my men. It's time for her to try a new kind of dating.
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Go Group 12!
I've decided to revisit my favourite place in the comps ... Fantasyland ... This will be my fourth story/screenplay set in this bent twisted fairy tale fantasy world ... I love it there! I know I'll get a lot of flack ... it also has a very heavy dose of political satire, one of my favourite genres ... along with historical fiction ... but fuq'em, I say ...
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Fantasy and Political Satire often go hand-in-hand. Same with Fairy Tale and Political Satire. TBH, I dreaded getting PS... and now that I've survived a round with the genre, I kind of love it. Can't wait to read both of yours! They're both intriguing
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Posted By: Zblugg
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2017 at 10:01am
R1 H20Crime Caper / Junk mail / A restaurant critic
Junkfood After a night of drinking with his business partner Sam, Ben invites the most respected and feared food critic in town to review their bistro, via an ill-fated email. The next day, realizing his mistake, he has to make sure that email is never read.
Yeah, so that's a loooooooooong logline.
------------- MF100 R2G16 https://bit.ly/3OupO46" rel="nofollow - Marv and Mary Have Flower Issues
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Posted By: Emmageek
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2017 at 10:09am
Hi, Z and Scarlett and Vernicular
I ended up with Group 46, Crime Caper, Delivery Service, Barista.
Pig in a Poke Logline: An innocent barista witnesses a con in the act and takes him for the ride of his life.
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Posted By: Ashrac777
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2017 at 11:33am
Hello all!
I'm in HEAT 38 Fantasy/ Living With Parents/ An Interior Designer
Logline: A struggling interior designer returns home to live with her parents and unwittingly cracks a long standing mystery.
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Posted By: MaHaBone
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2017 at 11:40am
Where my Heat 44's at? Horror/Mayoral Election/Guidance Councilor PRESSING THE FLESH A bright young candidate for Mayor has a violent encounter with a man from his past, revealing the nightmarish truth about his present.
------------- R1:H44: https://tinyurl.com/lfsmthr" rel="nofollow - Pressing the Flesh R2:H3: https://tinyurl.com/y76v4zsy" rel="nofollow - Beef
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2017 at 11:50am
Hey, All -
R1 Heat 33: Horror / a toll road / a carpenter
SELFIE
An emotionally isolated man, worn out by memories and suppressed fears,
travels by bus to help a friend, and along the way finds a cellphone that challenges
his anxieties.
First: I stink at loglines. Second: I stink at horror...and this is my third time getting horror in these challenges. Third: Well, I stink at horror.
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Posted By: Reez
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2017 at 1:18pm
Hello everyone!
Well, I have discovered that I hate writing about Horses and racing and most of all jockeys.
I dragged and pulled and extracted every last word.
It is definitely a drama, as my life has been for the last 24 hours. Not least of all because NYC. don't accept final draft doc's and for some reason they also rejected my word doc, which had to be copied, pasted and re-tabbed in word when it blew out of final draft, (inhales deeply). Then eventually with 13 (obviously) minutes to go my dramatic script loaded as a pdf. Now just filled with trepidation to see if the whole process was worth it and if the drama lives up to the script!
Anyway, rant over; I got: group 31 - Drama / A Horse Jockey / learning to read and write
'The Final Hurdle'
Fred Bannon 's horrific fall leaves him isolated in a silent world. A silence chosen by another boy to forget the horrors of war.'
------------- MFC/Final https://rb.gy/iboxr" rel="nofollow - A Whistle and a Cry MFC250/R1 https://forums.nycmidnight.com/r1-g13-expecting-ghost-story_topic57098.html" rel="nofollow - Expecting
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Posted By: Splinker
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2017 at 2:24pm
Round 1 Heat 7 Romantic Comedy, Mechanic, New Job
Greg is a physicist turned romance broker who seems oblivious to his own, shaky marriage.
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Posted By: Scarlet Screenwriter
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2017 at 8:32pm
shanan187 wrote:
Scarlet Screenwriter wrote:
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Five seconds on Google images!
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Posted By: lisafox10800
Date Posted: 30 Apr 2017 at 8:44pm
Round 1, Group 24: Thriller / Road Rage / Bartender
Seeing Red Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear. And sometimes, they are deadlier.
------------- lisafoxiswriting.com My short story collection, Core Truths, is now available wherever books are sold.
