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Writers Unleashed | Season 1
Topic Started: Nov 29 2015, 11:00 PM (24,262 Views)
SnazzyShadeEmily
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They said I wasn't good enough for television. How do you like me now, voices in my head?
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Welcome to The Horror Closet's first, exclusive writing competition: Writers Unleashed™. We’ve been planning this for a long time and we believe we are now finally at a place where we can host it properly!


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In this competition you will be up against both the experienced & beginner creative writers of this forum, week after week, as you complete the challenges and are scored and ranked by the judges (TheCheetahwings and GhettoSpiritMedium) and the final judge and host, (SnazzyShadeEmily).The last writer standing, is the winner. We hope you choose to sign up for Writers Unleashed™ today,and join us for this competition, and to grow as a writer. You don't need to have any experience at all to atleast try, so we hope anyone with atleast a smidge of interest gives it a shot. The challenges will be posted weekly. Round 1 comes this Friday Night, due Thursday, December 10th at 12/11C. Most rounds will be posted Saturday but since it's Round 1, you get an extra day. Use it wisely. Results come every Saturday night starting at 6/5C and running two hours. I'll post the next round shortly after. The round themes will not specify a genre, so feel free to do whichever you want as they will all be graded fairly using the same basic scale. When your entry is complete, PM it to Me/SnazzyShadeEmily, and I'll send it to the others once the deadline has been reached. I hope you all consider joining! Also, please make entries an original work unless stated within the challenge post.


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SnazzyShadeEmily (Host)
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GhettoSpiritMedium
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TheCheetahwings

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1. Matty
2. MasterXPosed
3. TyeSays
4. Cman710
5. Joshua
6. Frame700
7. 100PercentCotton
8. SaviorMouse
9. Sid The Super Bitch
10. Kevin R.
11. Ni-Gunner
12. Zayday Williams
13. TheFinalBoy

14. Belly
15. Shiley740
16. Shawn
SEASON ONE WINNER:
Cman710/Chris



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Round One
Round Two
Round Three
Round Four
Round Five
Round Six

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Round 1 Results
Round 2 Results
Round 3 Results
Round 4 Results
Round 5 Results
Round 6 Results
All Scores Ranked
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SnazzyShadeEmily
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They said I wasn't good enough for television. How do you like me now, voices in my head?
Dont be you did good
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Kevin R.
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Here's both my entries so far: week 1 and week 2.

And Alec and Greg, thanks for the compliments and the criticism. Dialogue is something I have to pay more attention to, but beyond that, I'm glad you like my work so far. As for my entry this week, the actors' expressions in the image I picked out just looked so over-the-top that I thought it was from an NBC comedy. (I searched the image, and apparently it's from a production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.) So I thought, why not make it something like The Office?
KEEP AMERICA GREAT

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Writers Unleashed Season 1: Runner-Up

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All reviews, A-Z
Latest review: Assassin's Creed (2016)
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SnazzyShadeEmily
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They said I wasn't good enough for television. How do you like me now, voices in my head?
You calling Ken greg made me scream
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TheCheetahwings
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I'm A Dead Bitch Baby!
Kevin R.
Dec 19 2015, 06:00 PM
Here's both my entries so far: week 1 and week 2.

And Alec and Greg, thanks for the compliments and the criticism. Dialogue is something I have to pay more attention to, but beyond that, I'm glad you like my work so far. As for my entry this week, the actors' expressions in the image I picked out just looked so over-the-top that I thought it was from an NBC comedy. (I searched the image, and apparently it's from a production of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?.) So I thought, why not make it something like The Office?
Hey! they were my comments not Greg's :rihthink: But no problem. Your entry was great.
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I wasn’t prepared for you.
For wanting something.


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When you walk into the room. You pull me close and we start to move
And we're spinning with the stars above. And you lift me up in a wave of love
Ooh, baby, do you know what that's worth? Ooh heaven is a place on earth
They say in heaven love comes first. We'll make heaven a place on earth

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SnazzyShadeEmily
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They said I wasn't good enough for television. How do you like me now, voices in my head?
Cant wait to post tays but I have to wait
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TheCheetahwings
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I'm A Dead Bitch Baby!
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I wasn’t prepared for you.
For wanting something.


