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Alyxbee ![]() NYC Midnight Addict ![]() ![]() Joined: 08 Oct 2019 Location: UsA Status: Offline Points: 794 |
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I'm feeling okay. The Historical Fiction didn't throw me as much as I thought it might have in the past, and luckily I felt like group 40's prompts went fairly well together!
Now... what the judges say is a whole different matter.
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JCardello ![]() NYC Midnight Groupie ![]() ![]() Joined: 25 Sep 2020 Location: Phoenix, AZ Status: Offline Points: 137 |
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I feel so beaten down, yet triumphant at the same time.
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Check out my CH3 screenplay A Ticket to Bliss
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MattyG ![]() NYC Midnight Groupie ![]() ![]() Joined: 05 Oct 2020 Location: Los Angeles, CA Status: Offline Points: 133 |
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Feeling... NOT GREAT! Generally, when I'm writing, I under-write stories. Even shorts. This is the first time I've over-written, probably because I was assigned a Fairy Tale and was focusing far too much on world-building. So keeping the story to 5 pgs was a huge struggle. Every time I'd make a revision or rewrite a line, I'd get pushed back onto page 6, which meant cutting elsewhere. Over and over, hour after hour. Ugh!
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awai ![]() NYC Midnight Regular ![]() Joined: 23 Apr 2019 Status: Offline Points: 375 |
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On a very very rare occasion, I was actually in the same position as you described! My first time ever to complete a first draft within 24 hours (albeit running at 7 page long - but that's good going as far as my first drafts go for 5 pages limits! ). Allowed my plentiful time to edit and make some changes etc. Submitted about 7 hours before deadly as well, London time also. ![]() ![]() Now whether my piece is any good, that's another story...
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manifestlynot ![]() NYC Midnight Black Belt ![]() ![]() Joined: 02 Jan 2018 Status: Offline Points: 3859 |
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I enjoyed myself a lot more than I thought I would. The settings were so weird across the board in this round, it seemed, and I wasn't looking forward to learning enough about the operations of an engine room to make my action/adventure believable.
So I made my prompts work for me and was actually surprised at how much I liked writing A/A. So many genres deal with tone and movement, and A/A is just nice and simple in that I don't need an antagonist with a surprise motivation or a particular feel beyond ACTION and ADVENTURE. Man vs. nature is enough! I also had more betas this round after a few rounds without them (which showed in my lower scores) and got some amazing advice. So, overall, a net positive for me.
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TreeTheGreen ![]() NYC Midnight Groupie ![]() ![]() Joined: 24 Apr 2020 Status: Offline Points: 201 |
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I did try writing a political satire in a cable car with a box of eggs (hi group mate) *cries in the corner* ![]() ![]() Dude for real though-- I'm kinda in the same boat as you in the differing-genre issue. Mine was more an action script (?) with political undertones. I really struggled with the "satire" part. It's definitely a stretch. I hope the judges let it slide. And what type of cable car did you use? I didn't go too much into researching it, but I used the type of cable car lift thingy that goes in the air!
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Delilah Doe ![]() NYC Midnight Regular ![]() ![]() Joined: 15 Jul 2020 Location: Ireland Status: Offline Points: 270 |
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Great to read everyone's responses!
This was the first time I wrote a screenplay without ANY beta readers. I wanted to completely trust my own judgement and just go for it. I hit on a Romance story idea I absolutely loved, but getting it to fit on 5 pages was a real risk- it probably needed about 10 pages at least. The judges are either going to love or hate it- the same way I felt about my previous horror script. I want to use NYC midnight to take risks and write stories bigger than I think I am capable of. And also- is it just me, or does the standard of writing in the Screenplay Competition seem higher than flash fiction and short stories? Maybe because of the technical aspect of a screenplay, it draws the kind of writer who really takes it seriously and is willing to put the time in. Not sure, just a feeling I get! Good luck everyone, Lila
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TheMarkCooper ![]() NYC Midnight Regular ![]() Joined: 02 Oct 2020 Location: Las Vegas Status: Offline Points: 349 |
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Haha! I thought I was the only one. I once, briefly, included trainhopping in a story and spent the next four hours learning about hobos, tramps, and bums. Did you know that hobos have formed a union and have elections for their hobo king and queen? I am so glad I am not alone on research tangents. Cooper
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TheMarkCooper ![]() NYC Midnight Regular ![]() Joined: 02 Oct 2020 Location: Las Vegas Status: Offline Points: 349 |
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As long as none of you had Baby Yoda sitting on the cable car eating the eggs, I'm sure you are fine....
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TreeTheGreen ![]() NYC Midnight Groupie ![]() ![]() Joined: 24 Apr 2020 Status: Offline Points: 201 |
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Haven't seen the Mandalorian season 2 but I know about that episode; and I'm not gonna lie, first thing the prompt reminded me was THAT
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