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August 1, 2009

Welcome to our writing!

Please feel free to browse through the contributions below. Some of the longer ones have been split… To read the whole piece just click on the title above the writing. If you are interested in a specific genre, use the ‘category’ labels on the right. Comments always welcome!

Poetry

October 15, 2009

on the shore of the river

on the shore of the  river
and the cool, clear, waters
tumbled down
cascading in hues
of blues and greens.
visions of yesters colliding
with stalwart rocks of truth.
burrowing ceaselessly, gently
at the loam of life.
mighty forces are gathered,
pitched and tossed,
whirling dervish like.
winds howling, spray dancing
across virgin land.
quenching the earth,
flora and fauna blossoming
amidst the skirmish.
on and on relentless in their quest,
they push [...]

Challenges, Flash

August 26, 2009

That Joke isn’t Funny Any More

I realised that I was essentially on my own right about the time that I noticed that you weren’t listening to a word I said.
Oh, I don’t mean you were ignoring me, like the way the people do in a waiting room; or even just blanking me as if I were a customer in your [...]

Challenges, Flash

That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore

Hannah seemed to be on a roll. Yet another girl’s night out and she was flying high. Ever since her ridiculous split with Jack just a month before, she had made it her goal in life to make the most of every second of every day. There wasn’t a bar or a club that she [...]

Challenges, Script

June 30, 2009

The League Against Boredom

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(Script Competition Entry)

THE OFFICE – NIGHT
MICHAEL and JOHN are the only people here.
MICHAEL
I’m BORED. I’m bored bored bored.
JOHN
I’m sure you’re not.
MICHAEL
I’m so bored..
Pause
JOHN
Yes?
He waits.
Jesus!
He leans over the desk and punches MICHAEL in the chest.
MICHAEL
Agh! What? What happened?
JOHN
You’re heart stopped. I’m sorry, I should have realized.

Challenges, Script

June 20, 2009

Jim

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(Script Competition Entry) ***TO BE FILMED AUGUST***

JIM
A Short Film
EXT.DAY. A park and a bench in some recent time, somewhere forgotten. We see a young HILDA in her 20’s, talking to her husband JIM, also in his 20’s.They are both clearly courting on the bench. Sounds of distant voices also somewhere and HILDA is sometimes distracted [...]

Challenges, Script

June 5, 2009

Obsession

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(Script Competition Entry)
FADE IN:
INT. THE OFFICE – DAY
On screen : Two weeks previous. Monday
MAX (27) dressed in slacks and shirt, is in his office with two women, his personal secretary JANE, (24) short skirt and low cut top and her assistant KAREN, (19) large lady in very tight trousers and buttons which almost burst off [...]

Challenges, Script

Crossings

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(Script Competition Entry)
:FADE IN
EXT. PIER HEAD -SAT AFTERNOON
ELLIE (mid twenties)gets out of a taxi, closes the door,
leans in and pays the driver. She crosses over the road to
the ticket office for the ferry.

Challenges, Script

Take The Air

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(Script Competition Entry)

EXT.LIVERPOOL PIER HEAD – DAY

Lots of tourists walk about between the Liver Buildings and
the river taking photos, but the huge space looks bare. A
bedraggled man, HENRY is shambling across the square and
asks people for change. He calls to a suited man, ALEX early
30’s smartly dressed. Carries a briefcase. Walks
quickly, eyes and mind elsewhere.

HENRY mid 20’s dressed casually. A haughty look.

HENRY
Mornin boss, beautiful day.

The suited man turns his head and his pace slows a
little. Henry seizes his chance and moves in, big smile and
walks with Alex.

Education, Script

Script formatting

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Here are some basic things which a lot of people follow. These are from different sources over the internet, and from some of the best ones.
Dawn
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FORMATTING
It is extremely important that your screenplay follows all the professional rules of script formatting and presentation.
If you ignore these �rules� it clearly indicates that you are a novice, and [...]