Hello

This journal was supposed to be written on Monday, then Tuesday and then I guess you get the picture! A lot can happen in a week and I have been so busy. Work was mad as it was the end of the financial quarter today, so I have been bashing the heads of many project managers and sending over half a million in invoices out. Shame the money doesn’t come to me eh.

Contest 3: One Act Play

In week one and in week two of scriptwriting month, there was two mini competitions. These were only a week long, but that didn’t stop some interesting pieces filtering through! Here is a feature of the results!

Contest 1: Writing a Monologue

In First place we have...



A Catalogue for Enlightenment by *leoraigarath

:devleoriagarath: really had a stand out character and wrote with a good degree of consistency, congratulations!

In Second place...



Arches by *Amberlouie

*Amberlouie produced something which shows she had good understanding of the performance style of writing.

Honourable Mentions
Answerphone Monologue by `conorschild
Catharsis Android Monologue by *HiddenCaitastrophe
The Rat by *orphicfiddler
Arches by *GaioumonBatou


Contest 2: Writing a Scene

And here is the winner...




The Players Epilogue by *orphicfiddler

An honourable mention in the first contest, it felt like *orphicfiddler upped the game in the second contest and created a fantastic dynamic and amusing script that would appeal to the teenage audience.

In Second place...



Theseus and the Minotaur by *ThornyEnglishRose

What can’t *ThornyEnglishRose do? Not only did she take this contest brief on the head, but also had a fantastic attempt at writing in a pantomime style!

Honourable Mentions

Food Fight by ~Hyougen
Knights of the Garter by ~Benji-man
Preform by ~lady-shirakawa

Harmless

Aside from the One-Act play contest I have something else running which is very important to me. Harmless is an organisation very close to my heart and I am really impressed with the work they are doing. This non-profit organisation only started less than a year ago and already the work they’ve done has raised more awareness and education about Self Harm.


I used to self harm. It is a horrible thing to experience, and even more frustrating when you constantly hear about it being linked to some of the stereotypes. I went through a lot of bullying when I was younger, and for some reason I turned to self harm for some kind of comfort. Maybe originally I wanted people to know they hurt me, but then it became something different. It stopped completely for a few years, but then at university it did rear its ugly head and became so bad I needed stitches on several occasions.


I got out of it by finding help and support. I started seeing a counsellor, I started talking about it, and I started getting involved in realising I could help others too and raise the awareness. It has been almost three years now since I last did anything to myself and since then I have become a much stronger person. I have good friends to thank for that, and of course a very understanding boyfriend who has seen me at my lowest and is still by my side today.


Not everyone is so lucky to find support through the way I did. Waiting lists to see counsellors are astronomical, young people are usually tarred with the ‘emo’ brush and a lot of people end up feeling very alone and not knowing where to get help, or even know whether they want help. Organisations such as Harmless are for these people.


Harmless is also for professionals, teachers, nurses, friends and families of those who perhaps have been effected by self harm or want to be more aware. They are providing educational resources and information to help them become more supportive and aware.

The writings people submit are for messages of positivity, survival and breakthrough. Harmless have actually asked me to take an editorial role in this project and over the next few weeks I will be meeting with the organisers to review the submissions. I am so grateful of the submissions so far, and if anyone else wishes to submit works, please check out ‘Harmless Seeks Positive Writing’


*fotoFRIDAY has also very sweetly dedicated this weeks photo prompt to this cause. Check out their latest update in this their news article

Tribes!

Has anyone else been caught up in this DATribes madness? It’s like shipwrecked for deviantArt! It’s quite cool actually because it is bringing people in the community together who perhaps may not have crossed paths before. I am in ‘Samburu’ and we’re quite a cute little squad. If you want to join out tribe join #Samburu and speak to people in there! Or drop me a note/comment and I’ll set you up!

Haikuwrimo!

So much for no commitments in July! Haikuwrimo summer edition is starting next week with 30 people already signed up! I have made sure I am watching participants so we can help each other out! Last Autumn I participated and learnt so much about the haiku form. I hope others who perhaps haven’t experimented in Eastern poetry also consider joining in! For more information check out the journals of *MSJames or check out the News Article

Personal

July is turning out busier than planned. We’ve got lots of visitors to our home including my parents and some other couples we know. It probably means a lot of alcohol and me playing hostess. Suddenly I turn in to Monica Geller and where I usually am quite clean, I suddenly go manic! Oh joy.

I need to get back into actual writing. I can’t remember the last thing I wrote and was proud of what I wrote, which is quite bad really. I was considering giving myself a boost and trying to revise some poems and submit them around, but because I am not so serious about this as I should be it probably isn’t a productive idea.

