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steph9289
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Posted: 21 Jul 2018 at 12:03am |
Genre: open
Subject: homemade Character: a loner Five pages and 24 hours! Good luck everyone!! :)
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manifestlynot
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It's SO OPEN!! I miss my very specific boundaries!
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Rhyming R1: Lionheart (Hist fic)
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paulene.turner
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Good luck finalists. The prompts are so free and easy, it's a nightmare! But if anyone can manage them, it's you guys!
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lisafox10800
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Focus on the subject and character and the rest will fall into place. You got this - good luck!!!
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JeffreyHowe
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30 seconds in and I have been seduced by a very bad idea indeed.
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Joni
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I've gotten 3 very cliche ideas so far, with my husband repeatedly telling me his idea. His is good. But I can't go with it because it was also good in that movie we watched the other day
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Tim G
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Wow. That is seriously wide open. As a Brit I’m only just waking up to them / seeing them now but there’s so much that can be done with these. Come back ‘diver / hallicination’, all is forgiven!
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Rhyming Story R2: Flying On Empty (Thriller)
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manifestlynot
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Right? Keeping my dialogue zippy and under five pages is difficult when my main character is a LONER!
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Rhyming R1: Lionheart (Hist fic)
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Craig Gustafson
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Okay. Those prompts were tough. My first thought for Loner/Homemade was a Keatonesque silent movie comedy. Then I realized how many points I would lose for my dialogue. So I decided to sleep on it. Woke up realizing that the loner can be the target, not the protagonist.
Started writing around 9:30 a.m., central time. Uploaded the script at 1:30 p.m. Done. Now to quietly pace until late August.
Edited by Craig Gustafson - 21 Jul 2018 at 3:10pm |
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Joni
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Super tough! Sometimes specific prompts make it easier, I think. My first thought was "homemade" is an adjective, not a subject! But then I remembered the poor souls who got "utopia" in round 1 and counted my blessings.
Got the prompts at 11pm my time, stayed up til 2am coming up with idea and outline. Got up at 7:30am and started writing. Now at 3pm I've submitted, but intend to re-read it again later for errors and issues and re-submit if I need to. After muddling through several weird ideas, I finally landed on one that created a spark, and I'm happy with the end result I think.
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