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[MacGyver]

Brittle:
Hmm...it's a little hard for me to choose between casting or the script. The executive producer takes care of the finances, right? I'll say the script, even if lousy actors/actresses were chosen, I'd want the movie to stay true to the book.
Have you seen the atrocities they're doing to "The Lone Ranger"? O.o

This is one of the prologues I've been playing with for the western juvenile fiction ive been working on. Im not completely satisfied with this one but Im still thinking. The man who talks to the boy (Scotty Murrow [name is subject to change]) is the Bill Horman, the leader of the gang who killed the man and woman and burned the farm.
I wasn't in an angst-y writing mood, so I'll probably be redoing this.
I would LOVE any critique, no matter how harsh. ;3 I want to learn to better my writing since im still a beginner.

He saw the dark plume of smoke reaching up to the sky before the sharp smell of smoke met his nose. The fishing pole was carelessly tossed aside as he jumped up and ran as fast his legs could carry him back to the Murrow farm. Twigs and underbrush scratched his face and legs, but he ran on.

A gunshot and a woman’s scream stopped him dead in his tracks. Ma! His heart raced madly as he continued his desperate race to his parent’s homestead.The ten-year-old boy broke from the woods into the field beside the farm. Breathing hard, he halted and was met by a sight that would haunt him for the rest of his years. Five men on horseback were sitting astride their mounts in the front yard as the small cabin, that had once been the Murrow home, burned to the ground. The cornfield had been reduced to ashes and all that remained of the barn was a black skeleton, telling the tale of the horror that had taken place.

Then he saw the bodies of two people lying beside the house. “No! Ma, Pa!” The boy, disregarding the men on horseback, started to run towards the bodies of the man and woman.

He was cut off when one of the men, blocked his path. The boy tried to go around but was again cut off. Tears streamed down his freckled face now. “No, I’ve gotta help them,” he choked as a sob threatened. 

The man dismounted and held the boy by the shoulders. “Nothin’ can help ’em now, boy,” he said, looking the young Murrow boy in the eyes.

“But I gotta try!” He struggled to break free from the stranger’s grip. “Lemme go!”

“They’re gone. You hear me? They’re gone, son.”

"You killed them!” 

"It was vigilantes. My boys and I just happened to see the smoke.”

The boy wiped roughly at his eyes and turned his frightened brown eyes toward the stranger‘s face. “They’re...they’re really dead?”

"’Fraid so.” The man stood, one hand still resting on the young boy’s shoulder. “I’m sorry...”

I want to change Scotty's name too! In the book, he will be 15.

[Isa.]

I changed account - my old one is still linked

Previous Username: crescent + cheep
New Username: Isa.
What you'd like to be called now: Isa

[freddie101]

do I have to re-sign up?
freddie101 (call me freddie)
story: viewtopic.php?f=57&t=1818546
might critique/ edit

[Rolly-chan]

@Brittle Script. Besides writing I don't know how to run a movie or cast.

So if you remember a few of you commented on whether I should switch my novel's tense. I'm not sure yet, but I do want opinions on the plot. It's mostly biblical reference with a modern twist; the main character also starts out the 'villain' as a demon himself. Long story short, the demon ends up protecting the angel he was sent to take out and steal the soul of, not having the heart to kill what turns out to be a kid without a memory of heaven or how he got on Earth to begin with. In the process he ends up on the "good" side, fighting to protect the world and the soul that could ultimately lead to its destruction. I won't say anything else otherwise I'll end up giving it away, but I really need to know if the plot would interest anyone enough to pick it up and read it.

I'm also looking for biblical angel and demon names. I have the main characters, Cercial and Sifer, but that's about it. Any help is appreciated.

I'm kind of in love with angel / demon stories with twists, so yeah, I'd pick it up *g*

If you still want many of those names tomorrow evening (it's late in the evening for me right now), I could give you a whole list of probably two pages with biblical angel and demon names because I once made one for one of my own stories xD I did some extensive research back then, and I don't have the time to do so now, but I'm back home tomorrow and can look for the list.

Well, and then there's this. Google-fu skills are very useful sometimes.

[Brittle]

I have a question for anyone viewing this;
If your book was published and two years after someone approached you because they wanted to produce it, and then they gave you the choice....What would you be? {only one!}
A. Executive Producer
B. Casting
C. Play a character!
Or D. Script!

[candu]

I have a question for anyone viewing this;
If your book was published and two years after someone approached you because they wanted to produce it, and then they gave you the choice....What would you be? {only one!}
A. Executive Producer
B. Casting
C. Play a character!
Or D. Script!

Casting. Absolutely. I'd want the perfect person to play my character... I actually have an idea of which actress I'd want.

[amber.]

I have a question for anyone viewing this;
If your book was published and two years after someone approached you because they wanted to produce it, and then they gave you the choice....What would you be? {only one!}
A. Executive Producer
B. Casting
C. Play a character!
Or D. Script!

I'd definitely write or help write the script. I think it'd be much easy for others to find characters or produce a movie if it had a good script. At least then nothing could be changed without my permission. I'd still want to help with casting and such but if I had to only pick one I'd pick writing the Script.

[Small Child]

Just going to jump into this convo.
I am being published, and one of my friends keeps saying that if (which it won't) gets made into a film, she wants to play the main character. When she is the complete opposite to my dear Hickory. Seriously, I had better be in on the casting because if I am not, hads will roll. (This is all theoretical, I have to publish it still!)
Anyway, I'd love to get a role in it, so I can portray the character perfectly. Yay, author/actor dreams.

*Is going to stop getting ahead of herself*

Yes! I'm not alone with author/actor dreams! Man, I used to dream of acting the main character in my first ever series, Golden Sword, then as I grew older I realized that might never work. Not to get you down or anything. I would HATE if someone wanted to act as a character in one of my uncountable list of series I've got going on and they were completely opposite that character. I'd be like, "Nooo!" But, at least your friend would want to.

That's true. I'd probably take a minor role, or at least not the very lead. I guess dabbling in all forms of art helps, right? But seriously, I get to help cast, or there will be mayhem. People ruining my characters would kill me.

[epimetheus]

INFINITY...
Hong Kong and Iceland became great friends where it started, at a world meeting. Over time, stronger feelings for each other developed, and Iceland had soon confessed his love to Hong Kong.
OR IS IT?
they started dating, and both were very happy. untill one day, when Iceland was acting strange and distant from Hong Kong. the Chinese nation was confused, wanting to know what was wrong. but then: it was Iceland's birthday, and Hong Kong thought he'd pay him a little visit. well, at least, before he found Iceland and Italy sitting in Iceland's living room--kissing.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
please, tell me if it's a good plot.
'cause im not sure :c
Brittle - casting. most definitely.
because i want the perfect people to play my characters.

[leblanc]

INFINITY...
Hong Kong and Iceland became great friends where it started, at a world meeting. Over time, stronger feelings for each other developed, and Iceland had soon confessed his love to Hong Kong.
OR IS IT?
they started dating, and both were very happy. untill one day, when Iceland was acting strange and distant from Hong Kong. the Chinese nation was confused, wanting to know what was wrong. but then: it was Iceland's birthday, and Hong Kong thought he'd pay him a little visit. well, at least, before he found Iceland and Italy sitting in Iceland's living room--kissing.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
please, tell me if it's a good plot.
'cause im not sure :c
Brittle - casting. most definitely.
because i want the perfect people to play my characters.

well, i would definitely read it! ^^ i think it's really good.

@Brittle, writing the script most definitely, i wouldn't want someone to get something wrong in it.