{"id":19941,"date":"2023-12-20T15:30:08","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T20:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scriptchic.com\/?p=19941"},"modified":"2023-12-31T12:59:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T17:59:56","slug":"the-allure-of-black-fish-an-outstanding-screenplay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scriptchic.com\/?p=19941","title":{"rendered":"The Allure of Black Fish An Outstanding Screenplay"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, The Allure of Black Fish<\/em> short script did it again. It made the semi-finals in the 2023 Outstanding Screenplay Shorts Competition!<\/p>\n

It didn’t advance to finals, but it beat out my other short, The Cora Factor<\/em>, which had made the quarter-final round.<\/p>\n

Of the two scripts, The Allure of Black Fish<\/em> is my favorite. It was written on a whim – as a genre mash-up for a $5 Facebook contest. My assigned mash-up genres were Sports and Horror.<\/p>\n

The sport in The Allure of Black Fish<\/em> is ice fishing. The central horror element – two contestants, fishing for souls in a supernatural world, competing to become DEATH.<\/p>\n

The Cora Factor is a fantasy short I wrote while taking part in a 48-Hour Film Project here in Pittsburgh. It wasn’t selected to be the film script for the 48; it did make quarter finals in its first time out to contests. So, for that, I’m proud of that story.<\/p>\n

What scripts do you have in contests? Do you find the contest wheel worth the entry price?<\/p>\n

I think they’re worth it – the top 15 contests anyway.<\/p>\n

But I don’t pay for coverage or judge’s notes on my short scripts. Most of my short scripts are 9 pages long. Not worth the judge’s time to write up a note or worth the added contest fee of $25-$50.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well, The Allure of Black Fish short script did it again. It made the semi-finals in the 2023 Outstanding Screenplay Shorts Competition! It didn’t advance to finals, but it beat out my other short, The Cora Factor, which had made the quarter-final round. Of the two scripts, The Allure of Black Fish is my favorite. 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