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Tales of the Airwaves [NEW DEADLINE]



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Thu Apr 05, 2018 6:54 pm
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Elinor says...



Coming Soon...

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There once was a time, not so long ago, visual storytelling was a marvel that could only be experienced in cinemas. To get our fix, we turned to radio. There were news stories, talk shows, and dramas. And although a lot has changed since then, these old radio dramas are still exciting, thrilling and engaging today as they were eighty years ago. Obsolete? Never.

Two writers, myself and @Evander, have written stories that have been selected to fill two slots on a brand new program -
Tales from the Airwaves - a revival of the short lived YWS Radio Theater. And we need your help in order to adapt them into proper scripts so we can begin production.

For this contest you’re going to write a script. Two winners, one for each story, will be selected, and they get eternal bragging rights their writing performed live and broadcasted to YWS’s member base at a TBD date this summer.

If you would like to participate, please respond to this thread with merely a “1” or “2”. This will denote the story you will be assigned. Read the story and read it carefully. Reread it, make notes, and before May 19th, 2018 submit your ten to fifteen page script. Feel free to post on YWS to get feedback in the interim!

Overwhelmed? Not to fear. Evander and I will be open, as writers to discuss as any questions about characters, themes, what we were thinking when writing certain scenes, and anything else you may want to ask us as writers.

Judging will be decided on a number of factors. Not only what scripts were the most well written, what makes the best adaptation and what is most adpt for producibility. The one thing I will not be too concerned about is format as long as it is legible and adheres to the basic conventions of the medium. I’ve linked to several resources which you will find helpful below.

Additionally, a workshop/jam will be held on Sunday, April 15th in order to get practice writing in this format. More details here.

Any questions, my PM box is always open.

Participants

Spoiler! :
Story 1

@corvidconvalescence
@LittleLee
@Ventomology
@OniiChan
@123pinkrose

Story 2

@snowmonkey9
@Sujana
@hexglass
@Sheyren
@ellasnotebook



Resources

Free Word Template
Celtx (sign up for a free account, and select “Audio Play” when creating a new project)

General Tips
What Makes a Good Adaptation? (while about book to film, still just as applicable)
Adaptation Workshop

Suspense: The Hitchhiker
Skip to 3:00 for Orson Welles’ introduction, 3:30 for the show itself

Good luck!

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"yeet"
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Just killing time until time kills me.





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"For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief."

Ecclesiastes 1: 18





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"I believe a man does what he can until his destiny is revealed to him."





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"I've got dreams like you--no really!--just much less, touchy-feeley.
They mainly happen somewhere warm and sunny
on an island that I own, tanned and rested and alone
surrounded by enormous piles of money." -Flynn Rider, Tangled





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Sat Apr 07, 2018 4:08 pm
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Ellie, I'm so tempted to do this.

the brigadier rides again!
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LadyLizz wrote:Ellie, I'm so tempted to do this.


http://gph.is/1JUWuOC

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Fri Apr 13, 2018 3:34 pm
ellasnotebook says...



Is this still open to join?





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Fri Apr 13, 2018 5:15 pm
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@ellasnotebook

yes!

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well in that case, put me down as 2 please





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Sun Apr 15, 2018 7:24 pm
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Thank you to everyone who's signed up so far! Deadline is on May 14th! Still plenty of time to enter if you would like.

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