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Quote: Nat Wicks @ March 24 2011, 12:41 PM GMT

There, their and they're. Oh, and pluralising with an apostrophe where there is no implied ownership.

BWAAAAAAAAAAA! (/Unicron)

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Been there (or should it be their or they're?) already.

Apostrophes?

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH.

There (or their or they're) is a sign outide a small cottage a couple of miles down the road from Riley Towers. The legend states "'Budgies' for sale". So far I have resisted the temptation to stop and ask budgie's what?

I could paint the town in an attempt to eradicate the misplaced apostrophes. It is probably the only thing on which I and Lynne Truss agree. Instant correction courtesy of a punctuation repair kit.

While you're all in a pedantic mood I could do with a little help.

I've just finished my sci-fi pilot and would like someone to proof read it.

If anyone would like to look through 34 pages of my writing and tell me how much of an illiterate buffoon I am I'd be more than grateful (or should that be greatfull )

Can I send you the page that starts:

grif was hte bestest ailein huntr in tha galacksy

If its as funny as the Adventures of... be happy to have a look Sean

Quote: sean knight @ March 24 2011, 8:33 PM GMT

Can I send you the page that starts:

grif was hte bestest ailein huntr in tha galacksy

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Two words right in this sentence. Come on, with a bit more effort you can get the whole lot wrong.

It's not a comedy unfortunately. It's a sci-fi drama following a bunch of soldiers who are somehow spared following an attack by an alien race. It follows them and a select group of civilians as they form a resistance group as well as following the collaborators who helped plan the attack.
I've tried hard to make it as accessible as possible and limit the geeky cliches of your typical sci-fi show.

Still interested?

Quote: sean knight @ March 24 2011, 9:09 PM GMT

It's not a comedy unfortunately. It's a sci-fi drama following a bunch of soldiers who are somehow spared following an attack by an alien race. It follows them and a select group of civilians as they form a resistance group as well as following the collaborators who helped plan the attack.
I've tried hard to make it as accessible as possible and limit the geeky cliches of your typical sci-fi show.

Still interested?

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With a caveat. Riley Major has just shown me his story that he's writing about a crack squad of earth defenders who are beating off an alien invasion. I'll try not to get the two confused.

Quote: KLRiley @ March 24 2011, 9:12 PM GMT

With a caveat. Riley Major has just shown me his story that he's writing about a crack squad of earth defenders who are beating off an alien invasion. I'll try not to get the two confused.

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Is this a Flesh Gordon sequel?

Quote: sean knight @ March 24 2011, 9:15 PM GMT

Is this a Flesh Gordon sequel?

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He's thirteen. What do you think?

Would 'yes' be the wrong answer?

PM'd you the imaginitively titled Resistance

Any typos LIKe THis with character lines are due to Celtx

Enjoy. You could always submit it as Riley Majors Homework.

Quote: sean knight @ March 24 2011, 9:38 PM GMT

Would 'yes' be the wrong answer?

PM'd you the imaginitively titled Resistance

Any typos LIKe THis with character lines are due to Celtx

Enjoy. You could always submit it as Riley Majors Homework.

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Sympathies. I've been in combat with Final Draft all day to the extent that I'm having one last bash now on the script extract to reconsider in the morning. If I still think it looks okay, I then have a mad dash to London to push it through a letter box.

It's not homework. It's purely for his own amusement.

Quote: Blenkinsop @ March 23 2011, 10:16 PM GMT

There are certain things that get right up my snout when reading a script. They just really wind me up and I normally cannot carry on reading. I realise that I'm probably being a pedantic wanker but nevertheless here they are.

A stage direction or a piece of action that refers to characters thus...

He she or it was Sat somewhere / He she or it was Stood somewhere.

I'm rather afraid that it gets me reaching for my inhaler.

Now does anyone else have any others?

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This always gets me. It's bad grammar and a mix of tenses.

Sat is past tense. It should be "He sat" or "He is sitting."

Overheard two men on a bus.

"What's your pet hate?"

"Well, he doesn't like it when I stick my finger up his bum".

I thangyou, I'm here all week, try the lobster.

Quote: Tony Cowards @ March 25 2011, 11:21 AM GMT

I thangyou, I'm here all week, try the lobster.

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But it has your finger up its bum!

Quote: David Bussell @ March 25 2011, 11:48 AM GMT

But it has your finger up its bum!

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Shut it Bussell, you're the man with your hand in it's claw.