Tuesday, December 9, 2008
The Birthday Party
This is just the opening post for this blog. I'll write my comments inside this post.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Rescue Me
Hey all!
So we didn't quite finish breaking the season finale on Monday. As far as I know we're missing two beats. The first beat we need to flesh out is in the Nowhere - how do we get Chance to the "could I be a hero" moment (just before Carly calls)? Most likely we'll just do this through conversation, but I would like to hear from everyone to see if they have any alternatives. The second beat is probably the most important - what is Chance racing to do? We have two suggestions thus far - he's either going to stop the wedding or going to stop Morgan from leaving. So let's break this.
Any thoughts? Comments? Suggestions?
So we didn't quite finish breaking the season finale on Monday. As far as I know we're missing two beats. The first beat we need to flesh out is in the Nowhere - how do we get Chance to the "could I be a hero" moment (just before Carly calls)? Most likely we'll just do this through conversation, but I would like to hear from everyone to see if they have any alternatives. The second beat is probably the most important - what is Chance racing to do? We have two suggestions thus far - he's either going to stop the wedding or going to stop Morgan from leaving. So let's break this.
Any thoughts? Comments? Suggestions?
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Chance's Man Burden
So I was thinking, Chance's Man Burden is quite generic, there isn't too much of a story in the basic outline we have talked about.
But if we put it as the second last episode, it could be our lead-in to the finale.
So what if, the African-American guy, is going to be the officiator to Morgan and Carly's wedding. He is in the cafe to meet Morgan. By this time, Chance and Morgan would have been friends, more than amicable, so Morgan would introduce them. Chance, having the bomb of the marriage just dropped on him, behaves like an idiot. He unintentionally offends the guy when he all he is trying to do is not be a bumbling idiot, and acting cool in front of Morgan's friend.
We could then somehow lead to the fantasy of him being a black man, and I don't know how yet, but somehow link that to the impending wedding.
Chance might come out of this realising that the wedding is inevitable.
But if we put it as the second last episode, it could be our lead-in to the finale.
So what if, the African-American guy, is going to be the officiator to Morgan and Carly's wedding. He is in the cafe to meet Morgan. By this time, Chance and Morgan would have been friends, more than amicable, so Morgan would introduce them. Chance, having the bomb of the marriage just dropped on him, behaves like an idiot. He unintentionally offends the guy when he all he is trying to do is not be a bumbling idiot, and acting cool in front of Morgan's friend.
We could then somehow lead to the fantasy of him being a black man, and I don't know how yet, but somehow link that to the impending wedding.
Chance might come out of this realising that the wedding is inevitable.
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Class Retreat / Workshop
For those who are interested in doing this, I'm happy to fly up early and do a full-day workshop on a Sunday. Possibly as early as this Sunday or next Sunday. (But those aren't the only two Sundays we could do this.)
Our classroom is available from 10am-6pm.
This would be in addition to Monday's class, not instead of class.
As we continue to find more ways to increase our time going over each story and each script, the retreat/workshop would be another way to try to help you get the maximum benefit from the writing staff experience.
You can blog about this. Or, if you feel more comfortable expressing your level of interest in an email, feel free to email me.
I look forward to your thoughts.
Our classroom is available from 10am-6pm.
This would be in addition to Monday's class, not instead of class.
As we continue to find more ways to increase our time going over each story and each script, the retreat/workshop would be another way to try to help you get the maximum benefit from the writing staff experience.
You can blog about this. Or, if you feel more comfortable expressing your level of interest in an email, feel free to email me.
I look forward to your thoughts.
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
"The Big Sleepover"
Just some thoughts on the "loveless sex" idea...
Jimmy has a great girl for Chance. Chance meets her. She turns out to be very beautiful...and very depressed. (Comedically depressed.)
Based on what Chance has learned in his psychology classes, he gets to the source of her depression.
CUT TO Chance's apartment. Chance and the girl are in bed, after sex. She's feeling much better...and Chance is feeling much worse. Now, HE'S depressed.
Chance realizes that he uses sex to try to fill a void inside him. But loveless sex just makes him feel even emptier. He's basically punishing himself for what he doesn't have in his life.
In Chance's fantasy, he finds himself in bed with Morgan - proof to him that he's just punishing himself.
Back to reality...
The girl wants to be with Chance all the time. But after he just slept with her, (and after his nightmare fantasy about Morgan), Chance doesn't know how to tell her that he's not interested in her.
He knows that the healthiest thing he can do for himself is to not continue his own punishing behavior.
Chance gets the courage to tell her that he doesn't want to see her romantically again. And she takes it much better than he expected...which Chance finds very attractive. Now, he wants to sleep with her. He wants to sleep with her RIGHT NOW. She thinks he's just saying it to be sweet. He insists that he's serious. She thanks him for helping her (with her depression) and for being honest with her (about not being interested in her)...and she says goodbye.
It's a possible launching point for the story. Your thoughts...
May you always have love in your blogs.
Jimmy has a great girl for Chance. Chance meets her. She turns out to be very beautiful...and very depressed. (Comedically depressed.)
Based on what Chance has learned in his psychology classes, he gets to the source of her depression.
CUT TO Chance's apartment. Chance and the girl are in bed, after sex. She's feeling much better...and Chance is feeling much worse. Now, HE'S depressed.
Chance realizes that he uses sex to try to fill a void inside him. But loveless sex just makes him feel even emptier. He's basically punishing himself for what he doesn't have in his life.
In Chance's fantasy, he finds himself in bed with Morgan - proof to him that he's just punishing himself.
Back to reality...
The girl wants to be with Chance all the time. But after he just slept with her, (and after his nightmare fantasy about Morgan), Chance doesn't know how to tell her that he's not interested in her.
He knows that the healthiest thing he can do for himself is to not continue his own punishing behavior.
Chance gets the courage to tell her that he doesn't want to see her romantically again. And she takes it much better than he expected...which Chance finds very attractive. Now, he wants to sleep with her. He wants to sleep with her RIGHT NOW. She thinks he's just saying it to be sweet. He insists that he's serious. She thanks him for helping her (with her depression) and for being honest with her (about not being interested in her)...and she says goodbye.
It's a possible launching point for the story. Your thoughts...
May you always have love in your blogs.
"The Hypochondriac" - (formerly "Diving Bell")
Another area that we touched on...
Chance reads his medical textbook and thinks he has every illness in the book.
Studying medicine is turning him into a hypochondriac.
It's better if we move away from the "Diving Bell" paralysis idea, and have his hypochondria manifest itself in a way that allows him to be more active in the story.
One possible theme: The mind can be our worst enemy.
Blog in good health.
Chance reads his medical textbook and thinks he has every illness in the book.
Studying medicine is turning him into a hypochondriac.
It's better if we move away from the "Diving Bell" paralysis idea, and have his hypochondria manifest itself in a way that allows him to be more active in the story.
One possible theme: The mind can be our worst enemy.
Blog in good health.
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