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• Getting Ready for Script Frenzy 2010 – Anyone else?

  
  EK's Star Log — Authority: 129
  Getting Ready for 2010 – Anyone else?I’m getting ready for next year. After missing 3 years in a row I’m determined to do it this year.I know it’s only December 2009, but heck, it took me four months to figure out my NaNoWriMo plot, so why not spend four months plotting my Screnzy plot right?Not [...]
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• Script Frenzy RE: Need a TITLE for my PLOT!!

  
  EK's Star Log — Authority: 129
  RE: Need a TITLE for my PLOT!! FrostPrincessPostedAugust 24, 2009 – 17:08 Need a TITLE for my PLOT!!Well, seeing as how I’m 13, and my plot could be about something not really age-appropriate for me, I can’t ask my family for a title, so… Can anybody help me?? Here’s the plot:When a rendezvous turns sour, ...
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• Script Frenzy RE: Need a TITLE for my PLOT!!

  
  EK's Writing Blog — Authority: 130
  RE: Need a TITLE for my PLOT!! FrostPrincess Posted August 24, 2009 - 17:08   Need a TITLE for my PLOT!! Well, seeing as how Im 13, and my plot could be about something not really age-appropriate for me, I cant ask my family for a title, so... Can anybody help me?? Heres the ...
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• NaNoWriMo RE: Anybody taking on a Big, Fun, Scary Blogging Project? (Plays and Script Frenzy)

  
  EK's Star Log — Authority: 129
  RE: Anybody taking on a Big, Fun, Scary Blogging Project?ohmynotiAnybody taking on a Big, Fun, Scary Blogging Project?51,942 / 50,000Official ParticipantJoined: Oct 17, 2006Location: Sackville, New BrunswickPosts: 88Posted on:Dec 11, 2009 – 16 34I know I am!http://100tinyplays.wordpress.com/I’m going to write 100 ...
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• Screnzy RE: Split play into 3 or persevere?

  
  EK's Star Log — Authority: 129
  lemonstarPostedSeptember 20, 2009 – 04:32Split play into 3 or persevere?I’ve not written a play on this scale before and I think I may be too ambitious. I’m trying to sketch out a plot but I have three main ideas I want to include but it’s still very confusing to me exactly what I’m trying to [...]
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• Screnzy RE: Split play into 3 or persevere?

  
  EK's Writing Blog — Authority: 130
  lemonstar Posted September 20, 2009 - 04:32 Split play into 3 or persevere? Ive not written a play on this scale before and I think I may be too ambitious. Im trying to sketch out a plot but I have three main ideas I want to include but its still very confusing to me exactly what Im trying to do - ...
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• The Script Frenzy Plot Machine Outputs. Hilarity ensues . . .

  
  EK's Star Log — Authority: 129
  I love playing with the Plot Machine. =P It’s so addicting. Some of the things it gives you are out right pee-your-pants funny. Here’s the ones it spit out at me tonight:In a world ruled by chickens, a group of Star Wars collectors, discovers the meaning of life.Awakened from a 1000-year sleep, a marooned alien, ...
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• The Script Frenzy Plot Machine Outputs. Hilarity ensues . . .

  
  EK's Writing Blog — Authority: 130
  I love playing with the Plot Machine . =P Its so addicting. Some of the things it gives you are out right pee-your-pants funny. Heres the ones it spit out at me tonight: In a world ruled by chickens, a group of Star Wars collectors, discovers the meaning of life.Awakened from a 1000-year sleep, a marooned alien, ...
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• NaNoWriMo RE: Awkward “Can I read your novel?” requests

  
  EK's Star Log — Authority: 129
  BookeaterOdessaAwkward “Can I read your novel?” requests50,249 / 50,000Official ParticipantJoined: Oct 27, 2009Posts: 48Posted on:Dec 9, 2009 – 21 20-A friend that has an unstable character based off of her.-My father- A friend of the familyI have no idea why these people are suddenly so interested in my ...
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• NaNoWriMo RE: Awkward "Can I read your novel?" requests

  
  EK's Writing Blog — Authority: 130
  BookeaterOdessa Awkward "Can I read your novel?" requests 50,249 / 50,000 Official Participant Joined: Oct 27, 2009 Posts: 48 Posted on: Dec 9, 2009 - 21 20 -A friend that has an unstable character based off of her. -My father - A friend of the family I have no idea why these people are suddenly so ...
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• NaNoWriMo RE: NaNoEdMo… will you be here?

