Wednesday, April 10, 2013

What I am doing (instead of my AUT homework)


Currently working on four different stories

1)    The story of a man waking up in a hospital, only this is a hospital in heaven. The concept is that souls don’t go to heaven all good and happy. Especially those that die tragic or violent deaths when the get to the next world they need recovery. This would be the story of one soul waking up and the start of the process acceptance of his life being over.

2)    An interrogation between a cop and a runaway kid. The cop gaining the kids trust and getting the kid to tell his story of why he ran away and how he survived on the street.

3)    Two police reviewing the case of a john doe who died in a car accident. One claiming it was suicide and the other believing it was an accident. The car went into a pole, there were no skid marks and a tattoo on his side acting like a will and testament. There are many things in the car that could be taken as either way. Liked the idea of exploring perception.

4)    Working on a Beauty and the Beast story. The Beast is ugly but rich, Beauty is poor but vapid. Beast loves how Beauty looks and Beauty loves the lifestyle Beast provides. Despite the fact that Beast loves Beauty, Beauty soon loses interest. I want to explore how two people who have so very little in common fall in love for the wrong reasons and try to make things work despite the fact it should have ended. 

5)    I’m also still retooling the “The Bitterest End” story.

Thing is I know these stories that I want to write I just have such a hard time finding a starting point. I sometimes spend longer finding the right initial line then I do writing the story. I mean I can see it all in my head like an opening shot from a film but translating that to the page is actually quite hard.

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