Question for SCA Writing for Screen and Television Majors

<p>I apologize in advance if this question frustrates people.</p>

<p>First of all, I'm looking to eventually apply to be a Writing for Screen and Television major at SCA, which is going to be a HUGE reach for me, but I'm extremely motivated at the moment. I mean, I've got a better chance trying than if I didn't at all, so I might as well give it my all. It seems like an excellent program.</p>

<p>I have a question about the two creative challenges on the application. I just now finished writing my first draft of Creative Challenge B (the two people and one wants to go out and one wants the other to stay home prompt). My entire scene was really bizarre, intentionally, and the ending is somewhat abstract/open-ended. I was fine with that originally, but now I'm wondering... Will the admission staff be able to understand and appreciate this, or do they prefer a more conclusive and straightforward story? I really did mean for it to be a bit of a mindscrew at first, but I can't help but worry that maybe it's a bit bold for an application.</p>

<p>To people who have been attending SCA as screenwriting majors, how much of your endings in your Creative Challenges were left up to interpretation?</p>

<p>I'm probably just doubting myself here, because I know you're supposed to show your originality and all that. But I don't want to be so original that they think I'm nuts. Either way, I'll probably make a slightly more mundane and conclusive elevator scene to balance it out. </p>

<p>Thanks guys!</p>

<p>Also (sorry, don’t know how to edit posts on here), I have another question. What makes a portfolio great? And can we add stuff even if we no longer have a copy of the material? I wrote a lot of short stories in 2012 that I no longer have copies of because I wiped my computer and I was dumb and forgot to back up my files. </p>