Has anyone else been watching Wimbledon? Not trying to be a hyperactive overexcited Brit, but I think Andy Murray might actually get to the semis, if not the final! Speaking of sport, who is going to win out of Spain and Germany?

Anyway Joseph is taking me out on a date! Yes a date! Because we’ve both been working a lot recently we’re making the most of a day off together and shall be going out in a bit. He is taking me to the cinema and then for dinner afterwards!

See you later

Becca

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I was contacted by a few friends of mine asking for positive pieces of writing for their site, Harmless. This is an organisation raising the awareness of self harm, offering support and information on both professional and personal level.

Please check out the News article I have posted. There are some really talented writers on my watchlist and on DA, and I know some of you could really produce something which could lift spirits.

Hello All

Scriptwriting Month is in a rather full and exciting swing at the moment! We’re comfortably in the middle of week 3 at the moment, and during this week, I am encouraging everyone to spend some time reviewing what has been discussed so far, as well as practising your scriptwriting skills using the previous two contests.

Week three has also discussed the process of Page to Stage, offering ideas of where to take your finished scripts and get them onto stage. The article looks at how to format scripts, scriptwriting software and the importance of revising and making your work clear and understandable. I really do encourage that even if you are submitting your script to dA, utilise the text formatting tools (Bolds, Italics, Underlines, indents, spaces etc), because a clean clear script will instantly appeal than something bunched up.

Here is the complete list of Articles, Journals and Polls so far which could really do with some love, especially the week 3 article! Just because there is no contest this week, doesn’t mean that the information included isn’t as valid!

Scriptwriting Month June 2008

Scriptwriting, why not start?
Reading Plays Poll
Recommended Reading Poll
Scriptwriting Month Week 1: Exposing your Character
Scriptwriting Month Week 1: Monologue Contest Entries
Scriptwriting Month Week 2: Considering your Audience
Scriptwriting Month Week 2: Scene Contest Entries
Interview with a Scriptwriter- Ebony66316
Scriptwriting Month Week 3: From Page to Stage

The following features are Scripts that have received a Daily Deviation this month! If you have read any scripts and have enjoyed them, please do suggest these to the lovely lit GDs. For those who don’t know, they are ^GeneratingHype, ^lovetodeviate, ^StJoan & ^LadyLincoln.

Personal

I am actually away this weekend, heading to London for my friends birthday. It is a fancy dress party and I still don’t know what to dress up as. I shall be hitting town after work, but I think I shall be reprising the Red Riding Hood outfit, or maybe go for ‘Where’s Wally’, if I can find a red and white top! Any suggestions welcome.

The food thing has been really strange this week. Where the first week felt really positive, this week it has got me down. I think it is the office filling up with cakes and the crave for naughty things creeping back in. I am also an impatient person sometimes, so I think I am worrying how long this is going to take instead of looking at the positives. I think it is just second week blues. We also found out that a big change in diet can make you really lethargic, which is why I am so tired at the moment. I am trying to boost this with eating more fruit for vitamin C, but I think it might be sugar I am lacking!

I had a dream last night that is turning into a story! I’ve never ventured into writing teenage fiction, but this feels like it would suit.

I realise I really need to get myself a proper blog instead of using my dA one to spiel out this unnecessary mumblings! Anyway since I am not here this weekend, I challenge you all to leave me a creative piece of writing that is only 3 lines long. This could be poetry, prose or even a script. Just 3 lines though!

Have a nice weekend everyone!

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Hello everyone!

Week 2 of scriptwriting month has come to its close and week 3 is just beginning. Last night when I got back from slimming world, I was just so tired that the article just didn’t get done. For this I apologise. However it will be out this evening and this week we will be looking at formatting scripts as well as publishing- ooh exciting!

However whilst you are waiting for this lovely article, why not have a good read of the entries of the week 2 contest? The task was to write a short scene, no longer than 10 minutes long and write for a specific audience. 16 people decided to have a go and entered in these delightful entries. These are currently being judged by myself and *ninja-librarian


A group of children under 8

Food Fight by ~Hyougen
Theseus and the Minotaur by *ThornyEnglishRose

A group of teenagers

Warriors from Two Worlds by *Amriah
Knights of the Garter by ~Benji-man
First in Line by *GaioumonBatou
Between Perspectives by =leoraigarath
The Players’ Epilogue by *orphicfiddler
An excuse to necromancy by ~RandomSearcher
Purity Rings by ~SilentImpression
Teen Sex Comedy Scene by ~Term-the-Schmuck

A group of Male offenders 18-40

Janitors by =asesinatuya
Scene by *harlequinism
Preform by ~lady-shirakawa

A group of women aged 50+

Classical Domesticity by ~awesomechan
On the Fourth Day by *dgregory
Duckfish Pie by ~squanpie-lit

This is just a reminder journal that today is the last day for scene submissions! Please could you ensure these are sent in to me via note by midnight GMT tonight.

