On most writing sites, we have categories for everything.
Poetry.
Short stories.
Books.
And, of course, the in-betweens - sub-genres of sci-fi, fantasy, paranormal, romance, humor... But, really, there seems to be a lack of one very important category.
What about the scripts?
No offense to all you writing sites, but there happens to be a very large amount of us who would love to read and publish our scripts along with our other works. Classifying them as a novel or a short story just doesn't cut it for us. And often we have to go to other places than our writing sites to read them, like Scribd, or even blogs like this one.
Why?
Why the injustice, exactly?
I mean, what would happen if we decided to leave out the romance category? I'm sure there would be a lot of angry teenagers without their daily fix of tragic romance. And what about the paranormal section? That would start an anarchy. Or - gasp! - the vampire and werewolf section. World War III, anyone?
Of course, it's completely unbeknownst to most people that the unknown script-writers of teen writing sites are secretly steaming with rage. I've dragged it out of a couple writers that they agree with the whole "give me scripts or give me death" movement. It's a pretty good cause.
Sure, it might take a little rearranging. Take out a category or two for room, like celebrity news or even fanfiction, if you must. After all, the majority of those "I Married (insert rock star's name here) and He's a(n) (insert mythical creature here), Say WHAT?!" storylines and their excessive use of exclamation points and name-dropping must get a little old after a while.
As for a script category, you could actually learn something.
Make something of yourself.
Become a somebody.
Well...maybe not, but still. All I'm saying is that more writing sites should give scripts a chance. I don't care what kind of scripts. Short films, stageplays, feature lengths - anything.
Poetry.
Short stories.
Books.
And, of course, the in-betweens - sub-genres of sci-fi, fantasy, paranormal, romance, humor... But, really, there seems to be a lack of one very important category.
What about the scripts?
No offense to all you writing sites, but there happens to be a very large amount of us who would love to read and publish our scripts along with our other works. Classifying them as a novel or a short story just doesn't cut it for us. And often we have to go to other places than our writing sites to read them, like Scribd, or even blogs like this one.
Why?
Why the injustice, exactly?
I mean, what would happen if we decided to leave out the romance category? I'm sure there would be a lot of angry teenagers without their daily fix of tragic romance. And what about the paranormal section? That would start an anarchy. Or - gasp! - the vampire and werewolf section. World War III, anyone?
Of course, it's completely unbeknownst to most people that the unknown script-writers of teen writing sites are secretly steaming with rage. I've dragged it out of a couple writers that they agree with the whole "give me scripts or give me death" movement. It's a pretty good cause.
Sure, it might take a little rearranging. Take out a category or two for room, like celebrity news or even fanfiction, if you must. After all, the majority of those "I Married (insert rock star's name here) and He's a(n) (insert mythical creature here), Say WHAT?!" storylines and their excessive use of exclamation points and name-dropping must get a little old after a while.
As for a script category, you could actually learn something.
Make something of yourself.
Become a somebody.
Well...maybe not, but still. All I'm saying is that more writing sites should give scripts a chance. I don't care what kind of scripts. Short films, stageplays, feature lengths - anything.
Your Most Erratic Hero
(annoyed)
Come on, Writing Site Population.
FADE TO BLACK:
- your most erratic hero
