World Spins Madly On.

Well, as Day 1 comes to a close, and my goal for the day was to have 3.33 pages finished, I am currently rounding the corner of about 7 pages. Over achiever? Possibly. But I've been getting into my story. I decided to take on the liberty of trying to write like Wes Anderson. I've been reading his script of Rushmore, and kind of using it as a preference for how I want this to be told. Sure, my dialogue isn't as quippy or quick as his is, but it's okay. It's not perfect, and my jokes aren't spot-on like his, but if they were, then I wouldn't be writing like Kylee Q Brock, and that's who I truly want to write like.

The story is forming well. In page 7, we have now addressed the opening titles. Yes, it's taken a while, and in fact, in the edit, I may cut most of the first piece, and start straight with my main character describing herself. It sounds iffy when a character describes herself, but I'm going for the approach of a montage of clips to show who my main character is, why she's so complex, and what we should know about her. Right now though, no edits. I'm in this crammed month to get things done on time, and perfectionizing, (which should be a word by the way), will have to wait until we reach May, and the entire story has been laid out. Only then will I be able to make cuts and changes.

So far, my main character is Charlotte. She is a heartbroken, aspiring writer, with a long list of unique characteristics. She plays the violin, she films, she scuba dives, she's acrobatic, she's an artist, and so much more. She still loves her ex, Danny, who is the one who ended it. Her goals that she wants to have in 5 years is to be a successful writer in Hollywood, to have a novel published and a script bought, to have her own place, to have a dog, to have traveled out of the country, and to be married to Danny. Simple enough.

As we get into the story after the main titles, we'll notice that Charlotte, or Lotte, is on a different path 4 years after she has made this decision. She is living with her sister, McKay in Seattle, she is a waitress at the same restaurant her sister waits at, she has a goldfish, she doesn't have enough money to travel, and she's single. 4 years have passed, and Charlotte is nowhere near what she had planned for herself. Now since the story is 5 years, Lotte still has a year to meet her goals. The question is...will she?

I will post up snippets of the script, (or perhaps the whole thing if I'm feeling up to it), but as the story progresses, so shall you be informed. I can't tell you exactly where this is all going. Of course I have the general idea, I mean, c'mon, I am the writer. But as any great storyteller will tell you, almost all of the time, the story doesn't go as planned. Characters destinies change, and eventually, they tell their own story. I'm just the one documenting it. I've started the process in creating the world for them. I've molded what characters I have into real human beings with real emotions and real goals. Now...to solidify what I've created, and as every mother has to do with her children someday, let my story fly the coop and take flight on their own adventure.

For those of you who are following, I strongly encourage you to tell you friends about this blog. I want feedback on the story from all angles, and I want encouragement. Who knows, what I have to say about this process could help others in their own writing journeys. After all, I am an aspiring writer myself, and we only learn off of other people's work; what we like, dislike, or occasionally are inspired by.

This clip I'm adding is something my good friend posted on facebook. To me, I find it beautiful. The music is eloquent, and the visuals are gorgeous. The story itself is beautiful, and...I feel I relate to it. But I guess you'll have to decide how you feel about it yourself.

In a Script Writing Frenzy,
Kylee Q Brock