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So, that's Little Red 1.02 edited and ready to air. Half way though the edit on 1.03 and then it's on to writing 1.04 and 1.05. It's been a while since I've had so much fun working on a project

Oh man, I used up my awesome sci-fi idea a few MOTMs back with 'Aurora'. However, I'm sure I'll be able to come up with something equally as awesome for this

Well, for not only being the only entrant for this MOTM but for totally exceeding my expectations in what people were going to submit to this contest I'm passing the crown on to stevieg.

It's now your turn to think up a new contest for MOTM, just make a new thread and detail your contest rules/instructions in the first post

As a side note: I really love the idea you came up with and think it would make an awesome movie! I do hope you plan to maybe pitch it here on the VPN because I would love to read a finished product for this idea

Reply to Orbingmaster's review of 'The Howling'



Thank you so much! Yes, LR does run shorter than most the other series on the VPN with only half hour/30 page scripts. This is because LR was originally going to be just a mini-series but I decided there was much more to tell so it became a VS with multiple seasons planned. Each episode of LR is like a chapter of the overall story but I knew if I went with hour episodes I'd only end up with 2 or 3 episodes a season and would have been tempted to prop them with filler just to make the season longer. So, yeah, there's my long and convoluted explanation of why I decided to go with 30 page scripts instead of the traditional 50/60, haha XD



This is a really big deal for me as a compliment because I always feel my strength lay in dialogue, not so much the description/action lines. So, yeah, to hear you say you loved the imagery of the writing makes me so happy



Thanks! It took a while for me to find a balance with the language, making it sound old but not so old that it reads awkwardly. I'm glad to see that I've actually pulled it off XD

Thank you again for your review! I hope I have you hooked and that you'll enjoy the second episode when it comes out on Friday

Reply to Aimee's review of 'The Howling'



All I can say is thank you and YAY first review



I'm glad you thought that Description/action lines are probably what I struggle with most because I find it hard to take this amazing scenery and movements I have in my head and then translate them into the written word in a way that does what I can see in mind justice.



You've definitely hit the nail on the head there. I even get kinda weirded out when writing her sometimes XD She is absolutely one of those people who is only in it for herself and holds her cards very close to her chest.



I think Audrey feels exactly the same way, lol! She's at that age where the village is beginning to see her as an adult and she wants her father to give her the freedom that comes with that. At the same time though, she loves her father and knows how much her mothers death effected him which leads her to being a little more tolerant of his overprotectiveness.



Don't trust Ethel, that's for sure. For all you know she's never been married, or maybe she's had a whole string of dead husbands, who knows? XD



It was very nice of Audrey to let him go, wasn't it? Maybe too nice, but we'll see if that decision comes back to bite her later in the season. Heh... bite XD



Lol, sorry, I unintentionally create a lot of cliffhangers! But yes, you will get to see a fair bit more of the mountain people in the next episode and, though you've probably guessed this already, they're pretty dodgy people, haha XD



Thank you! Giving the language that "old timey-ish fantasy feel" as you call it, was one of the bigger challenges writing the series because, as you said, it can come off sounding a bit weird. Mind you, if you picture that characters as having that old time English accent it kinda helps the dialogue flow a lot better in your mind!



Thank you so much! I was really worried about the first episode because while I felt it was good I don't think I really hit my stride with the series until the second episode, so it's great to have such a positive review I hope when the second episode comes out next week you enjoy it just as much as you did this one

Bitten 1.02 Blood Ties Review

So, read the second episode last night and I have to be honest when I say it was a whole step up from the pilot episode. I mean, I did really enjoy the pilot episode but something about this episode just really clicked with me and I found myself really getting into the story line, where there were times in the pilot that I found my attention wandering. So, yeah, great episode and if your writing's only going to improve I can't wait to read some of the later episode in the season But, moving on to this actual episode. I'm gonna be skimming though it and just jotting down things as I'm reminded of them so apologies if it's all a bit disjointed

First up, the start of the episode caught my attention straight away so props for that! I do have one little complaint though and that was the use of the description "Red velvet runs along his finger tips." Yes, I get that it was blood but for some reason just using the words 'red velvet' to describe it I felt was a little over the top. And then I could only think about literal red velvet for the rest of the scene and that made for some pretty funny imagery that took away from the seriousness of the scene, for me anyway.

I like how we find out that the whole werewolf thing is kinda like a virus in this episode, at least for people who are bit, anyway. It was really interesting to see how quickly things can go to shit when you start with just one infected person.

Oh, Will and Gwen's interactions at their house? I really, really, loved that. It seemed so genuine and their interactions when they're like that, alone and able to be themselves around each other, are fast becoming some of my favourite scenes.

I'm not going to even try and guess what's going on with Milo but the poor guy, everyone else seems to know whats happening to him except him. And the introduction of Griffon was interesting. Was he the wolf following Milo around? Is he even a werewolf? I feel like he might be. Oh well, I'll be keeping an eye on him anyway XD

Dr. Troy. More like Dr. Murder.

It was interesting to learn about Jeremy's father but I felt like maybe he was really easily convinced to trust werewolves when it seems like he's spent most his life killing them? I dunno, with so long believe one thing I feel like it would have taken a bit more than successful team escapade to make him suddenly become a werewolf sympathiser.

Oh almost forgot about Sara and the whole being bitten by a werewolf but not having any kind of side effects from the bite. I was wondering that in the first episode when she got bitten but forgot about it until now. It'll be interesting to learn why that's the case with her, is it something directly related to Sara or is it more werewolf mythology and people can only be turned a certain way?

"I didn't throw her" Oh Gwen, darling, you make me laugh XD

Also, what's going on with Will? Totally didn't see that coming. And Abigail? Does everyone in this town have secret agendas? It makes me really excited for the next episode!

Anyway, my only real qualms with the episode were a few SPAG errors here and there and the things I've previously mentioned. Besides that I really enjoyed this episode and the characters and all the story lines you have going. I look forward to reading the next episode because Bitten is becoming one of my fast favourites