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slinkylink 
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 Topic: Round 2 - Hopes and FearsPosted: 24 Apr 2025 at 4:13pm |
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Prompts drop for R2 tonight! How are you feeling? What genre are you hoping to get or not get? I'm always nervous about the turnaround time in R2. I know I CAN write an 8-page script in 3 days. Or at least I've done it in the past with varying degrees of success. But I prefer to chew on story ideas for a day or two, and the 72-hour window doesn't leave much room for dilly-dallying or procrastinating. Regarding genre, I aim most of my wishing energy at NOT getting Political Satire. But if I got to pick a genre, I'd like Thriller. It's the only genre I have not been assigned, and after 50+ rounds, I'd like to stamp out my bingo card. If not that, then I'd like Sci-Fi as that's a genre I'd like more practice with. |
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alexdsut
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Posted: 24 Apr 2025 at 4:29pm |
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I'm happy to be in round 2, but annoyed at my lack of scheduling. I'm currently on vacation with my partner and we don't get to see each other too often atm so I'm reluctant to dedicate more than a day to this round (realistically it will be closer to just one evening for the whole shebang). Because of this, I'm really hoping I get a genre I'm comfortable working with, and in a speedy manner. Preferably horror or drama. Genres I don't gel with (romance, romcom) or genres that require extra effort to craft (Histfic/Mystery) will be a pretty big blow for me. Also, praying to the prompt gods that I get something that sparks a good idea straight away 🙏
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horrorshaun
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Posted: 24 Apr 2025 at 4:49pm |
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Anything but mystery for me. Had that last year in R2 and it sucks trying to craft an actual mystery in so few pages. There just isn't room to set it up, misdirect, and pay it off properly.
Best of luck to everyone!!
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the_serb
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Posted: 24 Apr 2025 at 5:16pm |
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Does anyone ever share their stories and feedback in these forums? I ranked #3 in my group, and I'd love the chance to read the entries of those who advanced, especially from my own group, but from others too if they're open to it. Would be great to connect and learn from each other. Any thoughts? |
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slinkylink
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Posted: 24 Apr 2025 at 5:24pm |
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Some share in Review section. Occasionally people will share their feedback. Though the screenwriting forum in general is pretty slow compared to the prose forums. It looks like a couple of people have updated their posts with FB for R1. I don't share often, but when I do I almost always update with the judges' feedback.
What I might recommend is to look in the previous years' comps. Here is a link (which hopefully works?) to the 2023 comp. I did an advance search for "FB" in the title and this was the result. Some of these scripts may have been pulled and not all of them placed, but it might be a good starting point? It isn't much use for comparison to your own story, but it can be useful to see others feedback as well. Edited by slinkylink - 24 Apr 2025 at 5:32pm |
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swilki
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Posted: 25 Apr 2025 at 6:00am |
I do usually. I must admit I didn't this time because I didn't have bandwidth to return reads and tbh I wasn't that impressed with my script. I will do it this time though
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Snarkmaiden
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Posted: 25 Apr 2025 at 10:24am |
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Romcom. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
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SSC R1: They Come Here to Kill (horror)
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alexdsut
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Posted: 25 Apr 2025 at 10:32am |
Ditto Romcom, ditto NOOOOOOOOO 😭
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swilki
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Posted: 25 Apr 2025 at 11:48am |
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Commiserations to both of you! But at least it's not straight romance, the comedy element opens it up a bit, maybe?
I got hist fic - cue weekend of frantic googling to find out which type of shoe was popular in 1659 because I've inexplicably decided to hang my entire plot on it at the last minute.
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Posted: 25 Apr 2025 at 11:50am |
That's almost what makes romcom harder. You have two required genre elements - romance AND comedy. With just romance you can play it straight or make it funny, but romcom demands rom AND com. (I'm still sore that the judges hated my cockroach romcom from a few years ago. That was the best romcom I've ever written! Robbed!) Research for historical often produces some really cool stuff to hang a story on! Good luck with your shoes!
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SSC R1: They Come Here to Kill (horror)
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