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Posted By: paulene.turner
Date Posted: 01 May 2017 at 5:10am
Heat 44, Horror, a mayoral election, a guidance counselor
THE TRUTH THAT LIES BENEATH Phoebe is on the trail of a story that could get her promoted...if it doesn't bury her first.
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Posted By: Zblugg
Date Posted: 01 May 2017 at 7:59am
paulene.turner wrote:
Heat 44, Horror, a mayoral election, a guidance counselor
THE TRUTH THAT LIES BENEATH Phoebe is on the trail of a story that could get her promoted...if it doesn't bury her first. |
Don Lafontaine is reading this, in my head, right now... Only thing "missing" is "In a world..."
Nice!
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Posted By: jmsimon
Date Posted: 01 May 2017 at 10:11am
Hey Everyone,
These sound great! Here is mine, I'm in Group 34: Spy / Mail forwarding / A loan officer
Digging the Truth While investigating a loan officer with ties to a terrorist group, secret agent Rex Vanderlark discovers a secret in an unexpected place.
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Posted By: Annerocious
Date Posted: 01 May 2017 at 11:10am
In my head, it went "...if it doesn't bury her lede..."
------------- Round 1 Heat 21 http://bit.ly/2qA7TyP" rel="nofollow - The Gentle Sex
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Posted By: Sophiebrx
Date Posted: 01 May 2017 at 12:46pm
Heat 14 - Romantic Comedy - Recycling - A senior citizen
Title: Gathering Providence Logline: She’s trying to save her relationship by gathering enough of an expensive love potion. He’s trying not to need any.
Man do I hate romantic comedies! :D
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Posted By: stephenmatlock
Date Posted: 01 May 2017 at 12:47pm
Reez wrote:
Hello everyone!
Well, I have discovered that I hate writing about Horses and racing and most of all jockeys.
I dragged and pulled and extracted every last word.
It is definitely a drama, as my life has been for the last 24 hours. Not least of all because NYC. don't accept final draft doc's and for some reason they also rejected my word doc, which had to be copied, pasted and re-tabbed in word when it blew out of final draft, (inhales deeply). Then eventually with 13 (obviously) minutes to go my dramatic script loaded as a pdf. Now just filled with trepidation to see if the whole process was worth it and if the drama lives up to the script!
Anyway, rant over; I got: group 31 - Drama / A Horse Jockey / learning to read and write
'The Final Hurdle'
Fred Bannon 's horrific fall leaves him isolated in a silent world. A silence chosen by another boy to forget the horrors of war.' |
First of all, AWESOME logline! Can't wait for a chance to read it. (If you were to share it with us, of course.)
But I feel your pain!
I have a reflexive dislike of PDF files because when they are shared in Google Drive they have this wonky interface that puts black bars at the top and bottom with NOT HELPFUL RIGHT NOW navigation controls, and try as I might I can't dismiss them. I actually downloaded an app that converts them to a readable document format.
I dinked around with a few programs, all which can import/export Final Draft content, and ended up with a mix of Fade In and Writer Duet. (Fade In for writing, and Writer Duet for final PDF because my copy of Fade In is still the demo version.) When I purchase Fade In, I think I'll use just that.
Best of luck with the judges! And remember, life is what happens when you're still planning for life.
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Posted By: Splinker
Date Posted: 01 May 2017 at 1:37pm
I would have avoided using the word "secret" twice. But I think it has a zero chance of hurting your entry.
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Posted By: Rikpo
Date Posted: 01 May 2017 at 3:50pm
R1|GR19 - Fantasy | Faking an Injury | A Sailor
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Redamntion Love between an angel and a succubus can last centuries, if they don't destroy each other.
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Okay, so I had this nice start on a sweet story about an orc sailor who fakes an injury to get out of joining the war so he can see more of his son. However, I ended with an erotic-ish fantasy where a succubus fondles an archangel.
I'm thinking those pictures in the Dungeons & Dragons manuals of my youth are still kicking around in my id somewhere equating fantasy to hot monster. Let me know if I'm beyond psychological and/or literary redress.
Cheers & Good Luck All!
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Posted By: amariesalter
Date Posted: 01 May 2017 at 4:25pm
Soldiered on with my most dreaded genre- Political Satire/ A fundraiser/ a furniture mover. Fairly certain what I submitted was absolutely wretched, but I'm glad I finished. Not quitting is my big achievement here. Plus, I ran out of cares to give and used of my favorite absurd words in my title.
