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Originally posted by freddwilk freddwilk wrote:

Originally posted by LoneWolf2021 LoneWolf2021 wrote:

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Quick Q. If I do a Fairy Tale about Trolls (for example), how much do I need to describe what they look like? Can I just they're greyish-green trolls and how big they are (compared to humans), or should explain more? Apologies if this is not the right forum/thread, I'm new here. :)

Hey, nice to see another Fairy Tale-r! I'm fairly new here too (last year was my first time entering) but as I understand it, you should only describe what's relevant to the story (so yes, size may be helpful) but in terms of more detailed looks - I think the audience has a fairly good understanding of what a Troll generally looks like so it's not necessary to go in heavy on the description. Hope that helps!

I'll go along with Fred.  

Here's one you might know:
A huge tricycle comes to a stop in front of them. It is made entirely from stone, as is the giant riding it. The Rockbiter speaks to them in a deep, friendly voice.

Two trolls, BERT and TOM sit around a fire. Bert STIRS the contents of a CAULDRON dangling above the flames. Tom watches him with a hungry stare. William enters the lair. He carries the two ponies into a makeshift pen, locking them inside.

Olaf lights up and chases the rocks, who surround Kristoff  and unfold as trolls. 

Not really a lot of description
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Gr. 62
Romance
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A Midwife

This is my first time in this competition. I'm also a screenplay rookie, but I'm completely obsessed! I've only written two feature screenplays so far, and no one has read them, so I'm very excited for the opportunity to put my work out there. 

Both of those scripts are incredibly non-romantic, so, needless to say I let out a groan last night when I saw my assigned genre. It's definitely out of my element, but that's what I'm here for. Since the initial groaning, I have outlined the whole story and I will dig into the writing tonight. Can't wait to write my first romantic story (before last night, I would have never expected to type those words, let me tell ya!)


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Gr. 43 Fantasy/A tribute/A bookmaker

Hooboy. Here we go. Good luck to all!
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Crime Caper/a last will and testament/A journalist


Eek, I don't know if I can pull off crime caper...but it's too early to know that I can't as well?

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Romance/A Pit Stop/ A Specialist

Outside of competition my go to is drama, sometimes with a hint of romance, so I'm excited to lean fully into romance this time. And I'm very into the idea I started dreaming up last night - but is the first idea ever the best one?? Is it a bad sign that the only things I've Googled so far are "fast acting deadly incurable diseases," "Alzheimer's disease," and "stages of pancreatic cancer"??

Guess we'll see. Happy researching/planning/writing/stressing/procrastinating/dreaming/self-doubting/obsessing/falling-in-love-with-the-characters-you-made-up-in-your-head everyone!
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Originally posted by NYCNewbie NYCNewbie wrote:

Originally posted by JennaIsWriting JennaIsWriting wrote:

Originally posted by NYCNewbie NYCNewbie wrote:

Group 16: Drama
Subject: A Carnival
Character: A pitchman or Pitch woman

After my initial, very British reaction of..... WTF is a pitchman? ... I think it's not so bad. I was originally sulking as I wanted horror or Historical Fiction. Perhaps the prompts could be molded into the latter?

Thanks for putting up this thread dcontarato..... I'm always intrigued with how others feel about their prompts!

Good luck everyone!



This is my dream prompt 

I shall take that as a positive then, and try to channel you into the script Jenna!

Thanks :)

Surely you'd be able to make this one historical if you wanted, dramas can be historical. That's 100% what I would have done with it. 
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Originally posted by Libby90 Libby90 wrote:

Action/Adventure / Burned-out / A Mercenary

Wouldn’t have been my choice, not least because ‘burned-out’ hurts my burnt-out Aussie brain.


Thats what I got, this is my first go around in the comp and my first screenplay as it is.  So I'm not under any impression that I'll go very far.  

However, something as trite as a burned out merc tale isn't exactly inspiring.  But I guess that should be ever more inspiration to try and subvert the trope or whatever. 
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Am amused that for short story I wrote about a will (that wasn't part of the prompt) and what did I get assigned for screenplay? SUBJECT: A last will and testament.



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Romantic Comedy / A tourist trap / A chef

Romantic comedy is definitely a genre I have not had a lot of experience in so this should be fun lol
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Originally posted by eetandern eetandern wrote:

Originally posted by Libby90 Libby90 wrote:

Action/Adventure / Burned-out / A Mercenary

Wouldn’t have been my choice, not least because ‘burned-out’ hurts my burnt-out Aussie brain.


Thats what I got, this is my first go around in the comp and my first screenplay as it is.  So I'm not under any impression that I'll go very far.  

However, something as trite as a burned out merc tale isn't exactly inspiring.  But I guess that should be ever more inspiration to try and subvert the trope or whatever. 

I'm the same - first competition and first screenplay. 

Plus I can count on precisely zero fingers the number of action/adventure films I've seen in the past few years so I have no idea what I'm going to do about the genre. I'll be happy just to get something submitted so that at least I can say I've written my first screenplay. I can only get better from here. 


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