Over on the Unproduced Scripts page are seven original works for your reading pleasure.

And the August One Week Challenge has begun! Check out the theme: Fever Dream and sharpen your pencils.

– Don

Scripts of the July ’23 One Week Challenge” – After relocating to a new city, a person with a strange addiction feels compelled to act when he/she discovers a sinister plot left behind by the co-worker they’ve been dating.

Read the scripts!

Please note: this was an anonymous challenge. If you have any interest in these scripts, please reach out to me and I will put you in touch with the writer (or wait until the writers’ names are release next week).

– Don

You have a weird addiction.

Weird to anyone but you, of course, but this itch demands to be scratched whenever it rears it’s ugly head. Any time, any place.

With that in mind…

Visit The Discussion Board for the theme. Scripts due July 14th at midnight edt

– Don

The scripts of the One Week Challenge and Who Wrote What and Writers’ Choice are on the Unproduced scripts page.

– Don

Check them out on the Discussion Board!

– Don

Thanksgiving ’22 (writing) Challenge Is on! 

For those new to the site, the One Week Challenge is a writing challenge wherein you write a ten or less page script on a theme within a week.  The challenge is meant to hone your skills writing a short script under a tight deadline.  It’s an opportunity to exchange writing tips and ideas with other screenwriters. Also, it’s a chance to both get and give feedback on short scripts.

So, check out this month’s theme!   Scripts will be due November 18th at midnight est to SimplyScripts.com/OWC.

– Don

Check out the scripts of the ’22 Halloween One Week Challenge.

It’s Halloween and a cursed noun* has been activated. Your scrappy protag(s) have until midnight to save everyone. Will they succeed?

Theme: Cursed Noun!*
Genre: Halloween Horror (Thriller, Suspense, Comedy, etc) Rating: Adult, YA, Family
*A noun is a person, place or thing.

This is an anonymous challenge. If you have any interest in any of the scripts, please reach out to me and I’ll put you in touch with the writer. Or wait until the names are revealed on Halloween weekend.

Check them out on the discussion board.

– Don

Over on the unproduced scripts page are eight original scripts for your reading pleasure.

And, don’t forget the Halloween One Week Challenge has just started!

– Don

Theme: Cursed Noun!*

It’s Halloween and a cursed noun* has been activated. Your scrappy protag has until midnight to save everyone. Will they succeed?

Genre: Halloween Horror (Thriller, Suspense, Comedy, etc)

Rating: Adult, YA, Family

*A noun is a person, place or thing.

Scripts due to simplyScripts.com/owc on Friday, October 21st at midnight edt

The Deets:

Write a properly formatted 10 page or less script on the theme provide.

It’s an anonymous challenge. Do not put your name on the script. Provide a pseudonym on the title page as well as “copyright (c) 2022”.

Each writer will be assigned between 5 to 10 scripts they must read (at a minimum) and vote on for “Writers’ Choice”. Writers are encouraged to read more and vote on more. Giving feedback to other writers on the discussion board is highly encouraged!

Schedule:
10/21/22 – midnight edt – scripts due
10/22/22 – midnight scripts posted for reading and reviewing
10/29/22 – Writers’ Choices ballots due.
10/29/22 – guess who wrote what.
10/30/22 – midnight Who Wrote What and Writers’ Choice announced

PC: PH Cook