The Snollygosters' Ball
A small town jack of all trades is a fish out of water at a fancy D.C. fundraiser, but he may be more welcome than he imagines.
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Posted By: alexdsut
Date Posted: 01 May 2017 at 6:17pm
These are sounding great! Can't wait to read some of the completed scripts. Here's my two cents for Heat 34: Spy / Mail Forwarding / A Loan Officer:
Western Heights An introverted loan officer, on the brink of redundancy, decides to follows the instructions of a series of anonymous emails; becoming progressively more involved in an obscure conspiracy.
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Posted By: paulene.turner
Date Posted: 01 May 2017 at 7:21pm
Reez wrote:
Hello everyone!
Well, I have discovered that I hate writing about Horses and racing and most of all jockeys.
I dragged and pulled and extracted every last word.
It is definitely a drama, as my life has been for the last 24 hours. Not least of all because NYC. don't accept final draft doc's and for some reason they also rejected my word doc, which had to be copied, pasted and re-tabbed in word when it blew out of final draft, (inhales deeply). Then eventually with 13 (obviously) minutes to go my dramatic script loaded as a pdf. Now just filled with trepidation to see if the whole process was worth it and if the drama lives up to the script!
Anyway, rant over; I got: group 31 - Drama / A Horse Jockey / learning to read and write
'The Final Hurdle'
Fred Bannon 's horrific fall leaves him isolated in a silent world. A silence chosen by another boy to forget the horrors of war.' |
Look forward to reading this REEZ! Good to see you here again...despite the obstacles!
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Posted By: paulene.turner
Date Posted: 01 May 2017 at 7:23pm
MaHaBone wrote:
Where my Heat 44's at?Horror/Mayoral Election/Guidance Councilor PRESSING THE FLESH A bright young candidate for Mayor has a violent encounter with a man from his past, revealing the nightmarish truth about his present.
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Hey, fellow heat 44-er Look forward to reading yours. How did you find the prompts? I hope you are going to put this up on the forum? cheers Paulene
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Posted By: paulene.turner
Date Posted: 01 May 2017 at 7:27pm
Vernacula wrote:
Heat 38
Fantasy
Living With Parents
Interior Decorator
Objets Magiques
Laramie Aura, owner
of Magical Interiors, has a way with her furnishings. In fact, they tell her
so.
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Good to see you again Vernacula. Look forward to reasding this. living with parents...fantasy... I think my kids would call that horror! cheers
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Posted By: paulene.turner
Date Posted: 01 May 2017 at 7:38pm
Zblugg wrote:
R1 H20Crime Caper / Junk mail / A restaurant critic
Junkfood After a night of drinking with his business partner Sam, Ben invites the most respected and feared food critic in town to review their bistro, via an ill-fated email. The next day, realizing his mistake, he has to make sure that email is never read.
Yeah, so that's a loooooooooong logline.
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This sounds like a lot of fun. Look forward to reading it!
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Posted By: MaHaBone
Date Posted: 01 May 2017 at 9:12pm
My script came out OK, but no lightning in a bottle. I found it hard to decide what flavor of horror to chase- did you?
I actually wrote 2. One was a more Silence of the Lambs style - which my wife did not get all. And thus taught a bit about why Silence of the Lambs worked and mine didn't. The second script felt very X-Files to my wife, so that's the one I went with. Hopefully Horror-y enough.
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Posted By: paulene.turner
Date Posted: 01 May 2017 at 10:59pm
MaHaBone wrote:
My script came out OK, but no lightning in a bottle. I found it hard to decide what flavor of horror to chase- did you?
I actually wrote 2. One was a more Silence of the Lambs style - which my wife did not get all. And thus taught a bit about why Silence of the Lambs worked and mine didn't. The second script felt very X-Files to my wife, so that's the one I went with. Hopefully Horror-y enough. |
Hi MaHaBone, It was my first horror. I can't watch horror, as I'm a complete wimp when it comes to anything supernatural (I'm okay with violence though- Game of Thrones I could eat for breakfast!). But writing it wasn't nearly as scary. I'm sure there's a lot in the direction of a horror piece to do with music that creates the creep factor. At least I hope that's why my own didn't scare me! Good luck. cheers
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Posted By: Vernacula
Date Posted: 01 May 2017 at 11:02pm
paulene.turner wrote:
Vernacula wrote:
Heat 38
Fantasy
Living With Parents
Interior Decorator
Objets Magiques
Laramie Aura, owner
of Magical Interiors, has a way with her furnishings. In fact, they tell her
so.
