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Date Posted: 01:51:13 02/26/03 Wed
Author: Faithsguy
Subject: Thanks Neil!
In reply to: Neil 's message, "Episode 1 "Seek"" on 00:32:26 02/26/03 Wed

I was a little worried that you were gonna reveal who we all know is the girl in the beginning but you ended it just at the right time to leave em wanting more...lol good job!

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[> ' ' -- anyas_butt_monkey *speechless*, 02:02:39 02/26/03 Wed

Great opener! Leave em wanting more, thats the best way to do it...although I am now v.worried that my episode will be too long!

Good job, Neil!!

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[> [> me too ABM -- Faithsguy, 02:04:38 02/26/03 Wed

mine is written like a real script, maybe I should have written like Wildfeed format....I bet many peeps are doing that...

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[> [> [> Yeh, mine too. Scripted, I mean -- anyas_butt_monkey, 02:12:37 02/26/03 Wed

I'm not going to worry thought. If people don't wanna read my episode coz it looks too long, then they can miss out. They'll just be all confuzzled!!

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[> [> [> [> I wasn't sure how long to do the episode.... -- Neil, 04:15:11 02/26/03 Wed

At the beginning I wasn't too sure how long to make the episode. I wrote down my ideas in like a list and went from there. I hope it isn't too short!

I didn't want the episode to drag on on though.

If I was filming it, the different scenes, School, Buffy's house, New york street would have been stretched out and perhaps more dialogue added.

I feel though that I pretty much covered all my ideas and if I made it longer I would have:

1/Had too much small talk (hello, how you doing, it's a nice day etc..)

and

2/Revealed too much of the plot.

I prefer the wildfeed style as I don't have anough time to map a script out, plus I hate writing/typing long essays!

So don't worry about others being too long!

Anyway about the beginning scene, the plot can be taken three different ways:

-The stranger who killed the girl is Raven

-the girl who got attacked is Raven and the stranger vamped her.

-none of the above, just a random attack!

It's up to you subsequent writers!

I wrote the episode in a way that things can be taken in any direction. I did not want to set any arcs in stone, this way things can be easily changed or not developed at all.

It was my intention from the start to leave everything open for other writers to make the decisions!

I look forward to reading the next episodes!

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