a little of this and a little of that

Well, I"m home safe and sound. Saturday was without a doubt a very very long day. I did however get quite a bit of work done on the plotting of the first act. It will open with the Prince, King and Queen planning the ball and then move to Cinderella and finally to Robin with a bit of a twist. I have a basic outline for what should happen in the second act and have some ideas about what will happen in the third. I'm playing with some ideas, like should the Fairy Godmother be magical, and the role of other characters in the story. I'm a bit afraid of giving the Princess too big of a role, though I"m leaning on the idea of the Prince falling for Robin in the third act maybe and the Princess having to wade in and save the day. Maybe she should be my heroine instead of Cinders. Ack, too many thoughts in my head.

Still not sure about how and when I'm going to write this. I can take a computer with me, but I'm not sure if I want to . It might be better to start writing now, well on Friday and write as much as I can and then finish in August. I'm still a bit worried about the whole formating and everything though I have downloaded celtx so I should be fine.

I've been and will probably be a bit preoccupied with the purges going on at the moment over at livejournal, we're all holding our breath waiting for their next move. Hopefully it will be resolved soon so that I can think and write without other "stuff" on my mind.

I'm Brilliant, no really.

Haven't really been the writing mode lately. Finished exams on Wednesday and am now packing up my life to head back to the States for the summer tomorrow. I plan on doing some work during the trip. I have hit on a hilarious plot twist, where maybe the Prince can fall in love with Robin Hood as well. Could make for an interesting resolution and stop the need for the Prince and Cinderella to live happily ever after.

Kink in the plans

So I just got off the phone with the camp where I will be working from the middle of June to the middle of August. Not very conductive to rapid fire script writing. I'm not sure what I'm really going to do about it. I might start writing on June 1st and write till the 10th or 16th when I leave, and then finish the rest in the two weeks of August when I get back. Or I might write it by hand when I'm away.

Either way, I'm not going to win the Frenzy, but hopefully I can still finish my script.

I have a Plotline!

Showers are always good for inspiration. Okay so here it is. Two characters we know and love, Robin Hood and Cinderella but with a twist. Both hatching plans to end up at the ball, Cinderella to catch the prince's eye and Robin Hood to kidnap and ransom a visiting princess. They meet and mistaking each other for the people they're hoping to meet. They dance, Robin woos and Cinderella flutters. Midnight hits and Cinderella dashes away and Robin is left with no one to ransom. Love ensues. I think. Its needs more work obvisously but its a good start and I think it could be very funny, can be a bit vague, doesn't need much explanation because we already know the characters and the plot line to some extent.

It will be called The Tale of Robin Hood and... Cinderella?.

Am I supposed to have ANY idea?

No idea where to start or where to go from there if I do get a spark of inspirationg. Everything seems to contrived or like someone else has already done it. I feel like I need something simple as I can't go into my usual level of detail as I said yesterday. A simple love story about leading two lives on two continents prehaps. Hmm...that actually doesn't sound half bad. The culture shock type thing that always seems to work. Okay going to go think about this one.

Storm

Taking It by Storm

I have offically been swept up in the craze, I couldn't resist and I'm not sure I even wanted to. NaNoWriMo has never been especially successfull for me so I thought I would give this a try and see if I am any good at it. Thought that this could be a fun way to track me adventure through the wacky and wild world of scriptwriting.

Now just to find a plot. Seeing as when I woke up this morning I had no intention of spending the month of June writing a screen/stage play I have no idea where to even start. Its so different than building a story for a novel, you need a lot less detail because ultimately the story will be told how the director or actors feel it should be told. I'm thinking romantic comedy, or maybe romantic drama, or costume drama. I don't really have enough time to research for a costume drama though. I need something to procrastinate about anyhow, here's to script writing.