Video Vignettes

I am using the term "Video Vignette" here to mean very short video productions with VERY simple plots; basically what one correspondent calls "Plop and Sink" stories.

This page is for story synopses, scripts, stage directions, or other written descriptions (and perhaps sketches or other illustrations) for such vignettes. Anyone who has looked through the variuos story pages of our genre is aware that there are many such stories, few of them original in any way and many quite poorly written as well. Thus, it is my intention here to be somewhat selective with respect to originality and writing. If you're story synopsis has numerous spelling errors or other examples of careless writing you will get a grade of C, with a grade of B required for inclusion in this page. You may also be asked to type "I will learn to use a spell-checker" 100 times on your keyboard. And, yes, I have been guilty of the same thing myself.
 
 
Title Author Format Comment Date Added
The Bet Fred588@GO.COM picstory Psychic World Episode 50, told in stills 3/28/04
The Nightmare #1 Fred588@GO.COM story . .
The Nightmare #2  Fred588@GO.COM story . .
A Stop for Lunch Fred588@GO.COM story . .
Dream #1 (Transition) Fred588@GO.COM story This one is really a series of linked vignettes .
Up the Creek Without a Paddle Name of Author Withheld script . 12/8/99
The Digest Article Name of Author Withheld script . 12/17/99
.The Escape .Name of Author Withheld script see also short story Criminals Don't Get Far Here. 1/1/00.
Delerium Tremens Name of Author Withheld script 7/3/00
An Eye for an Eye, A Sink for a Sink Name of Author Withheld script 7/3/00
Open 8 to 8 Name of Author Withheld script 7/3/00
Divided We Sink Name of Author Withheld script 7/4/00
The Eyes of Death Name of Author Withheld script 7/4/00
Old Man Jacob's Map Name of Author Withheld script 7/29/00
The Day of Equal Light and Darkness Fred588@GO.COM script see also The Fellowship - by D Jayson 8/27/00

Are you an artist?
If you are an artist, professional or reasonably talented amateur, I would be happy to have you display your work here in the form of an illustration or two for a script or story. Upon request I will also include your copyright notice and your email address where persons may contact you if interested in seeing more of your work. All I ask is that the illustration be clearly related to the story or script to which it is attached. The best approached would be, I think, to submit a series of three to maybe ten illustrations that all go with a single story. Please send such items to my email address or post them somewhere privately and let me know where to download them. Email attachements sent from totally unidentifiable sources that I do not recognize will not be opened due to the risk of viruses.
Are you a photographer?
The invitation to artists above applies to photographers, computer animators, and anyone with appropriate, relevant materials.

Comments Welcomed

Comments, constructive criticism, variations, and the like are welcome for all of my VideoVignettes. I may even  post such items following the script unless the sender requests other wise. All comments will be posted anonymously unless the sender specifically requests otherwise. Naturally I prefer enthusiastic, glowing comments that compare me to the greats (I am referring to people like J. Thicket, Kaol, D Lodoski, etc., not Hemingway and Poe) but negative comments are acceptable too. (The negatives just go into the file marked 'meaningless drivel' instead of the one that says 'literary reviews.' Comments concerning works by other authors will be accepted for posting only if that is acceptable to the author, in which case the manuscripts will be followed by a notice saying "Comments Invited."
 
 

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