A Way to Kill Time
Seeing as I have until about June before I hear back on the next stage of NYC Midnight, I decided the best use of my time would be...
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By: Dillon Dowell
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DillonDowell
- Apr 27, 2020
- 2 min
The Waiting Game
The NYC Midnight first round of judging is officially under way. I turned in my story with about 12 hours to spare. Not exactly last...
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DillonDowell
- Apr 22, 2020
- 1 min
The First Round
The NYC Midnight competition has officially begun. I received my prompt, and it luckily wasn't anything too unmanageable for me. I went...
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DillonDowell
- Apr 17, 2020
- 2 min
Preparing for the Competition
Yesterday I finally finished my short horror. It wasn't the strongest thing I've written, but I did get it done. I'll admit, it was a bit...
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DillonDowell
- Apr 12, 2020
- 1 min
Script lab Feedback
Today I got an unexpected email. I got feedback on one of my shorts that I had submitted to a contest. Now, this feedback wouldn't have...
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DillonDowell
- Apr 11, 2020
- 1 min
Not Quite a Mermaid
Today I continued working on my next short. It's a short horror about the Russian Rusalka. I'm taking a bit more time with this one due...
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DillonDowell
- Apr 10, 2020
- 1 min
More Immediate Feedback
After talking it over with my girlfriend and realizing I wouldn't be hearing back from competitions for many months, we decided to look...
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DillonDowell
- Apr 9, 2020
- 1 min
Short Horror Best Horror
The next idea out of the randomizer was to write a story about Rusalka. These mythic creatures from Russian folklore. They are women who...
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DillonDowell
- Apr 8, 2020
- 1 min
Another Day, Another Edit
I looked over another of my Norse shorts today. I still feel pretty good about it. The one I looked at today is one that my professor had...
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DillonDowell
- Apr 7, 2020
- 1 min
I Spent my Time
I did it. I looked over one of my shorts taking into account the various comments I've gotten about it since its inception. It didn't...
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DillonDowell
- Apr 7, 2020
- 1 min
Time to Look Back
Today I decided some of my free time would be best spent looking over my old shorts and doing a tough edit of them. I want to see if I...
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DillonDowell
- Apr 6, 2020
- 1 min
Tough but Effective
I have completed the exercise and finished my short screenplay. It took a fair amount of my afternoon, but was certainly interesting. My...
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DillonDowell
- Apr 5, 2020
- 1 min
Some Good Exercise
Today I started one of what will likely be a few exercises to strengthen my writing. I put several different ideas for short screenplays...
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DillonDowell
- Apr 4, 2020
- 1 min
A Lot of Free Time
So due to the national pandemic that hit recently my college kicked all students off campus in the middle of spring break. Seeing this,...
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DillonDowell
- Apr 3, 2020
- 1 min
Moving Forward
Part of my writing obviously involves coming up with ideas. Anytime something pops up that sounds good I write it down. One of these...
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DillonDowell
- Apr 2, 2020
- 1 min
Finishing Up
That hard work paid off and I was able to finish my full-length screenplay. 98 pages of solid storytelling in my opinion. I had my...
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DillonDowell
- Apr 1, 2020
- 1 min
A Killer Answer
The next important email I got told me how I fared in the Killer Shorts competition. I scanned through the email and saw some mixed news....
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DillonDowell
- Mar 31, 2020
- 1 min
I Just Love Waiting
So, after deciding to restart my full-length I realized that I wasn't going to make my early deadline for the next competition on my...
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DillonDowell
- Mar 30, 2020
- 2 min
...And Back to the Beginning
With feedback and three completed shorts in hand, I set off writing the next act of my full-length screenplay. It took some time as I...
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DillonDowell
- Mar 29, 2020
- 1 min
Feedback is...Back
After waiting, classes, and more writing I got an email from my screenwriting professor. I met with him over lunch and we discussed my...
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