Fanfic in script format?
POSTED BY: gmajor
UPDATED: Wednesday, February 17, 2016 19:07
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Anyone else in the Blue Sun Room write in screenplay format or am I the only one?
"Pain is scary." - Jayne Cobb
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I do! I'm currently working on a virtual season two of Firefly. I've just got the first draft of the premier down, and I'm gathering people to help on things such as sounds, graphics, general 'verse knowledge...
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I do as well: the Dragonfly item in the Blue Sun room and in the way I write for the characters i play - Mal, Simon and NPC characters the canon RP here in FFFn - "Adventures in GunRunning"
Are you interested in sharing techniques?
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I'd love to talk shop.
Meanwhile, I'll check out your script!
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I'm interested. Send me a word.
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I'm working on one my ownself. Probably post it on my site with a link from the Blue Sun room, since it's going to be 120 some-odd pages.
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Gmajor: Word is sent.
Gojiro: I am sure that 120 pages of text would not be a burden to FFFn's storage. 
Mummm, what shall we discuss?
Favorite programs we utilize in scriptwriting or writing in general?
Avoiding hackneyed Characterizations?
How to evolve Story Arcs?
Dodging the Mary-Sue reflex?
Making a universe VS writing in someone elses universe?
Choose, but choose wisely! 
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Originally posted by CapnRahn:
Gmajor: Word is sent.
Gojiro: I am sure that 120 pages of text would not be a burden to FFFn's storage.
A bit long for a TV script though. Each script should run anywhere from 40 - 50 pages if it's properly formatted.
>Favorite programs we utilize in scriptwriting or writing in >general?
Final Draft. I got it as a gift, and I must say, I like it very much. I especially love the autotype when doing dialogue scenes, and the number of templates available for writing television scripts. And the price was right.
>Avoiding hackneyed Characterizations?
When in doubt, I base it on someone I know and change the name to protect my innocence.
>How to evolve Story Arcs?
Only written one-offs so far, so not so much yet. I tend to write episodes as if they were a part of a season, so not everything is tidily resolved at the end. Then of course I had people demanding a sequel, so...
>Dodging the Mary-Sue reflex?
I am not nearly interesting enough to deserve to be a character in a fiction, so no problem.
My only indulgence in my original screenplays iis that I give one of the lead characters a name starting with G, but never my own. When writing in other people's universes, it's easy to avoid altogether.
>Making a universe VS writing in someone elses universe?
There are pros and cons. The pros are that the characters are well-developed and have their own distinctive voice already, the 'verse is rich and interesting, and it can make slipping into it easier.
The cons include picky fans who will bounce up to you and say "Inara would never do that." or "Oh, ew! Those two would never get together!" or some such.
The biggest con to writing in someone else's verse is that there isn't much one can do with it when you're done. It's hard to sell a story where the characters and setting were created by someone else.
In my case, I offer the scripts up as an example of how I could write for television, working within someone else's format and restrictions, as part of my portfolio, so I have written a handful of scripts of television shows, in the teleplay format, to demonstrate this.
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Actually, my script is supposed to be movie length. It's a FF-meets-Casablanca tale. I love Casablanca almost as much as I love Firefly, and I was watching it one day and playing the "What Would Mal Do" game, and surprisingly, Mal and Rick are a lot alike. And the story idea was born.
Not original in the slightest, given I'm borrowing Joss's characters and putting them in the Epsteins' story. But it's fun, and I'm really only doing it to amuse myself and sharpen my screenwriting skills, so I really don't care if everyone craps on it.
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If you like Script form fiction check out www.stillflying.net for a virtual continuation of Firefly.
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