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When you walk into the room. You pull me close and we start to move
And we're spinning with the stars above. And you lift me up in a wave of love
Ooh, baby, do you know what that's worth? Ooh heaven is a place on earth
They say in heaven love comes first. We'll make heaven a place on earth

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They said I wasn't good enough for television. How do you like me now, voices in my head?
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Ni-Gunner

WHOA. Like I said with Chris' script, with the picture you choose I expected something more on the goofy side. But LMAO I got the exact opposite of that :) This was definitely a LOT darker then I expected it to be, but I still do really like the route you took it, and think you managed to use the picture in an original way. Your dialogue like last time, feels very natural, and pretty fun to read. I really liked how you developed the story, and kept me for the most part guessing what would happen next. I overall liked this entry more then your last one, it just felt a bit more original and you managed it to fit the challenge better!

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Jack

The last I heard about this entry was that you were gonna submit what you had since you weren't done and I originally kinda screamed cause I thought without finishing you still managed to get past Matt, but you managed to pull it off and finish it, I'm proud of you! Better then your first entry, but there were still issues for me. There are quite a few spelling/grammar issues still (it's mainly the 'i's), and the dialogue just still doesn't really feel fully natural to me, same with the humor. But I did like the way you used the picture (ngl I was almost expecting something super serious again omg) the overall way you did it just wasn't the best. Ngl tho the ending went from 0 to 100 so fast I screamed omfg.

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Vincent

Omfg this Desperate Housewives drama like funeral > and the lesbian couple > This entry definitely worked a lot better as an actual story then your last entry, and in some peoples case it made a lot more sense, lmao. But I might've preferred your last entry a TINY bit more? This wasn't bad in the slightest, but I just think the last entry was a lot more original, and fun to read. This entry still had a good plot, and all the dialogue felt really natural, but I could kinda tell you were a bit less inspired for this entry then you were for your last one. The ending also felt quite rushed to me. It just feels like you could've taken your time a bit more with the meltdown, and it just felt like there should've been a bit more. Ngl tho when the picture 'happened' in the script I kinda cackled, but just because I could just imagine the scene so well in the story. So you definitely managed to pull off the challenge itself well!

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Matt

First off, bye at 'ur moms chest hair. This was a good step up writing wise from your last entry. Although the humor still wasn't really perfect to me, it felt a LOT less forced then last time. The only real joke that I felt was kinda 'forced' this time was probably the cocaine one, omg. Also after the last couple entries I read it was nice to read something I expected to be light hearted actually END up being light hearted (no shade to anyone tho). Now tho, even though I said this was a good step up WRITING wise from your last entry, I'm docking a few points because you didn't really use the picture right. Yes there was the cake fight, BUT you didn't use it in the ACTUAL context from the photo. So next time, just double check with that kinda thing. If you improve on your writing like you did with this challenge, but properly follow the challenges then you'll definitely have a better shot.

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Chris

Once again, you managed to pull something that could be been generic (the plot twist at least) but managed to pull it off very well. And like i sad before, your dialogue comes across quite natural. It was very unique how you managed to pull off the picture, I was honestly expecting it to be used in a bit of a goofy way, but you managed to pull it off very well. I won't lie though, the 'Prescott' kinda distracted me as the last time, lmao. I honestly think I like this entry a bit more then your last one, just due to how more unique and original it was.

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Kevin

Omfg you managed to catch me completely off guard with your plot again. Like last time, I was expecting the plot to go one way, when it went on a completely other direction. I was randomly expecting the closet scene to suddenly get a lot dramatic, but I'm happy it didn't go that way :) You managed to use the picture in a good original way as well, and your dialogue like last time is very solid! Although I still think I might've SLIGHTLY preferred your last entry, but only slightly, and it's mainly due to the story and not the actual writing. Only thing I'd watch out for is there was still a couple small spelling mistakes, but it wasn't enough to take me out of it!
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Matty
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If you're really doing this, I want to help.
Not "a better shot" bitch..
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I’ve been recruiting for the Rebellion for a long time.
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SnazzyShadeEmily
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They said I wasn't good enough for television. How do you like me now, voices in my head?
Omg I screamed too matt
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Matty
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If you're really doing this, I want to help.
SnazzyShadeEmily
Dec 19 2015, 06:22 PM
Omg I screamed too matt
i wasnt ready :murdermyvagina:
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