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Good to see you again Vernacula. Look forward to reading this. living with parents...fantasy... I think my kids would call that horror! cheers |
Haha! Thanks, Pauline. Great to see you, as well!
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Posted By: KittNiss
Date Posted: 02 May 2017 at 5:21am
Heat 12 Fantasy, A coupon, An egomaniac
KISMET RESORT A retiring employee is given a coupon for a holiday designed for somebody very different. At Kismet Resort, you get the holiday you deserve.
(awful prompts - I suspect a large number of this heat were first to post because it's like pulling off a bandaid; I'm a bit slower because I've been soaking mine off...with vodka)
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Posted By: stephenmatlock
Date Posted: 02 May 2017 at 6:21am
KittNiss wrote:
...it's like pulling off a bandaid; I'm a bit slower because I've been soaking mine off...with vodka |
Um, I'm stealing this line.
But still ...
Congrats on finishing!
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Posted By: Scarlet Screenwriter
Date Posted: 02 May 2017 at 6:38am
KittNiss wrote:
Heat 12 Fantasy, A coupon, An egomaniac ... awful prompts - I suspect a large number of this heat were first to post because it's like pulling off a bandaid; I'm a bit slower because I've been soaking mine off...with vodka |
Kitty ... how can you say that?!? Every set of prompts is the best set! Some are more challenging than others, but all lead to a hidden treasure! I am envious of some other prompts sometimes, and know exactly how I would do them, but I loved #12 ...
I think I've been here so long, I've had every single genre ... I love historical fiction, political satire, romantic comedy ... Fantasy, Fairy tale are special.
Good luck! I think you're the 5th #12 ... some pretty interesting ...
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Posted By: KittNiss
Date Posted: 02 May 2017 at 6:43am
Scarlet Screenwriter wrote:
KittNiss wrote:
Heat 12 Fantasy, A coupon, An egomaniac ... awful prompts - I suspect a large number of this heat were first to post because it's like pulling off a bandaid; I'm a bit slower because I've been soaking mine off...with vodka |
Kitty ... how can you say that?!? Every set of prompts is the best set! Some are more challenging than others, but all lead to a hidden treasure! I am envious of some other prompts sometimes, and know exactly how I would do them, but I loved #12 ...
I think I've been here so long, I've had every single genre ... I love historical fiction, political satire, romantic comedy ... Fantasy, Fairy tale are special.
Good luck! I think you're the 5th #12 ... some pretty interesting ...
AH truth be told, it was OK, and I ended up happy with the thing. I ended up writing two completely different stories, and I LOVED the first one, but for sentimental reasons.
And I was proud to have finished with something that I'm not embarrassed about.
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Posted By: KittNiss
Date Posted: 02 May 2017 at 6:47am
In reply to Stephen-
It's not a bad line, is it? And I only thought of it as I wrote this.
I like your work, I think it could fit in. If you make it rich though, I'm coming after you, assuming I'm not too hungover to find you
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Posted By: JaimeLeeMann
Date Posted: 02 May 2017 at 7:47am
All these loglines sound so great! I don't see any other Group 16ers: Spy | A password | A 9 year old girl
Here's my attempt! #1 Dad
Agent Russo is searching for the mole behind a major US security breach. The person responsible may be closer than he thinks.
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Posted By: rossinny
Date Posted: 02 May 2017 at 7:57am
First competition. First script. First logline. First post! Hi all :-) Heat 20. Crime caper, junk mail, a restaurant critic BEST SERVED COLD A restaurant owner and his hot-headed chef plot revenge against the critic who ruined them.
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Posted By: paulene.turner
Date Posted: 02 May 2017 at 8:26am
rossinny wrote:
First competition. First script. First logline. First post! Hi all :-) Heat 20. Crime caper, junk mail, a restaurant critic BEST SERVED COLD A restaurant owner and his hot-headed chef plot revenge against the critic who ruined them. |
I love a good crime caper, and a good restaurant story! Reckon I'll be reading this!
