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I’ve surprised myself. I think I’ve figured out a story.
I’m actually looking forward to this.
I love this stage of the story-making process... the high when inspiration hits. It's really like nothing else - aside from finishing a highly polished script.
Often though, of course, the high is short-lived as we crash into the realisation that our idea is actually total shite.
I swear I used to be able to write super short stories.
Now, I set the scene, write a character description and I'm already pushing 6 pages. Fucking hell. When I saw that 5 page rule I thought it would be easy, but it's actually harder than a longer allowance.
Avoid too much dialogue. With only five pages, the action needs to do most of the talking. It would perhaps be fairer if there was a word count opposed to page count.
Anyway, I always go way over and then just chop and chop back. Last OWC my first draft was 14 pages and I got it down to 8.
That priests are probably going to abuse young boys in possession of trading cards, unless saved by Indiana Jones.
I see the meds are kicking in.
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I'm going to double the dosage for writing the script.
Some of my scripts:
Bounty (TV Pilot) -- Top 1% of discoverable screenplays on Coverfly I'll Be Seeing You (short) - OWC winner The Gambler (short) - OWC winner Skip (short) - filmed Country Road 12 (short) - filmed The Family Man (short) - filmed The Journeyers (feature) - optioned
I'm still waiting for the right idea to strike. No problem with the setting, and action is easy. Trading cards? I love trading card games, I've owned (and still own) a bunch of trading cards, but how to make them integral to the story...
Hand sanitizer has uses beyond just anti-bacterial properties. But trading cards are a one trick pony, they only have one purpose.
They suck as stakes. In 5 pages it takes a lot to make us care about cards we know or care nothing about. And tempting as it is to go full Bullseye and have an assassin killing people with trading cards, this board would shred that apart on believability. (Sorry if I just rained on someone's idea, but maybe I did you a favour.)