Writers were given one week to write a 12 page or less Romantic Drama/Comedy (Romantic Dramedy) using This piece of music (graciously provided by Norm of The DrabbleCast).

The “*” in the title of the OWC script indicates that the person who submitted the script has, in the past, read and reviewed at least three scripts in this or previous challenges. If you feel you should have a star, please let me know via email at webmaster (a) simplyscripts.com or discussion board private message. Click the title to go to the discussion board thread, then click the title to read the script.

The Next Five of 21 to 25

Tom and Jake by D. Hunter

(Short, Romantic Dramedy w/ music) – Tom and Jake go hunting together. Man gets man in this playful romp about man love. Don’t miss Tom and Jake sing The Ballad of Deer Camp. (Warning: Some professional sportsmen may object to the portrayal of hunters as gay. They aren’t all that lucky.) (pdf format)

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My Big Fat Geek Wedding Proposal by Bobba Fett

(Short, Romantic Dramedy w/ music) – A socially inept college kid enlists the help of his fraternity brother to write a wedding proposal in song-form for his girlfriend of one month. (pdf format)

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Never Let A Good Thing Pass You By by Seriously is My Real Name

(Short, Romantic Dramedy w/ music) – A broke, small town girl in the big city makes a new friend while trying to find work. (pdf format)

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Some Things Never Die by Yes, you can call me Terrance

(Short, Romantic Dramedy w/ music) – Helen rushes to get to her wedding on time. (pdf format)

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Broadway Betty by First Initial

(Short, Romantic Dramedy w/ music) – A struggling screenwriter enlists the help of an aging Broadway legend to help him write a song. (pdf format)

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Writers were given one week to write a 12 page or less Romantic Drama/Comedy (Romantic Dramedy) using This piece of music (graciously provided by Norm of The DrabbleCast).

The “*” in the title of the OWC script indicates that the person who submitted the script has, in the past, read and reviewed at least three scripts in this or previous challenges. If you feel you should have a star, please let me know via email at webmaster (a) simplyscripts.com or discussion board private message. Click the title to go to the discussion board thread, then click the title to read the script.

The Next Five of 16 to 20

John by You Break It, You Bought It

(Short, Romantic Dramedy w/ music) – John, a lonely widower, reminisces and philosophises about life and death. Just what is it that keeps us going? (pdf – format)

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Swan Song by Burning Down

(Short, Romantic Dramedy w/ music) – A beaten-down musician makes his last appearance on a stage, while getting some closure from an ex. (pdf – format)

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Mix CD by Amazingly Awesome Nickname

(Short, Romantic Dramedy w/ music) – Parting is such sweet sorrow… except when it’s done through a mix CD. (pdf – format)

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The Reunion by Tonto Von Nizzleworth

(Short, Romantic Dramedy w/ music) – A former nerd gets a second chance to win the heart of his dream girl at their high school reunion. (pdf – format)

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Divorce Colorado Style by Two Tents

(Short, Romantic Dramedy w/ music) – No Logline (pdf – format)

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Writers were given one week to write a 12 page or less Romantic Drama/Comedy (Romantic Dramedy) using This piece of music (graciously provided by Norm of The DrabbleCast).

The “*” in the title of the OWC script indicates that the person who submitted the script has, in the past, read and reviewed at least three scripts in this or previous challenges. If you feel you should have a star, please let me know via email at webmaster (a) simplyscripts.com or discussion board private message. Click the title to go to the discussion board thread, then click the title to read the script.

The Next Five of 11 to 15

Running Backwards by Only My Mother calls me Terrance

(Short, Romantic Dramedy w/ music) – A social outcast has an unexpected romantic encounter during a road trip to a high school football game. (pdf – format)

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The Story of June by Call me Ishmael

(Short, Romantic Dramedy w/ music) – An aspiring female singer falls in love with a songwriter, who writes her a song to enter a singing contest. (pdf – format)

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One Bad Week by River Crossing

(Short, Romantic Dramedy w/ music) – Harry is in debt with some bookies, plus his girlfriend has just kicked him out, this is going to be one bad week. (pdf – format)

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Our Time Deserves A Love Song by Been There

(Short, Romantic Dramedy w/ music) – An aging musician relives his first love when someone asks what inspired him to write a particular love song. (pdf – format)

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Cliff Notes by Free the Tribbles

(Short, Romantic Dramedy w/ music) – Life imitates art, but can life imitate commercials? (pdf – format)

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Writers were given one week to write a 12 page or less Romantic Drama/Comedy (Romantic Dramedy) using This piece of music (graciously provided by Norm of The DrabbleCast).

The “*” in the title of the OWC script indicates that the person who submitted the script has, in the past, read and reviewed at least three scripts in this or previous challenges. If you feel you should have a star, please let me know via email at webmaster (a) simplyscripts.com or discussion board private message. Click the title to go to the discussion board thread, then click the title to read the script.

