So I have a self-imposed deadline on Variations on a Theme (anything you see in here with the character of Travis...it's from that) at the end of the month. So I thought I'd blog a little bit about it, on a grander scale from the random first draft scenes I've tossed up on here. Basically we follow Travis, 30, back from his 6 year escape to Europe. He gave up his whole life and very promising writing career for a pretty set of blue eyes, and now he's back. The movie details his slip ups and triumphs on getting his life, his career, and his relationships back in order. Along the way he meets Kalliope who, despite despite his resistance, proves to be something more than just a fun distraction....
Wow I'm really going to have to work on rephrasing all that, because it comes off kinda lame, but thank God I'm better at dialogue and setting a scene than I am writing about what things are about in a general summation form. My second screenplay with co-writer Matt Donofree, I feel this is the one that will get us somewhere, and I feel it is a really strong group of characters, and a nice little story. I'm approx 80 pages in, just have to tackle the last act, and I'm pretty in the zone right now, so...hopefully it'll be done quickly.
Since I ditched prose (ah my first love) to work on screenplays (what start as an awkward affair) I have been slowly and steadily getting my screen legs on. This script lets me burst out quick blasts of my narrative style which I miss, but I pair it with my dialogue, and fantasy elements. Also, plot (my arch-enemy in screen-plays) is much stronger than Adultalescence (the first screenplay) with a clear story (multiple stories coming together) paced evenly, all driving to the point where ....well why spoil an ending right?
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