------------- R1, G46, Comedy https://bit.ly/49fVl4c" rel="nofollow - ANGEL OF ROCK ;
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Posted By: Anthonypittore
Date Posted: 02 May 2017 at 9:51am
Heat 31 - Drama / Learning to Read / A Horse Jockey
Title - Stable Logline - Based on true events. After suffering a debilitating head injury during a race, a championship horse jockey must overcome the odds and face his fears to get back in the saddle.
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SWC 2024:
R1 - https://forums.nycmidnight.com/topic58415_post631607.html#631607" rel="nofollow - Fairytale of New York (G59 - Fairy Tale / Garbage Man / New Year's Eve)
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Posted By: Zblugg
Date Posted: 02 May 2017 at 11:26am
rossinny wrote:
First competition. First script. First logline. First post! Hi all :-) Heat 20. Crime caper, junk mail, a restaurant critic BEST SERVED COLD A restaurant owner and his hot-headed chef plot revenge against the critic who ruined them. |
GASP!!! A fellow 20th heater! I'll definitely be reading this! ;) Also, first time everything here, too!
------------- MF100 R2G16 https://bit.ly/3OupO46" rel="nofollow - Marv and Mary Have Flower Issues
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Posted By: rossinny
Date Posted: 02 May 2017 at 11:43am
Thanks guys! I would love to read yours as well, looking forward to sharing and reading other people's work (I was about to say particularly those in the same category Zblugg, but I think I will also feel most trepidation when reading those! :)). We're definitely fine to share titles and loglines at this stage right? (sorry for newbie paranoia...)
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Posted By: Zblugg
Date Posted: 02 May 2017 at 11:44am
Hahaha! I had the same fear! But seeing as a lot of "veterans" are doing it, let's join the bandwagon, why don't we? ;)
Also, I sincerely hope that all 20th heaters use the duck as their avatar. Coincidence or synchronicity? Who knows...
------------- MF100 R2G16 https://bit.ly/3OupO46" rel="nofollow - Marv and Mary Have Flower Issues
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Posted By: shanan187
Date Posted: 02 May 2017 at 11:49am
Anthonypittore wrote:
Heat 31 - Drama / Learning to Read / A Horse Jockey
Title - Stable Logline - Based on true events. After suffering a debilitating head injury during a race, a championship horse jockey must overcome the odds and face his fears to get back in the saddle.
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Your "Based on true events" hits me right in the feels. Can't wait to read this one!
------------- https://forums.nycmidnight.com/topic51806_post550163.html#550163" rel="nofollow - SSC R1 G53 - Avalanche
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Posted By: Anthonypittore
Date Posted: 02 May 2017 at 11:56am
shanan187 wrote:
Anthonypittore wrote:
Heat 31 - Drama / Learning to Read / A Horse Jockey
Title - Stable Logline - Based on true events. After suffering a debilitating head injury during a race, a championship horse jockey must overcome the odds and face his fears to get back in the saddle.
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Your "Based on true events" hits me right in the feels. Can't wait to read this one! |
I actually got lucky with this. I'm not a fan of my finished product, to be honest, as drama is not my thing. . . however, I had literally just read an article about my subject the week before the prompts were released. I took it as a sign and ran with it, haha.
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SWC 2024:
R1 - https://forums.nycmidnight.com/topic58415_post631607.html#631607" rel="nofollow - Fairytale of New York (G59 - Fairy Tale / Garbage Man / New Year's Eve)
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Posted By: Tweedster
Date Posted: 02 May 2017 at 2:15pm
46 - crime caper/barista/delivery service FRAP SHEET Three banks at a time in three cities with no leads. Maybe a Unicorn Frappuccino will help.
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Posted By: shanan187
Date Posted: 02 May 2017 at 2:26pm
Tweedster wrote:
46 - crime caper/barista/delivery service FRAP SHEET Three banks at a time in three cities with no leads. Maybe a Unicorn Frappuccino will help.
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Posted By: gregthomas77
Date Posted: 02 May 2017 at 4:20pm
R1/G23/Drama/Burying a Pet/A Bouncer
"Jeff"
For many, an adoption signals the beginning of a new life. However, for Jeff, it may just signal the beginning of the end.
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Posted By: JeffreyHowe
Date Posted: 02 May 2017 at 4:42pm
Heat 43 - Fairy Tale/Fertility/A Cake Decorator
The Confectionery Prince
When the Queen's Steward tries to kill the newborn heir to the throne, the Royal Confectioner finds herself entangled in a plan to stop him--but destiny comes in more than one flavor.