The Next Five

Damn it, Izzy! by Tammy “The Tardis” Montgolfier

(Short, Romantic Dramedy w/ music) – Two off-beat, indie rock, chicks coerce their neighbor, a police officer, into helping them write song lyrics. (pdf format)

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Et Tu by Just Bill

(Short, Romantic Dramedy w/ music) – A struggling songwriter lags at his day job until he encounters a muse right under his nose. (pdf format)

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Terms of Endowment by Ted the Terminator

(Short, Romantic Dramedy w/ music) – Frustrated by his lack of package size, Jack tries just about anything to enhance himself. But when an old gypsy makes his wish come true, Jack discovers life is more than a game of inches. (pdf format)

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In Tune by Jude

(Short, Romantic Dramedy w/ music) – Will the pursuit of a mystery song change the life of a loser? (pdf format)

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Listen with Your Heart by The Unknown Comic

(Short, Romantic Dramedy w/ music) – Nasty Natalie must get a beat down before she can stand up for herself. Frank Sinatra (OK a tribute artist) sings the hit song “Why So Cold?” (pdf format)

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Writers were given one week to write a 12 page or less Romantic Drama/Comedy (Romantic Dramedy) using This piece of music (graciously provided by Norm of The DrabbleCast).

The “*” in the title of the OWC script indicates that the person who submitted the script has, in the past, read and reviewed at least three scripts in this or previous challenges. If you feel you should have a star, please let me know via email at webmaster (a) simplyscripts.com or discussion board private message. Click the title to go to the discussion board thread, then click the title to read the script.

The First Five

I’ve Got To Go by Fred the Moderately Successful

(Short, Romantic Dramedy w/ music) – Charlie’s good looks and selfish pretentious attitude allows him to have any woman he wants; until, Karma takes hold. (pdf format)

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Monster’s Lullaby by Tim the Enchantress

(Short, Romantic Dramedy w/ music) – When a young girl tells her boyfriend that she has to babysit again, he thinks she is seeing someone else. 9 pages (pdf format)

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The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name by Some Random Individual

(Short, Romantic Dramedy w/ music) – Oscar Wilde knew what he was talking about. 10 pages (pdf format)

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Your Song by Justice Stone

(Short, Romantic Dramedy w/ music) – Could true love live on for a composer beyond death? (pdf format)

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Mem by Constance and Nephadeum Antimony

(Short, Romantic Dramedy w/ music) – A young couple struggle to find the lyrics of a mysterious song that arrives magically with a couple of impish spirits. Why those symbols and tricks with the pen? Must be Mem. (pdf format)

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Very special thanks to iScript.com for sponsoring the challenge and judging the final scripts.

The OWC melody – some background on the music.

While you are waiting for me to stop mindless postings and get to work on getting the OWC scripts up, I thought I’d share some background on the melody that was provided by Norm Sherman of The Drabblecast. The melody provided for the OWC (which you can listen to here) came from Norm’s recent song The Heartache Over Innsmouth, written in honor of H. P. Lovecraft’s 119th birthday.

H.P. Lovecraft (in addition to being the patron saint of The Drabblecast) was an author of weird fiction stories in the early part of the 20th century on planet Earth. One of his most famous works is The Call of Cthulhu.

The song, known as a Bbardle, was commissioned by Tom Baker of Steradian Technologies (which makes guns for kids…). Also, if you make a generous donation to The Drabblecast, Norm will write a song for you.

Below is the music video of Heartache Over Innsmouth. The song makes much more sense if you are familiar with Lovecraft’s story The Shadow over Innsmouth. – Don

The OWC scripts have poured in and I’m in the process of processing them. I hope to have the first round up tomorrow. IN the meantime, as mentioned, there are twenty-seven or so original works up on the Unproduced Scripts page.

Also, thanks to Russell for the heads up on a number of new scripts up over at The Script Collector. A few scripts you can find are:
The Proposal,
Funny People,
The Time Traveler’s Wife,
G.I, Joe,
Public Enemies,
Star Trek,
500 Days of Summer,
Drag Me to Hell and more

While waiting in anticipation for the close of the OWC, over on the Unproduced Scripts page there are 26 original scripts up.

And, tick, tock the OWC challenge comes to a close. Get your scripts in here before 11:59 pm today. – Don

While everyone is busily scratching their collective heads of the One Week Challenge, I’ve gotten up over on the Unproduced Scripts page 44 original works.

One not-randomly-selected script is James’ Never Leave. This is apropos of the One Week Challenge because lyrics to a song are incorported into the script. This is not to say that in the One Week Challenge, a character has to sing the song, but if the character did, here is an example of how one writer pulled it off.

Never Leave – Twenty-five years after the myterious overdose of a famous musician Gemini hughes, Vic Samuels and his band, Broken Innocence, begin to cover the hit, “Never Leave.” While performing the cover, Vic begins to experience debilitating dark visions. Visions that lead him to a music mogel with something to hide and the broken daughter of a dead rocker. These unlikely hereos, Vic and Kitty Hughes, find themselves caught between the real dangers of a powerful mogel and the surreal of the supernatural song. A song that desires justice from the grave. 105 pages pdf format

You can check that out and more on the Unproduced Scripts page. – Don