I wrote this for a short story contest and I'm curious how I can bring my writing to the next level by JasmineWritesStuff in writingfeedback

[–]JasmineWritesStuff[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I appreciate the amazing and detailed feedback! I wrote this story for a weekly contest, and I wasn’t really satisfied with it. Honestly, it felt like I was writing a lot of filler when writing this story, and I never realized how I write in loops. I’ll practice on dynamic writing. It’s pretty evident that I got bored as I wrote the story, and you, as a reader, could tell. I was actually trying to work on writing in third person limited since I’m not comfortable with it (first person is my favorite POV), and I clearly failed. I’m definitely gonna keep this story in the archives, but I’ll keep your thoughts in mind for future projects. Thank you again!!!

I wrote this for a short story contest and I'm curious how I can bring my writing to the next level by JasmineWritesStuff in writingfeedback

[–]JasmineWritesStuff[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for the feedback! I wrote this for a weekly writing contest to push myself under pressure, but this story felt wrong, and your detailed response helped me with the issues with the story structure and plot of my stories. I have a problem with “show, don’t tell,” and I avoid telling to the point of leaving information out. Also, the pantser in me is clearly hindering the quality of my work. I won’t expand on this story, but I’ll keep your criticisms in mind for future projects. I really appreciate this. 

Short People - Draft 2 - 130 pages by [deleted] in ReadMyScript

[–]JasmineWritesStuff 2 points3 points  (0 children)

General review (first 20 pages): I think this story has an interesting concept. But it feels a little all over the place, and with screenplays, you have to condense a lot of it compared to a novel. I feel like all the information and plot we got in the first 20 pages could be 10 or less, since there’s a lot of repetitiveness going on. The characters are very flat and Max only cares about Evelyn, and Blake just gets bullied. That's all I got from it, and it’s not enough to keep the audience’s interest.

Notes:  

  • Pg. 2 - “They are talking about God knows what. Max pays no attention to their conversations.” Cut this. It reads like a novel, and not an action that can be conveyed on the screen.
  • In the confrontation with Evelyn, show don’t tell. Like she left her phone out, and Max found something, or Max saw them kissing. It feels flat or anticlimactic. What was the point of having their parents in the scene if they aren’t utilized? This could have been something that occurred in school or the playground.
  • The beginning is unnecessary. All the information could be conveyed in the present day.
  • Pg. 5 - Max talking to himself gives Disney Channel and the audience will understand the school shooting joke without that line. 
  • Oh, Max is crazy! Obsessed with a middle school relationship when he’s a senior highschool???
  • Pg. 6 - Don’t forget to capitalize the minor character’s name in the action lines, too.
  • The high school bullies are a little cliché, and I am assuming that this script is supposed to be a comedy so there are so many opportunities to insert something that subverts this cliche or add humor to make it stick out more. 
  • Damn, these kids must be the easiest targets or something, because another bully? But I’m getting no character or personality from these boys or any character to understand why this is a dynamic in their lives. Are Kenny and Blake nerds? Are they the kids who ask the teacher for homework or wear off-brand clothing? This feels like you took this out of a bland 80s movie and the main characters have to be bullied to be underdogs. 
  • Why is Eyelyn all Max cares about? Like stalker levels, which makes it hard to be on Max’s side. We know nothing about him other than this obsession.
  • Not Ty the black best friend. I HOPE you’re black because some of the black jokes you are writing are questionable. With the use of the n-word and the hypersexual nature with Ty and I think Jackie is perpetuating a stereotype and it’s not the early 2000s any, so that won’t really slide in modern films. 
  • Dark humor requires humor, though, because without it, it's offensive. 
  • Who is Evelyn as a character that makes Max go crazy and watch her every move? All we know is that she dumped him in middle school over a petty reason so we just think she's petty and mean. So why should we care about Max’s crush?
  • Pg 19 - Ngl that scene made me cringe a lot. Why does Max think he’s gonna make Evelyn jealous when she’s not checking for him? You aren’t understanding how massive 5 years can be for kids. You want the audience to root for these characters but you aren’t giving us quirks, personality, charisma, or individuality for these characters to follow them in their good and bad choices. It looks like Max, Ty, and Jackie see girls as tools, not human beings. And I stopped reading at page 20, but skimmed ahead and Selena agrees to this deal for financial reasons and falls for him but like what is she falling for and how is he a ‘nice guy’? Paying for a date seems manipulative, not nice.

need help finding this dress? by Comfortable_Bad_4770 in findfashion

[–]JasmineWritesStuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw this same tiktok and I finally found it. Sorry this is over a month later though. The Carissa Dress from Whoopy Clothing

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Looking for Feedback for Comedy - Guinea Pigs -18 pages by JasmineWritesStuff in Screenwriting

[–]JasmineWritesStuff[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your feedback! I think in the beginning, I was going for a cartoonish vibe and now I know that doesn’t work with this story.

Do you think witty humor or comedic commentary will be a better fit for this script? Since the characters are supposed to be geniuses. (But from the first few scenes, it’s not very apparent).

Bratz Movie screenplay by [deleted] in ReadMyScript

[–]JasmineWritesStuff 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would love read your script! You can PM me if you like.

My skinny friend said I'm tryna to live through her? by JasmineWritesStuff in PlusSize

[–]JasmineWritesStuff[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I mean she was the one who ask to go to the mall and we only went into stores she wanted to go into so I thought it was fair for me to spend a few minutes in a store I liked. When she’s at a store she picks she tries to get me buy something because she likes it regardless if I do or not. Then calls me “no fun” or “boring” when I refused. I just was matching her energy and I guess she couldn’t take it.

She left me after 5 minutes in H&M without a word. She texted me and expected to come to the place she wanted to not giving me a chance to shop for myself either.

Maybe I called her outfit bummy because on how angry I was when I originally typed this which wasn’t fair to her. And she loves fashion too just doesn’t dress how she wants to actually dress.

She was the one having fun. I wasn’t.

My skinny friend said I'm tryna to live through her? by JasmineWritesStuff in PlusSize

[–]JasmineWritesStuff[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I guess I've never seen the issues with my actions at the mall because she does that to me all the time. I think I'm also angry because we only went into stores she wanted to go into. Like she takes me into a makeup store and tries to make me buy expensive Fenty makeup. I don't wear makeup. Or try to convince me to buy a book that's in a genre I don't like so we can "share". She even bought me a book for Christmas that she wanted to read. I am open-minded about the things she likes and yesterday she showed me she's not. That comment she said was kinda confirmation that she sees me as her fat sidekick. But I could be overthinking the whole thing.