------------- https://bit.ly/38KfLIN" rel="nofollow - R1 G33 Honed https://bit.ly/3tclE8H" rel="nofollow - R2 G6 The Price of Kohlrabi
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Posted By: Merez
Date Posted: 02 May 2017 at 6:23pm
R1/ Group 22
Fairy Tale/ a school assignment /a fruit stand vendor
Sweet Country Bertie’s quest for sweets is forever thwarted by a fruit-pushing Street Vendor who should be selling her candy. But when she stumbles upon a portal to a magical dimension, Bertie realizes all might not be what it seems.
I made good strides in this round in terms of figuring out HOW I write so I'm happy.
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Posted By: RMartian
Date Posted: 02 May 2017 at 6:48pm
Heat 13 Action-Adventure/A Hike/A Hunter FORTUNE INCORPORATED Sibling treasure hunters march through a swamp to find a long-lost Spanish fortune worshiped by a deadly mythical tribe. Goodluck to everyone!
------------- Ruben R. Diaz
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Posted By: Scarlet Screenwriter
Date Posted: 02 May 2017 at 7:34pm
THIS TOPIC IS REDUNDANT NOW ... JUST POST YOUR STORIES IN THE APPROPRIATE FORUM ...
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Posted By: NTCorbin
Date Posted: 02 May 2017 at 7:46pm
Heat 36: Sci-Fi/Divorce/A Hairdresser
Discidium
In a radiation shelter following the first invasion of earth from alien life, a woman reflects on her separation from her husband, and the dissolvement of both their marriage and their planet.
Best of luck everyone!
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Posted By: meltup
Date Posted: 02 May 2017 at 11:37pm
Round 1: Political Satire - Senility - Bus driver The President Always Honks Thrice The White House is turned upside down when the belligerent President outraged at being fed a constant diet of no’s, don’t and low calorie sandwiches recedes into a fantasy world fuelled by his lust for burgers. What a hoot this was, loving reading all the loglines here! :)
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Posted By: DHWilliams
Date Posted: 03 May 2017 at 12:36am
Heat 24 - Thriller/Road Rage/A Bartender
Hostile Highway When the sanity of an abused man quickly deteriorates in the midst of a traffic jam, a young mother is forced to become the voice of reason in order to save her child.
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Posted By: DHWilliams
Date Posted: 03 May 2017 at 12:43am
Mind me asking where I can find this appropriate forum??
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Posted By: lisafox10800
Date Posted: 03 May 2017 at 12:49am
DHWilliams wrote:
Mind me asking where I can find this appropriate forum??
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You can post your script under the Screenwriting Challenge 2017 review.
Welcome, fellow Group 24-er!
------------- lisafoxiswriting.com My short story collection, Core Truths, is now available wherever books are sold.
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Posted By: Scarlet Screenwriter
Date Posted: 03 May 2017 at 2:10am
DHWilliams wrote:
Mind me asking where I can find this appropriate forum?? |
Welcome to civilisation, Kiwi ...
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Posted By: Cranium7
Date Posted: 03 May 2017 at 2:27am
Romantic Comedy Recycling Senior Citizen
Mine is aptly titled "LOW HANGING FRUIT"
It's Phil's last day of existence and last chance to teach a young girl about love
Confession: I wrote mine, beginning to end, in 2 hours friday night/Saturday morning. Spent an hour editing, then turned it in. Not bragging. Romantic Comedy isn't my forte and it took me 11 days to settle on a story I was sure wasn't like any other's in my heat. Will it pay off? We shall see...
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Posted By: DHWilliams
Date Posted: 03 May 2017 at 2:31am
lisafox10800 wrote:
DHWilliams wrote:
Mind me asking where I can find this appropriate forum??
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You can post your script under the Screenwriting Challenge 2017 review.
Welcome, fellow Group 24-er! |
Cheers! :)
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Posted By: DHWilliams
Date Posted: 03 May 2017 at 2:32am
Scarlet Screenwriter wrote:
DHWilliams wrote:
Mind me asking where I can find this appropriate forum?? |
Welcome to civilisation, Kiwi ...
