Presenting "Right of Way," LA Observed's first all-hands script project.

"Right of Way" is a story about… well, we're not sure exactly what it's about, because it hasn't been written yet. That part's up to everyone here.

All we know so far is it's a murder mystery taking place in a city in the process of re-making itself——yep, Los Angeles——and it'll be filled with glamour, drama, wit and big dreams, the stuff of life in Southern California.

Here's how it works. The first few pages are here, written by me. Each Wednesday we will publish new pages, written by you. They can be anywhere from a short scene of a page or so to a sequence of as many as five pages. You'll have until Sunday at midnight each week to submit the next installment to our crack team of experienced Hollywood writers, producers and story editors consisting of, well, me.

I'll read all submissions and choose one to carry the script forward, posting it along with the pre-existing pages. We may put up some other good submissions too, so you can see and have a chance to discuss how different writers would have handled the story. Participants should check the script notes, which we'll update regularly to reflect on why a certain submission was chosen and what we might be looking to explore next. This is also the place where readers can give their take on the new pages or any other aspect of the script they want to discuss.

This process will continue weekly——new pages published each Wednesday, submissions for the next scene or scenes due each Sunday. Participants will develop the story's characters, tone and content, building upon what has been previously established.

In six months to a year, our feature-length screenplay will be complete. So whether you're a seasoned pro looking for some kicks between assignments, or a dabbler out to have some fun, we encourage you to participate, bringing to our pages an array of viewpoints and life experiences that meld into a cohesive whole. Sort of like Los Angeles itself.

And, oh, yeah, every writer whose pages make the official script-in-progress will get a handsome, LA Observed Script Project t-shirt. And we'll give you credit, of course, and link to your website if you have one. That's about the best we can do in the compensation department.

Who knows? Maybe some day our group effort will find its way to the silver screen. But even if that never happens, our screenplay will stand on its own——a record of what an online community working together can create.