One Page Challenge - 2006

Two birds with one stone.

I found some very cool new (to me) screenwriting/film blogs yesterday. (Unk led me to MM who led me–eventually–to Matt.)

As if that weren’t enough — this morning Unk posted the first page of one of his scripts in response to a challenge from Michael who evidently started this a year ago with his first One Page Challenge.

So after much dickering and dinking with software (and help from nic and Unk) I have managed to upload the first page of one of my scripts.

And since I’m always being asked to let people read the script that won the Nicholl (and always saying, “no”) I figured this would be a chance to let you at least throw darts at the first page. (I already see something I’ve never noticed before and am itching to change it, but won’t.)

So I pass on the challenge — post your first page or any single page, and let me know you did! And also, you’re supposed to go here and post a link to your one-page. Let’s see how far it goes.

I showed mine. Now you show yours! (Oh, I think I’ll post another one later — one that hasn’t met with as much success.)

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(Click this to see another one.)

25 Responses to “One Page Challenge - 2006”

  1. MrsHarris Says:

    Aw shucks… I was hoping the rooster would burst into flames and SCREAM.

    I’m always disappointed.

  2. planetpooks Says:

    DAMN!!!!!

    If I’d thought of that, this movie would already be produced!

  3. nicolle c jones.com » Blog Archive » One page Says:

    [...] Following the example of Pooks, the unknown screenwriter, the spanish prisoner, and Michael, (not necessarily in any order) here’s my One Page, with no explaination… [...]

  4. nic Says:

    Pooks, that’s a helluva an opening. I feel like running around just screaming that- MURDERERS!!! which would of course draw undue attention.

    Instead I’m jumping on the bandwagon…

    http://www.nicollecjones.com/archives/125

  5. nic Says:

    Heey your WP picked up my WP link… how the heck did it do that?

  6. youngkim Says:

    FADE IN is so so so 20th century, pooks.

  7. planetpooks Says:

    Really? I missed the memo! (Which is ironic because when I read
    http://mysterymanonfilm.blogspot.com/2006/09/new-spec-style.html I couldn’t figure out what the hooplah was about — I’ve been doing that stuff for years!)

  8. Brett Says:

    And I think there is now a limit of FOUR sluglines per page.

    I’ll make sure you get another copy of the memo…
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    .
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    TPS report B

  9. planetpooks Says:

    All these memos. What next — they’ll tell you want font to use?

  10. Unk Says:

    pooks,

    I like it. Only problem is that I was really hoping for a better description of the Whore.

    How about it?

    Unk

  11. planetpooks Says:

    Oh, you’d see a LOT of the whore before it’s over. (wink)

    I just didn’t want to waste space on the first page with descriptions. I was already risking having it too confusing with too many people.

    I introduced the three main characters (Coulter, the Sheriff and Elizabeth) and the event in the past that connects them.

    Too much on one page? Maybe.

  12. planetpooks Says:

    nic — Heey your WP picked up my WP link… how the heck did it do that?

    It’s a ping-back. That’s all I know.

  13. Candace Says:

    Now I wanta go back and reread the story - it’s SO GOOD!

  14. nic Says:

    It’s a ping-back. That’s all I know.

    Lies! You have a majick blog@! *cower*

  15. planetpooks Says:

    Candace, you make me blush.

    Nic — Well of course I do. But that doesn’t have anything to do with the ping-back. That’s an entirely different matter.

  16. Q Says:

    Okay, I went there and I did. I came, I saw…I stumbled over something in the dark. Okay, it was actually too dark to see. And I don’t really know where I was. Anyway….

    Shado

  17. m Says:

    Wear the badge with pride.

    Or, you know…don’t.

  18. planetpooks Says:

    I didn’t know there’s a badge! Woo-hoo!

  19. Sam Says:

    I’m challenging readers to write the next line of dialogue to my “one page” segment. If I get a few entries I’ll post the lines I wrote for it.
    shado.wordpress.com

  20. Francis Stokes Says:

    Lots of vivid description - interesting choices (”Maybe, just maybe, SCREAMS can be heard…” ;)

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    [...] So when I posted a page the other day, I posted the first page in a script, but then I figure out that the goal was to post a page (without any explanation) from within your script. [...]

  22. Writing challenge, again! « planet pooks Says:

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