  
  EK's Star Log — Authority: 129
  TelcontarNaNoEdMo… will you be here?58,621 / 50,000Official ParticipantJoined: Oct 25, 2006Location: Nashville, TNPosts: 252Posted on:Dec 8, 2009 – 22 51Originally, my goal was to have draft two by the end of Christmas break, or mid-January. Not. Going. To happen. :-/So what I need to know is that there are at ...
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• NaNoWriMo RE: NaNoEdMo... will you be here?

  
  EK's Writing Blog — Authority: 130
  Telcontar NaNoEdMo... will you be here? 58,621 / 50,000 Official Participant Joined: Oct 25, 2006 Location: Nashville, TN Posts: 252 Posted on: Dec 8, 2009 - 22 51 Originally, my goal was to have draft two by the end of Christmas break, or mid-January. Not. Going. To happen. :-/ So what I need to ...
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• NaNoWriMo RE: Why does CreateSpace ask for your social security number?

  
  EK's Star Log — Authority: 129
  EquuestriaanWhy does CreateSpace ask for your social security number?51,083 / 50,000Official ParticipantJoined: Nov 6, 2008Location: Haverford, PAPosts: 30Posted on:Dec 9, 2009 – 18 33My mom won’t let me do the createspace thing because it makes you give your social security number! Any idea why they ask for ...
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• NaNoWriMo RE: Why does CreateSpace ask for your social security number?

  
  EK's Writing Blog — Authority: 130
  Equuestriaan Why does CreateSpace ask for your social security number? 51,083 / 50,000 Official Participant Joined: Nov 6, 2008 Location: Haverford, PA Posts: 30 Posted on: Dec 9, 2009 - 18 33 My mom wont let me do the createspace thing because it makes you give your social security ...
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• Today’s Must-Reads for Writers

  
  Brian Keene — Authority: 131
  The “Market” for Short Stories by Nick Mamatas . Guerrilla Marketing Gone Bad by Robert Swartwood . Read them. Remember them. Staple them to your forehead if you have to, because both of them are right.
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• Script Frenzy RE: What am I doing?

  
  EK's Star Log — Authority: 129
  In responce to: RE: What am I doing?Script writing is pretty easy. FAR easier than novel writing actually, because it is straight up dialog and zero descriptions. Pretty much all you need to do is have two characters talk to each other for a while, have a third character wander in and talk to them. [...]
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• Script Frenzy RE: What am I doing?

  
  EK's Writing Blog — Authority: 130
  RE: What am I doing? Script writing is pretty easy. FAR easier than novel writing actually, because it is straight up dialog and zero descriptions. Pretty much all you need to do is have two characters talk to each other for a while, have a third character wander in and talk to them. Have a few other characters ...
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• Script Frenzy RE: Dirty tricks

  
  EK's Star Log — Authority: 129
  RE: Dirty tricks@@revallyson http://www.scriptfrenzy.org/user/470121 [quote=revallyson]But I admit, I find myself asking, if youre cheating, why bother playing? Theres no major prize for getting to 100 pages, and I know that I would feel like dirt if I submitted an empty pdf and claimed it was 100 pages.[/quote] ...
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• Script Frenzy RE: Dirty tricks

  
  EK's Writing Blog — Authority: 130
  RE: Dirty tricks @@revallyson http://www.scriptfrenzy.org/user/470121 [quote=revallyson]But I admit, I find myself asking, if youre cheating, why bother playing? Theres no major prize for getting to 100 pages, and I know that I would feel like dirt if I submitted an empty pdf and claimed it was 100 pages. ...
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• Authors want publishers to buy their manuscripts off Amazon??? What the hell?

  
  EK's Star Log — Authority: 129
  I was just reading the blog post: How not to sell your book on Robert J. Sawyer’s Blog, in which he tells of an author who sent him this request:A few years ago I sent you an email to see if you were interested in publishing my first novel. You were interested but I did [...]
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