Twilight Zone contest?

pickarooney

I was just looking through the list of Twilight Zone episodes (trying in vain to find one about a prison where you serve a light sentence in 10 minutes) and I thought it might be cool to have a contest where everyone is given a one-sentence pitch from an episode picked at random.

Who's in? Short story or screenplay format?

short story on that could be fun
don't know the twilight zone too much, if it's like the outer limits okay

angelll

Me Right up my sci-fi alley,lol.

Antilles

I'm in (and I reckon you're thinking of the Outer Limits rather than the Twilight Zone: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sentence_%28The_Outer_Limits%29)

pickarooney

Antilles wrote: »

I'm in (and I reckon you're thinking of the Outer Limits rather than the Twilight Zone: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sentence_%28The_Outer_Limits%29)

Brilliant, thanks!

So, the plot in one sentence is about this guy who was sentenced to serve a sentence... I think it was called "The Prison in the Mind"

Antilles

Also:

a prison where you serve a light sentence in 10 minutes

I know prisons are crowded, but 10 minutes? "Light sentence" is one hell of an understatement

pickarooney

Antilles wrote: »

Also:



I know prisons are crowded, but 10 minutes? "Light sentence" is one hell of an understatement

I meant to write 'life sentence'. From what I understand it uses some sort of technology that stretches time out so the person experiences it as though twenty years had passed when in fact it's just been minutes. Sort of like the way dreams seem to go on for hours when they only really last a few seconds.

angelll

That reminds me of a short story i read once. Humans had conquered light speed travel,they used to go into pods to travel to other planets,they were put to sleep for the duration. Anyway there were rumours that if you opened your eyes you would see something amazing so one boy dodged the sleep somehow and opened his eyes,he ended up trapped in eternity in his head,millions of years. When they finally landed he had gone insane....lovely little tale! Must go google it.

angelll

That was quick! It's a stephen king short story,the jaunt.
Here in it's entirety : http://www.en8848.com.cn/fiction/Fiction/Scific/2005-11-15/1712.html

Das Kitty

I'm on for a short story comp.

hcass

I'm not really a sci-fi writer but I need something to motivate me to write at the moment so i'm in if it's going ahead.

Kinski

angelll wrote: »

That was quick! It's a stephen king short story,the jaunt.
Here in it's entirety : http://www.en8848.com.cn/fiction/Fiction/Scific/2005-11-15/1712.html

That must be based on the idea of "jaunting" which originated in Alfred Bester's (excellent) The Stars My Destination, I guess?

The comp sounds like fun; going on holiday for the next couple of weeks, but if it's still running when I get back I'd love to take part.

Supermensch

Kinski wrote: »

That must be based on the idea of "jaunting" which originated in Alfred Bester's (excellent) The Stars My Destination, I guess?

Vorga, I kill you deadly!

That was a brilliant book, though the ending was a bit lazy.

Anyway, it's been a while since I've written a proper short story, and I love the Twilight Zone, so I'd definitely be interested.

pickarooney

Right so. On Thursday I'll take the names of those interested and send each one an 'episode'. Two weeks, two thousand words OK? When are you back, Kinski?

Das Kitty

pickarooney wrote: »

Right so. On Thursday I'll take the names of those interested and send each one an 'episode'. Two weeks, two thousand words OK? When are you back, Kinski?

Sounds good. It's not a limit is it? Because I'm rubbish with upper limits.

pickarooney

Das Kitty wrote: »

Sounds good. It's not a limit is it? Because I'm rubbish with upper limits.

The Upper Limits, brought to you by the same people who made The About-Quarter-Past-Seven Zone.

Kinski

pickarooney wrote: »

When are you back, Kinski?

Depends. If I decide to escape the rat race and start a new life in a far-off exotic land, filled with adventure, romance, tears and laughter, then I probably won't come back. But realistically I'll be back on the week starting the 25th.

Sure just press on without me, and I'll have a go in later rounds if there are any.

Blush_01

This sounds like fun!

D-FENS

Always a fan of these type of shows so count me in

Arlecchina

I seriously need a writerly kick in the pants, so I'm definitely up for this.

--Kaiser--

I'm interested