There hasn’t been as many entries as the monologue entries so you have a much bigger chance of winning if you do enter!

Contest 2: Write a scene involving two or more characters.

This scene is to be watched by one of the following audiences which you have to appeal to:

A group of women over 50
A group of Male offenders 18-40
A group of teenagers
A group of children under 8

Objectives: Consider characters, conflict, reaction and also the objectives of the scene and what each character wants etc. Also consider how this scene may appeal to your target audience. Please don’t forget other elements which are seen in prose writing, such as tension and pace.

Rules:

This scene must be no longer then 10 minutes long.
Must be written for performance.
Please only submit deviations written in English.
Please only submit one entry.
Please submit a new deviation. Any deviations that were submitted to deviantArt before the 9th June 2008 will be refused.
Send a link of your scene in a Note to `Beccalicious, entitled "SCENE" with a note of the audience you chose.
All Submissions must be received by Monday 16th June, Midnight GMT

These Scenes will be judged by `Beccalicious & *ninja-librarian

Prizes:

Winner:

Devwear Keychain and journal feature from `Beccalicious
3 Month Sub and journal feature from *ninja-librarian
3 month sub and journal feature from `conorschild
Shoutboard feature form ^Helewidis
Journal feature from *itzjusdrama
Journal feature from ~chugglepuff
Journal feature from *Memnalar
Journal feature from *poprocksandcharlotte

Second:

3 month sub and journal feature from `Beccalicious
Journal feature from *ninja-librarian
Journal feature from ^Helewidis
Journal feature from *poprocksandcharlotte


Honourable mentions:

Journal feature from `Beccalicious
Journal feature from *ninja-librarian
Journal feature from ^Helewidis
Journal feature from *poprocksandcharlotte

IMPORTANT!

I seem to be having issues with my notes where I send them, but it doesn't actually send. I thought it was just my account, but I had the same problem at *Writers-Workshop. I've raised a help desk ticket already, but please if you are entering this contest could you ensure the note has sent. To do this, you can either check your 'sent items' folder in note, or leave a comment on this journal telling me you have entered and I shall check that I have recieved your entry.

I'm really sorry for the inconvinience!

Thank you.

The second week of scriptwriting month has started! Please read and show the News article some love!

Thank you to everyone who has participated in week one. We had an amazing total of 33 entries to the monologue contest. I know a few of you want to read these, so without further ado, here is a list of all the entries:

Arches by *Amberlouie
Notebook of Dedications by ~Amimone
Being Different by *Amriah
Soldiers in the Underground by =bekkia
The Trainspotter- monologue by ~chugglepuff
Coffee Shop by :devclo1991:
Answerphone Monologue by `conorschild
Monologue Leukaemia by ~cuoha
Brothers by *dgregory
Charm City Charms Intermission by *eldestmuse
Carrie Cawthorne by ~Fushball
Rejection Monologues by *GaioumonBatou
Monologue by *harlequinism
Catharsis: Android Monologue by *HiddenCaitastrophe
Aftermath by ~Hyougen
For That by ~kalix
Bad Habits by ~kittylivers
Minesweeper by ~Kitz-the-Kitsune
Revelation- Her World by ~lady-shirakawa
A Catalogue for Enlightenment by =leoraigarath
Nuts and Honey- Monologue by =LilithLairPoetry
It’s Complicated by =lost-angle
Cold Soup Monologue by =MaskedVengeance
Now Should be my time to Shine by ~monkgryphon
The Rat by *orphicfiddler
scriptwriting Month Wk 1 by ~Paladin343
Monologue by =parentheses
Coffee Beans by *poprocksandcharlotte
Anybody Here? by ~RandomSearcher
The Vet: A Monologue by ~Term-the-Schmuck
Something New by *TheKingofFall
Test by *ThornyEnglishRose
Jeremy- Monologue by =TreuVonTrapp

If you have the time to read and add some feedback to some of these pieces, I am sure any of those who have participated will appreciate it! :devgeneratinhype: will have some good reading to do for the next few weeks, and the results will be announced in due course.