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Sunday
Feb 12, 2006

Re: The Competition: Looking Toward The Future posted by Martin

I accept your joyfully needlessly complex rules, Shockah, but I have a few questions of clarification.

Heat #2
Do we both create character studies for each piece, or only the pieces that are our favorites? I would say yes. Otherwise, I accept your rules.

Heat #3
We can create this, but I’m still not settled with the Sequence Method. Then again, I’m not really settled with McKee’s method, or Goldman’s method, or any method per se. The only method I’m comfortable with is my own person Cricket method, and I haven’t invented it yet, so the Sequence Method is fine, but you might have to give me an overview. Matter of fact, I think it would make some interesting posts to do overviews of methods, what we think of them, and what their strengths and weaknesses are. I certainly have a lot to say on the matter, and I know you would too.

Oh—but, again—I’m assuming we both write about the supporting characters and the method breakdowns for each work?

Heat #4
I have no questions about this heat. This heat is hot. It’s hot hot heat.

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Spitball! is two guys collaborating to write about writing and collaboration. We're writing partners who have worked together since 2000, and placed in the top 100 in the last Project Greenlight for our script YELLOW.

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