Deep Breath

I've started to panic, but then again I panic about everything. When it comes to making things bigger and better, I can't help but thinking of that "Big and Loud" some from that movie Cats Can't Dance. While it's an amusing song, it's not helping me with my weird dark romantic comedy.

Thankfully, I talked to a friend of mine and he kind of... talked me down/put things in a different perspective. Bigger and better isn't necessarily the answer-- (if it was an action movie, than I would totally be all about bigger and better). Maybe just... adding a twist to keep it fresh...

Writing is... going. It's fun, it's stressful, but hey, I love it.

Drag Queens and Studying

Should I be ashamed of watching RuPaul? Maybe. But hell, it's so much fun.

Anyway, Art History is kicking my ass so I'm buckling down for the next two days and studying. But writing has been a lot of fun-- the scene I originally wrote as the opener is now being kicked back to at least page 30. Yeah. That's how intense it is. Haha. It always makes me giggle when I can make an older writer do a double-take at what he's reading. I think it was because that last idea I pitched to him was about fairy godmothers. Oh well, variety is the spice of life.

Well, the writing continues. At the moment, however, I'm flickering through art slides-- while kicking around ideas to keep Sadomasochism: A Love Story getting bigger and better.

Sunday Afternoon Mission

Today I will whip up a better beat sheet. That's a fact. And, for a bonus, I'll start the opening sequence.

Cheerleaders in leather

So it's tough getting attached to a story idea and then having to change it... but big whoop it's a part of the process. When you get too close to something it's hard to see what's wrong-- and yeah, learning to step back... buh.

Anyway, there are a few paths on the table and I've got a limited about of time to make them. I don't want to keep it strictly as it is-- since... well, that's like taking advice and throwing it away, and that's not what this is about. The S&M aspect-- while it's not an add-on, it's not the focus... so...

So either we make it the focus and ramp up the ridiculousness-- or I can marathon a few John Hughes movies. While the ridiculous would be amazingly fun (refer to the title of this post) I'm not sure how long I would be able to sustain that. I mean-- after a while wouldn't people just get tired, being all "I get it, the whole town is hiding S&M dungeons in their basement, can we move on?"

Or we can... get rid of the S&M and... make it... a high school romance. Which is what this film is, at its core. I realize it's not bad to... be able to see similarities between this idea and others. It's a little irksome but meh, it happens. And it means that you're on the right track to something commercial. Ish. Also, the first draft of the beat sheet had zero potential to sell . I mean, I knew this from the get-go... but still. It was fun.

Then there's the option of switching the protagonist-- an problem I've had so many times. That... could work if I kept in the S&M with the high school setting... or it couldn't. So many choices.

I'll take a breather on it, not look too closely, and just see what floats to the surface in the next few days.

I've been drowning myself in weird horror. Take a look, but make sure you're alone/not in a work/school environment when you click on this...

To prove that I'm not needed--

I'm making a post. Haha I'm in a class where a writer was needed... and it's what... week four, and I haven't done anything. Awesome. I'm working on Screenwriting Workshop stuff now, at least I can get something done.

What I really like about the beat sheet is that it's something that I'll use later to keep me from getting stuck-- so the more little things I put in, the more I'll have to work with later. Man, if I'd told myself that I'd be writing a romantic comedy (that's what it is, at its core, I don't care how dark it is) I would have... laughed. Or lashed out. But it's fun and twisted, and writing two people beating the shit out of each other for sexual release is... fun, actually. You wouldn't think it, but it's a lot of fun. People should try it! (Writing about it... but if you want a more hands-on approach, feel free).

Well, that's me. I'll be updating. Whoop whoop.