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Wow, civilization?! Where?! :o
:P
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Posted By: Scarlet Screenwriter
Date Posted: 03 May 2017 at 2:51am
DHWilliams wrote:
[ Wow, civilization?! Where?! :o :P
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Go to Australia and turn right ...
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Posted By: DHWilliams
Date Posted: 03 May 2017 at 2:57am
Turned right, ended up in Fiji. Thanks! Perfect vacation spot!
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Posted By: Reez
Date Posted: 03 May 2017 at 5:33am
stephenmatlock wrote:
Reez wrote:
Hello everyone!
Well, I have discovered that I hate writing about Horses and racing and most of all jockeys.
I dragged and pulled and extracted every last word.
It is definitely a drama, as my life has been for the last 24 hours. Not least of all because NYC. don't accept final draft doc's and for some reason they also rejected my word doc, which had to be copied, pasted and re-tabbed in word when it blew out of final draft, (inhales deeply). Then eventually with 13 (obviously) minutes to go my dramatic script loaded as a pdf. Now just filled with trepidation to see if the whole process was worth it and if the drama lives up to the script!
Anyway, rant over; I got: group 31 - Drama / A Horse Jockey / learning to read and write
'The Final Hurdle'
Fred Bannon 's horrific fall leaves him isolated in a silent world. A silence chosen by another boy to forget the horrors of war.' |
First of all, AWESOME logline! Can't wait for a chance to read it. (If you were to share it with us, of course.)
But I feel your pain!
I have a reflexive dislike of PDF files because when they are shared in Google Drive they have this wonky interface that puts black bars at the top and bottom with NOT HELPFUL RIGHT NOW navigation controls, and try as I might I can't dismiss them. I actually downloaded an app that converts them to a readable document format.
I dinked around with a few programs, all which can import/export Final Draft content, and ended up with a mix of Fade In and Writer Duet. (Fade In for writing, and Writer Duet for final PDF because my copy of Fade In is still the demo version.) When I purchase Fade In, I think I'll use just that.
Best of luck with the judges! And remember, life is what happens when you're still planning for life.
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Thanks Stephen,
I'll definitely check these out.
Thrilled you like the logline!
Looking forward to reading yours too!
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Posted By: Reez
Date Posted: 03 May 2017 at 5:35am
paulene.turner wrote:
Reez wrote:
Hello everyone!
Well, I have discovered that I hate writing about Horses and racing and most of all jockeys.
I dragged and pulled and extracted every last word.
It is definitely a drama, as my life has been for the last 24 hours. Not least of all because NYC. don't accept final draft doc's and for some reason they also rejected my word doc, which had to be copied, pasted and re-tabbed in word when it blew out of final draft, (inhales deeply). Then eventually with 13 (obviously) minutes to go my dramatic script loaded as a pdf. Now just filled with trepidation to see if the whole process was worth it and if the drama lives up to the script!
Anyway, rant over; I got: group 31 - Drama / A Horse Jockey / learning to read and write
'The Final Hurdle'
Fred Bannon 's horrific fall leaves him isolated in a silent world. A silence chosen by another boy to forget the horrors of war.' |
Look forward to reading this REEZ! Good to see you here again...despite the obstacles! |
Thanks Pauline,
Likewise!
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Posted By: ADecker92
Date Posted: 03 May 2017 at 12:55pm
paulene.turner wrote:
MaHaBone wrote:
Where my Heat 44's at?Horror/Mayoral Election/Guidance Councilor PRESSING THE FLESH A bright young candidate for Mayor has a violent encounter with a man from his past, revealing the nightmarish truth about his present.
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Hey, fellow heat 44-er Look forward to reading yours. How did you find the prompts? I hope you are going to put this up on the forum? cheers Paulene |
Really interested to see how you guys handled this, it was a bit of an offbeat prompt and took some work for me to come up with something. My first draft was 18 pages too, and it was absolute torture trying to cut it down to size. :(
Mine was:
IN A JAR A gifted high schooler is encouraged to pursue his research on preserving dead tissue by his guidance counselor as his relationship with his parents grows distant.
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Posted By: ecsewell
Date Posted: 03 May 2017 at 2:21pm
R1/G9: Political Satire/Senility/A Bus Driver
Georgia Clay
U.S. Congresswoman Cheri McMahon returns to her small Georgia hometown to start her campaign for a Senate seat when her senile father unexpectedly arrives and throws the day's plan into disarray.
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