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LivStrom ![]() NYC Midnight Groupie ![]() ![]() Joined: 15 Jul 2020 Location: Switzerland Status: Offline Points: 195 |
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That's great! I wanted to make mine a historical as it fits. Researched the history of diving suits and development of inflatable lifeboats before deciding on 1910 as the perfect time. Named a main character after the inventor of the inflatable boat. Both boat and diver are only in the opening scene - four lines
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J_Fox ![]() NYC Midnight Addict ![]() ![]() Joined: 31 Jul 2006 Location: Midwest USA Status: Offline Points: 636 |
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Not awesome. Was excited to get Crime Caper / Warehouse / A Bicycle. But I like my capers with a lot of rat-a-tat-tat dialogue and overlapping/narrated action. You know, like Ocean's 11 or The Italian Job. That stuff takes up A LOT of space in a screenplay. So I once again ended up with seven pages and had to whittle it down to five. Story still makes sense, but it certainly lost a certain je ne sais quoi.
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Frefallr ![]() NYC Midnight Black Belt ![]() Joined: 13 Jul 2020 Location: Los Angeles Status: Offline Points: 1790 |
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Ok. I have to admit, I was disappointed by my 2 points for my 1st challenge. I just somehow thought, maybe be cause I actually finished something that more or less made sense, that it was better than it is. I had some great beta readers this round. I really like the story. I was relieved to have gotten pretty easy prompts. action/ad - desert- lunchbox. But for some reason, I am just exhausted. Maybe it's because I thought I would have gotten more points first round, and so I still feel defeated because I won't be advancing...? Not sure, but I'm wrung out. Thank God for Beta readers!!!!
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Anansi ![]() NYC Midnight Addict ![]() ![]() Joined: 30 Jan 2019 Location: Bristol Status: Offline Points: 977 |
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Ahhh, yes I remember your intriguing log line from challenge one and meant to pay you a visit. Forgot. I'll make it up to you by visiting your action adventure-not-quit-satire in challenge 2. What cable car did I use? What didn't I use? I found a location that has the arial and terrestrial kind. Gondolas and carriages. Trams and streetcars. BASES COVERED.
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Puddleofsunlight ![]() Newbie ![]() Joined: 29 Sep 2020 Location: Winnipeg Status: Offline Points: 8 |
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Oh dear. That was rough. I was assigned Science Fiction which wasn’t my biggest fear...but for some reason couldn’t stay in genre. I feel good sci-if is still a story about “people” (or aliens or robots equivalents), but in a future/alternate time/place. The dialogue kept eating up the word count and besides the dates and some background action, it would be hard to tell it from today. Oh well. Live and learn.
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rickw ![]() Newbie ![]() Joined: 11 Sep 2020 Status: Offline Points: 8 |
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Pretty shattered - first time I've done one of these NYCs, and the quirkiness of the required objects is proving a struggle!
Cookie Dough in the first challenge and a Wool Sweater in the second - I ended up throwing away my first script for round 2 when it felt the sweater connection was too flimsy! But it went much better when I started with the item and wrote the rest around it. I guess I have a slim chance of getting through after 5 points in the first round, but I reckon this script is better, so we'll see. It's been lots of fun anyway, and I've learned a few things! Looking forward to the short story challenge next weekend too! PS - I see people are posting their screenplays on here - I'll have to work out how that works, I'm new around here! Edited by rickw - 16 Nov 2020 at 7:10pm |
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fioOxf ![]() NYC Midnight Black Belt ![]() ![]() Joined: 13 Jul 2018 Location: Oxford, UK Status: Offline Points: 3467 |
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efish ![]() NYC Midnight Regular ![]() ![]() Joined: 27 Oct 2016 Location: Hong Kong Status: Offline Points: 491 |
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Why do we do it to ourselves? Do we enjoy the pain? Maybe we're all.....Anyway, it's a fun pain and thoroughly addictive.
I noticed a bit of a plot hole in mine after submission. It's really bloody difficult to create a story in 5 pages, so we all need to congratulate ourselves on even submitting anything. Well done everyone. Edward
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plumpkin23 ![]() NYC Midnight Groupie ![]() ![]() Joined: 30 Sep 2020 Location: Arkansas Status: Offline Points: 231 |
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I always feel a bit sick after closing up shop on another piece of writing. If I had my way, I'd edit until the end of time. Last time I felt like my screenplay was a bit ridiculous, and then I placed higher than expected (really, placing at all was unexpected). Tamping expectations down for this round.
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MarBee ![]() Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: 28 Sep 2020 Location: Melbourne Status: Offline Points: 7 |
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It was a really fun exercise. Even if I don't go any further, it was a great learning experience.
Edited by MarBee - 17 Nov 2020 at 8:31pm |
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