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We are seeing some on the team scoring almost every script at the 8-9 range. We only wish those were accurate scores...but most of the time it’s obvious that you’re being far too generous with material that is seriously flawed. Yes, we actually read those high-scoring scripts and we often scratch our heads wondering what you were thinking by assigning such high scores.
Elinor wrote:For a bit, I've been wanting to write a short script inspired by Chandler Halderson and Cat Mellender, from the perspective of a girlfriend who realizes her boyfriend is a killer. There is a... lot to unpack with that case that I won't get into now, and it hits so close partially because it happened about an hour west of where I live. It's also hard to believe that such an unassuming person could be so evil. And poor Cat changes and not for the better between this video and the trial.
(People are giving her shit for calling Chandler when he was in prison, but imho, seems like a case of extreme denial that probably didn't hit her until the trial)
Between Eagle Rock and Time in a Bottle, my work has been pigeonholed as "innocent girl, conniving man" and I think that's part of the reason I've been hesitating on this, especially since I'm telling people about All Our Yesterdays and people think Cole is going to turn out to be the sam type of character.
These days, I'm more interested in telling stories about the nuanced ways in which people treat each other, and what I've recently been defining as "good people who do bad things" vs "bad people".
If any of you take the time to watch this video, you should understand pretty quickly why I'm invested in this story, beyond the fact that it happened so close to where I live.
I also don't think Shadow of a Doubt did as much with the "person I love is a serial killer" as it could have, and maybe I want to try.
Plus, I was ready to type out this whole rant about how I've been feeling and struggling with the desire of wanting taking the joy out of writing. There's a video I revisit when I'm feeling this way, and it talks about writing for the sake of writing.
So, maybe I need to do this short film, and maybe something will come of it, maybe it won't. The point is to get it written.
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